A Quick Skirt for Elizabeth
Posted by Claire on Nov 22 2011, in Sewing for Children
I’ve been sick this past week.
Hack up a lung with the cold without end, comatose with a Nyquil drip, sporting ratty pajamas with no thought for a shower sick. Tis the season and all that. DH gave it to me and now David is lying on the sofa, laid low with the same nefarious bug just as I start to recover.
But before my lost weekend, I did manage to whip up this cute little skirt for our friend, Elizabeth, age 4, who has a ‘thing’ for owls. I don’t generally make clothes for random friends but when I saw this cute owl print a couple of weeks ago, I knew she would love it. Ooh, did she ever!
The pattern is “Dancer“, another one of my friend Laura’s excellent e-patterns. The fit is nice and the sewn in shorts mean the climbing bar holds no more threats 
I paired the retro print with a simple brown polka dot for the underskirt and used some bright pink print from my stash for the waist tie and binding.
I made a few invisible changes because I prefer a different method of binding than Laura recommended and I did the belt loops a little differently, too, inserting them into the waistband but otherwise, it’s identical to the pattern.
A nice, easy sewing project that I finished up in a morning. Elizabeth loved it (I will try and get a picture of her wearing it – the whole being sick thing kind of impeded me!). My only regret is that her poor mother is going to be doing a lot of laundry in the coming weeks. Her daughter’s already announced her intentions of wearing it to school every day.
Laura
Oh, that is so cute, Claire!! I’m so glad she liked it and it fit well. I’m sorry you’ve all been sick. I hope you get to feeling better quickly! This is not a fun time of the year to be sick!
Thanks for using my pattern!
Jan
Just found your blog and I’m lovin’ it! I didn’t know you are a follower of my. Anyway, I’m definitely now a follower of yours! A lady in my chat group “Learning to Smock” sent a link this morning and I thanked her for that. The skirt is really cute.
Claire
Thanks, Jan. I’m glad you like it. We smockers have to stick together