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How to Make a Skirt with Border Fabric Panels

How to Make a Skirt with a Border Fabric Panels For a the past few years I have been seeing fabric with border prints...and I like them...and I look at them...and I wonder what to do with them....and finally I bought some and made myself a skirt using one of them. And it was super easy! Here is what I did: I cut a piece of fabric that was as wide as my waist measurement plus half of my waist measurement. (So....let's say my waist is 30"...I would cut my fabric to be 30"+15" so it ... View the Post

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Simple Women’s Maxi Skirt PDF Pattern—FREE!!!

We've kind of been keeping a bit of a secret.....and today is the day to announce it.  Over the summer we had the opportunity to film a video with Jenny Doan from Missouri Star Quilt Company (we kind of did a sneak peek on Instagram so maybe some of you figured it out). And the video is going live today! We literally had the most amazing time in Hamilton, MO with Jenny and her family and by the time we left we had eaten so much and laughed so much that we felt like we were part of her family. ... View the Post

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Knit Midi Pencil Skirt Tutorial

  One of my very favorite skirts to both wear and make are knit pencil skirts....probably because they are stretchy and you feel like you are wearing pajamas all day...but you really are dressed!  The other reason I love them is that you truly can wear them with everything--tee shirts and flip flops, to a blazer and heels and everything in between.  And they are an easy afternoon sewing project!!! Here's what you need to make one: ... View the Post

Sew for Girls· Skirts· Tutorials

A Spring Skirt—and a tutorial on an easy gathered skirt!

I have been doing some Spring sewing lately and this is one skirt that I am glad to say that Hannie is excited about wearing.  I found the amazing water-colored cotton sateen (I know you know but I am a BIG cotton sateen fan!) at Jo-Ann Fabrics and knew it would make an amazing Vintagely Modern Skirt.  I have made one every single Spring because I love them so and you can see different fabrics here and here. So another gathered skirt was in order this Spring but I changed the original tutorial ... View the Post