I had to do it. I made another Lazy Days skirt. Miss Faye loves it. I used extra fabric I had from these wash cloths. I am officially out of elastic now and I have been having trouble finding it in bulk. I specifically like 5/8″ braided and for some reason that one is not that easy to find. It also looks like my little Miss is going to have red hair!
I hit up a local quilting shop yesterday and got some fabric to make a few more Oliver + S Lazy Days skirts.
The yellow fabric is called Better Gnomes & Gardens by Heather DuPont. The red and yellow is a batik but I don’t have a name for it. The light blue fabric is called Cosmos by Dan Bennet and the dark blue one is called Color Me Retro by Jeni Baker.
I have a friend that has two little girls. They are the same ages as Hugh and Owen. We always send gifts back and forth for the kids’ birthdays and Christmas. These skirts will be part of their birthday gifts!
The pink skirt was a last minute add on. Hugh got his first invite to a girl’s birthday party this weekend so I let him pick out some more fabric to make her a skirt as well.
Even though I don’t like pink, I do think it came out pretty cute.
I made custom tags for each of the skirts. It has the first letter of the girl’s name on it. (Just a quick note here…I got a question about the selvedge edge showing on the skirts…I followed the pattern exactly as stated and the pattern said to leave it on. I do see how it may shrink differently in the wash though. I did cut it off and serge the edge on the pink skirt for a nicer finish)
I just can’t get over how easy these are to make! I may have to buy one of the oliver + s patterns now, if everything they have turns out this great!
I have been spending lots of time on pinterest and I came across a blog. I have fallen in love with everything that she sews. The clothing that she makes her daughter is to die for! Not only was her blog an inspiration for this one but an item that she sews her daughter all the time was my inspiration for this….
It is the oliver + s lazy days skirt. I can see why she makes this all the time! It only took me around a half an hour and I used up extra supplies just lying around my sewing area.
The skirt is made from one piece of fabric edge to edge with some elastic at the waist and a ribbon for trim at the bottom.
Miss Faye looks adorable in it! I can see myself making MANY different versions of this skirt!
As Miss Faye gets more mobile, the photos are getting harder to take though!
As a side note, you can see that Miss Faye’s crib is pink…I will get a post up soon showing that project!
