Gift dress

A friend of mine’s daughter had her 5th birthday party over the weekend… I didn’t know what to buy her but wanted it to be special… even though my friend and I don’t see each other often anymore we met at the birthing center when pregnant with our first babes and we learned a lot from each other and shared a lot of laughs and some tears…

So I made this on Friday….

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New skirt…

I just finished this tonight..

Front (I shortened it a bit after the pic was taken) and side

new skirt I sewed

it has a large spin!

wide spin!!

and the back…

Back of Skirt

My first shirts!

ok… this was my test shirt just to practice putting things together etc (no pattern)… the fabric is a bit stiff (it was cheap and I bought it to practice with) and it makes me look a bit pregnant from the side… so I don’t know if I am going to try to fix it a bit so I can wear it or what…
anyway… here it is…

test shirt I made

And then I had enough confidence to make this one… which I am pretty happy with… I was about to make it about the same style but didn’t have anymore of the same elastic… So… I got out the elastic thread and shirred it… I didn’t know how to shirr but it worked…

Shirt I made

Now I am thinking about shirring the bodice part of the first shirt to see if that looks better…

Apron skirt…

I still have to tweak it a bit because it is a bit too big and a bit too long (I rolled it up for the pic)

but I am really happy with it… and with the mushroom applique…

the colours are a bit off in this pic but it shows the front better…

Apron skirt

Mushroom Applique

Apron Skirt

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