eta model:
http://www.amitymama.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=50620&stc=1
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I didn't make the other style of skirt that I promised a sew along for yet but will soon. In the meantime I was making this for Tierran's birthday tomorrow and took pics as I went in case anyone was interested. This is a size 4 and hits just below the knee so adjust your #'s up or down as needed.

Cut rectangle 34" x 14". Cut out a 9" x 1" section in each top corner.
http://www.amitymama.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=50580&stc=1

Serge a 9.5" piece of 3/4" elastic to the "tab" at the top. Finish both sides and hem bottom.

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Flip elastic to inside and top stitch down.
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Wrap skirt around so the side edges are about 1.5" from elastic.
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Cut waist band 11" x 2". Iron 1/2" in on each small end. Iron in half long way. Iron 1/4" in on each long edge. Sandwich over the front layers just overlapping the end of the elastic and stitch down short edge, along front and back up the other short edge (just over the elastic).
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Add ribbon or trim to spruce it up a bit. Make a cute shirt to match.
http://www.amitymama.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=50587&stc=1

This looks better on than laying flat. The flower on the shirt is just placed on top but will be sewn on straight soon. ;)

very cute and wow! how simple!! thanks!

cute! and it looks pretty easy peasy too! Thanks

That turned out soooo cute!!! And it doesn't look to hard to make, either! Thanks for posting the sew along!
-Jill

Very cute! Happy Birthday Tierran!! :anibirth:

That is a great way to do a fake wrap! Ara really wants one since I made myself one but I wasn't sure how to do it so it would stay up (since my hips are what keep mine up!). I'll have to do that one for her.

I can't believe our girls have a birthday tomorrow. They grow up too fast.

That is just darling.

Thanks for sharing.

Katie

Thanks for the sewalong! Great outfit!

:)
Maria

Very Cute! I like the extra little touches you put in.

Fantastic Shannon
thank you

Cute and looks so easy too! Gonna have to give that a shot for my dd!

That is so cute and so easy!! Thank you so much for the sew-along :)

Very cute skirt too. I love that Munki Munki, but I don't own any :(

Very pretty.

love and blessings
angie

That is darling! Thanks for the sew along, I will definately be trying that for Anja.

That's so amazingly cute!! Can we see a modelling pic on the birthday girl please?? I think I should try that for Devta, she has been asking me to make her a skirt, but I haven't yet.

And hey at least if I can't visit your house my ex-fabric can! LOL!

Very cute, thanks for posting the instructions!

Really cute, Mama!!! I love the sew along! :heart:

That is soooo cute Shannon!! Happy Birthday Tierran!!! :heart:

~Cheryl

bumping w/ model pic in op

Thanks everyone. I have several more skirts for her in my head and I'll take pictures when I sew them up and show them (assuming they turn out ok LOL). Tierran only wants to wear skirts- not the bunch of dresses I recently made... sigh...

Niri, thanks so much for the fabric. She :heart: it and was excited to see they are playing twister for one of the party games. Hey maybe we can auction off the last yard and it'll bring in enough to pay your plane ticket out here. :joker:

Lovely skirt...looks great on Tierran!! Happy Birthday sweetie!!! Hope you have a great day :anibirth: :balloons: ;partyhat: :singing:

That's adorable. How much do you guess you'd use for a size 3?

That's adorable. How much do you guess you'd use for a size 3?


I would probably take off about 1-1.5" around (1/2 - 3/4" from each front section) and maybe 1-2" in length.
How I figured size:
I measured from her waist to knee added casing and hem allowance - gave me the height of the rectangle.
Then I measured around her butt from one side to the other- it was 13" so I added ease for the elastic to gather and decided that section would be 16". Then from side to side around front was 10" so I did 9" for each panel and you loose a bit with finishing the edge- that way they don't wrap ALL the way to the side. So the total length was 9 + 16 + 9 = 34 The elastic length was based on her back waist measurement from side to side which was ~11" and then subtract a bit so I did 9.5"
Hope that helps figure out other sizes. :)

You look beautiful Tierran! Happy Birthday!

Ara only wants to wear skirts too. "Mini skirt" preferably (she called knee length skirts mini skirts).