Ok…let me explain….
Yes I made this skirt.
Yes Grace is going to wear it.
But no…I didn’t “design” it.
Here’s the story:
Over at Project Run and Play it’s “Mad for Plaid” week and I wanted to sew along.
You see, the thing is when Elizabeth and I come up with the themes for Project Run and Play we choose themes that we would want to sew along with and I really wanted to sew along with every single week this time…but then I had so much going on that I just wasn’t able.
And (for lack of a better term) it totally bummed me out.
So this afternoon Grace and I had about 15 minutes together before she had to go to school. So we ran down to the basement to look for supplies to make something “plaid inspired”.
I rummaged around until I found one single solitary piece of plaid fabric 44 inches wide and 16 inches long.
Which meant the item would be a skirt.
I showed the fabric to Grace…and she pretty much hated it.
So I told her she could pick anything she wanted to put on it…but to try to find things that were maybe orange, yellow, or white…and then I turned her loose in the trim bins.
(And she was happy.)
This is what she came up with:
Then it was time to go so I asked her to pick her top two choices.
Which she did.
Which is how her school girl skirt ended up looking like this:
Probably not on my list of favorite projects BUT Grace likes it and it let me participate in a very small way in the challenge I thought would be so much fun.
Which reminds me…Week 2 over at Project Run and Play was a candy inspired challenge…and the week I was most excited about…my head is still FILLED with ideas for candy inspired children’s clothes…but alas, this is all that I got finished for that challenge:
But, because I’m still really excited about this dress (and the other ideas I can’t let go of) I might just have to do a mini series about them over here.
Now I just have one more thing to say before I sign off for the day.
And that is how this Mad for Plaid is a $5 Friday project.
Well, the fabric was left over from a crazy monster doll thing I made for Simon years ago.
The trim was from a strand of vintage craziness that I bought for 50 cents.
And the orange thing is from a pack of felt shapes that I bought at Dollar Tree for $1.
But really all I had to do to put the whole thing together was rummage around in my sewing stuff with Grace for a few minutes and find random leftover items…which made this one inexpensive skirt for one happy 5 year old.
Have a good weekend everyone!
-liZ
I have to say. I really like it. The plaid and lace look so staid and sweet and then kazowie! bright orange snowflake! Perhaps Grace will be on Project runway Season 38. (She’ll be one of the nice ones like Justin.)
Lovely!! I love the trim and the yellow motif….I will keep my eye out for your candy inspired outfit. It must be so much fun thinking up the themes for PR&P!
I love it! It’s the prefect touch of femininity to balance out the stuffy plaid 🙂 Of course, I’m biased in that I adore plaid skirts 🙂
I love that you did it with her. I bet she loves it even more that she had some say!
I know my girls love that too:)
I think it turned out really cute, and how fun for her to have ownership in it! I am so excited (and a little scared) for when my daughter demands more input on what I sew for her 🙂