New Look 6977 Lace Skirt & Houndstooth Ponte

This was such a quick couple of skirts and they are both loved. I made Judy an off white ponte skirt with a stretch lace overlay- both fabrics from fabric.com. I used New Look 6977 pattern. I made Sharon the houndstooth ponte knit and she loved it. Here's a picture of Judy in her skirt after a long day as a kindergarten teacher

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New Look 6917 Skirt for Sharon

This is New Look 6917 view E in a tropical light weight wool blend from fabric.com a year or so ago. It was a a perfect fit right out of the envelope. I just love sewing for sharon she fits patterns perfect. She's 5'6" with a B/C cup and proportioned perfectly for patterns. Love it. Sorry the pics of the skirt on dress form are not ironed my son in law broke my ironning board and I hadn't replaced it yet.

Lots of finished dresses on Mothers Day

Got all the girls dresses finished for Mothers Day celebration. Judy is in a mixture of Kwik Sew 3758 and an old Gap T-shirt that was to short for Long Tall Judy. She had wanted one of these dresses since they came out last year but couldn't find one that wasn't to short. She loves it. I made the skirt per the pattern and took a pen and marked on the t-shirt where I wanted the skirt to be and just sewed the elastic to the shirt in lieu of making a t-shirt per the pattern instructions.Here's pictures of Sharon and Liz in thier finished dresses. Lucked out they loved them to. Now I need to make Megan a new dress she's feeling left out. Had a wonderful Mother's Day dinner that everyone brought something for. Yummy and I didn't have to do anything. Perfect Day.

Sharon made her first dress. Kwik Sew 2630

I've been teaching my daughter in law how to sew. We have a lesson on tuesday while my grandaughter Emma Daisy is in cheerleading class. It's been so fun. We started working on this dress a couple of weeks ago. It's Kwik Sew OOP pattern 2630 and we used rayon knit from fabric.com and lined it with a flesh colored knit that was in the stash from who knows where. We added ties and lining. We bound the neckline and armholes instead of turning under the edges per the instructions since when Sharon tried this it wasn't working with the lining. I don't have a picture of Sharon in it yet but will put one up later. I also put a picture of Judy in the beach cover/ dress I just finished.

New Knit Skirts

Some knit skirts I made on "skirt day"
My daughter and I were supposed to do "skirt day" together... but all she did was watch me... and ask for skirts.

This one is a maternity skirt that I made for Megan who is due in March. I've got two more of these half made. I made these same skirts for my daughter Nicole and both daughter in laws when they were preggers. They loved them and wore them afterwards when they were in between sizes. It's Simplicity 4704. It's a winner.

and these two are for my daughter in law Sharon.

I also made one for my daughter, Nicole, but I can't seem to find the picture. It's out of the same fabric as the maternity one... she calls it her Disco Barbie skirt. What can I say if there is such a thing as a Peter Pan girl- it's Nicole. It's New Look 6901
still need to make Sharon one more and Liz one. It's not that Sharon is my favorite but she goes to church every Sunday and wears skirts.
and... since it's cats and calico
here's a picture of my little baby Huckleberry shoving his grown up kitty body in a little box. I guess the $45.00 heated cat bed was a complete waste of money. ha ha