Fabric Strips Skirt

A few months ago I won an Amy Butler fat quarter bundle from Imagine Fabrics on the Craftiness is Not Optional blog. YAY! I love free stuff and free craft stuff even better.

So, I have been slowly working my way though the various fabrics. The great thing about bundles are that the fabrics are already coordinated for you. I already used one piece as the backing for my hair accessory organizer. Lately though, I've been on a skirt kick. I guess I'm just ready for spring. It must be true; I've said and typed it like a thousand times already this week. One more just for good measure.....I'm REALLY, REALLY ready for spring. Warm weather please come soon!!

Ok, enough of that. Back to the skirts.

I cut the fat quarters into strips and then sewed them back together in alternating patterns. I added some elastic for the waist and hemmed. It was easily one of the simplest skirts I've ever made. I didn't do a tutorial, because if you've ever sewed, you can probably figure this out. (If you haven't sewed anything before this would be a great beginners project. If you do want a tutorial, let me know and I can put one together.)

I had a nearly impossible task of taking pictures of this one. Neither or my girls wanted to cooperate. The littlest one thought we were playing chase and kept running away from me.

So, we moved to a small area in the hall where she couldn't run away from me. She could however run back and forth making it really hard for me to get a decent shot.

This was the closest to 'still' she got.

My big girl didn't want to take pictures. So, sneaky mom that I am, took her outside to jump in the 'puddles' aka the wet driveway. The only problem was she wouldn't face me either. Every time I walked around her to take a picture of her face, she'd turn away.

So I waited until another day. We fared better, but I sure did get some silly faces. Ah, some very real pictures of my little sugar dumplin'.

 

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