More Gypsy Skirts

My daughter just loves the two skirts I made last month. The gypsy skirt pattern means that she can twirl and they flare out. She loves the feel of them on her legs and even though it is winter here in Australia we can pop some tights underneath for warmth.

I went through my floral fabric stash (inherited from my mum's de-stash) and sewed 2 more in 2 afternoons.

Not bad for a few hours work.

Gypsy Skirt and Scarf

This weekend I wanted to do a small dressmaking project. I needed some headspace from the piecing of the back of the AMD9P quilt...and also to refresh my skills as a dressmaker. 


Quilting can make you forget the other skills of sewing. Anyway, my daughter is forever choosing twirly skirts to wear around the house, so I pulled out my copy of 'Making Children's Clothes' by Emma Hardy, and found a pattern for a 3 tiered Gypsy skirt. Perfect! So I rifled through my fabric stash and came up with some pinks and reds. 


Frangapani Spots - This is the pink version.

Patchwork Strawberry - This red one had a bit of quilting 30s fabric added to it.

And I couldn't help but add a scarf, out of some gorgeous 30s fabric, to complete the look.

 Cute? Chic? Bretheren? Amish?


Still it was nice to finish something the same afternoon I started.