sometimes I sew

Sometimes I sew.
Not often, and certainly nothing complicated.
But I do sew, and I like it.

A few months ago, I was reading one of my favorite photography related blogs (Kidnapped by Suburbia) and she posted a link to a little girl skirt pattern over at Oliver & S.  The tutorial isn't lying...it really is the simplest little pattern to follow.  And the size even worked for my tiny little one.

Now, most of the time I get a new idea to sew or craft, I go crazy and buy all the supplies, which then sit around for weeks, months, sometimes forever, without ever getting used.  I can't even tell you how many supplies I have for projects that have never been started.  Although, if I'm really being honest, it isn't near as many supplies as my mom has purchased.  I think it's a disease, and I definitely contracted it from my mom.  But, back to the point, which is that I refrained from going straight to the fabric store, sifted through some of my mom's scrap fabric and some ribbon I had on hand, and created this little number.

It was so simple and fun to make that I sifted through more fabric and made another one with cherries on it that I, for some reason, don't have a picture of.

And that's when the supply disease took over and I had to go at least a little crazy.  I went to the fabric store and came home with a bag full of ribbon and this stack of fabric.

And then I made these.

And then I made these.

Now, Laci has a surplus of skirts and I don't have to do laundry as often.

No, I didn't make these all in the same day, just in case you were confusing me with the Amazing Sewing Woman (which I definitely am not).  But, by the last few, I managed to start and complete a skirt in about half an hour.  That is, when I wasn't arguing with the machine about empty bobbins or other sewing malfunctions that I can never seem to avoid.

So, if you like sewing and have a little girl, or know a little girl, or think you might want to have a little girl someday, you should try this.  It was really fun, and probably the least frustrating project I've encountered.  Of course, while the skirt is a really economical item (I used less than a half yard for each of Laci's skirts), it will undoubtedly create a new problem in that you'll need to buy tops to match.  If you're lucky, you'll already have tops, otherwise, head to Old Navy like I did and stock up on the basics.