Fabrics....mmmmm.....

I have been into sewing since I was about 11. Over the years I've sewen many things and always thought I would be right into sewing my kids clothing right from the start. Well, it rarely entered my thoughts when they were younger, but I still held out dreams of doing that one day...

Well, my kids are now 5.5 and 3.5 and only Nathan has had a pair of trousers made by me which were refashioned from an old pair of his dads pants. They are pretty cool and he wore them right through the winter just gone. And, until a couple of months ago, Danielle hadn't had anything made for her either until I made a little shift dress that I designed and whipped up from a large size brown linen tunic top. It seems that I've refound my sewing love - just wish I had a local Spotlight just down the road (or maybe not, my credit card might just suffer instead!).

Yesterday were near a spotlight and I had Simon and the kids drop me off for 1/2 an hour for a browse around. I had in mind to buy up a stack of summer prints to make some cute skirts for Danielle as I'd seen all around the net using the Lazy Days pattern. Of course, I then needed to buy a plain coloured t-shirt to go with each of the colours. Just as well I hadn't sorted out t-shirts for summer just yet anyway...

I bought 5 prints with contrasting ribbons, and made her up two this morning (the photo shows them folded in half). Super easy, and so cute. Danielle loves them. She was in the blue one originally till it got wet from splashing the broom in the paddling pool, so switched to the other one for the rest of the day. I can see these as being great little muck around skirts over summer. I don't have plans for making up the other fabrics this summer, but we'll see...