Ruffle Front Skirt {Tutorial}

This is the last of my 3 elastic waist skirts I've sewn for my girls for Easter. If you haven't noticed, our color scheme this year for Easter is navy and kelly green. I found all three of these fabrics at Wal-Mart, believe it or not. I love these colors and I'm SO thrilled with how these skirts turned out! You can see the elastic waist skirt with sash tutorial here and the tiered petal skirt tutorial here. They will wear these with plain white t-shirts embellished with navy silk flower pins or fabric flowers. I still haven't worked out all the details yet. This skirt was easy to make, but if you find that my tutorial is not easy to follow, please feel free to contact me with questions. Have fun!

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Monogram Picks {Tutorial}

Last week I bought some cute tin buckets at Old Time Pottery and had planned to make mini Easter baskets for my girls' teachers. I didn't want to load them up with candy and we have already given them handmade necklaces for Christmas and I am pretty sure we gave them silk flower pins earlier this year, so I decided to use the buckets for flowers. While I was at Hobby Lobby this morning, I saw that the chipboard letters were 50% off, making the small ones, only .50 cents each. That's when it hit me that I could make monogram picks to put in the flowers. They can always use the picks some other way when the plant dies, but with all the cheery, bright-colored scrapbook paper options, I couldn't pass this up. I hope they like them!

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'Silk' Flowers {Tutorial}

I've been busy working on some sewing projects for friends, but I thought I'd take a little break and make some 'silk' flowers to give to the girls' teachers for Easter. We're also going to give them to the lady janitors at the girls' school. My 3rd grader is on cafeteria duty this week which means she has to help clean up the two tables her class uses during lunch. {I think this is a great idea and great way to help the students take pride in their school.} So, since she is working with the janitors this week, I thought it would be nice for her to give them a small gift of appreciation for all the hard work they do. We'll stick a little Easter note in there, as well. Hope they like them!
If you haven't made these before, chances are you've at least seen them around. This is just one in a million tutorials for these, but they are so easy I thought I'd share it with you.

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Spring Fashion

It is definitely Spring here in the South. {I think it's been Spring now for at least a couple weeks with all the warm weather we've been having.} I don't know about you, but this weather makes me 'need' a whole new wardrobe! I have been focusing on some different projects I wanted to make for my girls {skirts, etc.} and now I'm looking for more projects to do for my own wardrobe. I have big plans {maybe even crazy plans} but I thought I'd share some of the things I have seen recently that I like. I'm in the middle of some sewing projects for friends, so enjoy these fun links and I'll be back with more fun tutorials this week!
The Maxi Dress. I love these. And I might make myself one if I don't find any cute ones at Ross for less than $15. I hear you can score some right now for great deals at Ross if there is one near you. I'm heading over there this week. Here's a tutorial I found for a cute one! LOVE the fabric! It's a vintage sheet!

This is a quick way to make a maxi dress. Check out this 10-Minute Tutorial! You can do so much with this. Use your imagination!

And last, but not least: The Chevron Maxi Skirt. {Swoon} My favorite fabric pattern right now {and 5 million other people}. This isn't a tutorial, just one for sale. But it sure wouldn't be hard to make one like this!

What do you love this Spring??

Recycled Sundress

Yesterday I was getting ready for a long, hot day at the zoo and realized I had nothing cool to wear. Since it is only March and the temps have been unseasonably warm, my wardrobe wasn't prepared for that. So, I started looking through my closet and saw a knit sundress that I had worn last year. Somewhere between then and now, it had shrunk and was a little too short for me to be comfortable wearing. BUT I noticed it had a built-in waistband. I decided on the spot that I could cut the top off of the dress and make myself a nice, cool skirt out of it and I did. It took me all of 2 minutes to cut that top off and the skirt is the perfect length! Now I'm digging through my closet trying to decide the fate of each and every piece I have in there! Nothing is exempt. So, stay tuned for more recycled pieces coming soon! What's in YOUR closet that needs a makeover??

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Crayon Folio OR Roll {tutorial}

Recently, it dawned on me that dinner napkins can be used for SO many things! I showed you the reversible skirt I made for my daughter out of two dinner napkins the other day. Today I'll show you how to make a Crayon Portfolio or Crayon Roll out of 1/2 of a dinner napkin. It's very easy and really takes about 15-20 minutes tops. These are perfect for those little wiggle worms sitting next to you in church or while waiting in a doctor's office, a long car ride, etc. What are you waiting for? This dinner napkin cost me $1. I used half of it, so this project cost me .50 cents.

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Tiered Petal Skirt {Tutorial Link}

I've been busy making my girls' Easter skirts and today I finished the second of three. You can find the first one here. This one today is {in my humble opinion} absolutely adorable!! It is because of the type of skirt, but more importantly, the fabric pattern that it is so cute. I am a sucker for polka dots. Add navy blue to the mix and I'm sold! I found this skirt on Pinterest, but here is a direct link to the instructions. She did an excellent job on the instructions for this skirt. It's very easy, just a little time consuming. {Totally worth it!}

Stay tuned for one more Easter skirt in the next few days!
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