Sunday, March 28, 2010

before easter skirts











thursday my friend marie and i decided it would be a way cheaper and more fun idea to sew our own skirts for our girls this year, and make them match!! we love the cute matching dresses some kids get to wear, but being so many sizes apart, it is hard to find them for rebekah and rachel. i jumped all over this idea. friday i met her at the fabric store, where she immediately found what she was looking for. i took a little more time, but eventually found something i liked too. we started working on our projects after school, and after a few hours, she was done with one skirt, and i was done with my sister's curtains. (did i mention that my sister asked me to do curtains for her condo at the same time?) then i got to start on my skirts. so at the end of the night, she was done with both of her girls main sewing, and i had one thing done. ruffling is NO FUN!!! saturday morning things went much more smoothly, and when marie came over with her finished skirts, she could show me what to do next, and i finished a skirt too! the next one was much easier, and soon we were both done. my sister liked the curtains i had made so much, she ended up going and picking out fabric for another window, and coming over to join in the sewing party! she hasn't sewn in many years, so marie taught her patiently how to pin and sew and she did the whole thing herself. marie made her skirt our of 3 panels of the same material as the girls, but i wanted something more adventurous. i cut out a pattern and tried to put together a skirt that sandy, nathan's mom, gave me the pattern for. it was much more advanced that anything i have ever attempted, and was way over my head. thankfully, right at the point when i was ready to throw in the towel, she came through the door. she said i had been on her mind all day, and she came to see if i needed help. she finished the skirt for me, much faster and easier than i could have dreamed of!! it looks wonderful, and i couldn't thank her enough!! so we went to church today all matching, in our easter skirts that we can't wear next week because of general conference.

4 comments:

Marie said...

We are crazy, but we sure had fun. I think we should start sowing again. I am up for it if you are. We need to find a place with cheap material.

Unknown said...

I think the spirit was trying to bring you some help. I'm glad I finally followed the prompting. You all looked so cute in your matching skirts. That was an ambicious undertaking in such a short amount of time. You did great!!!

kris said...

Great job, Marne. My sweet mom always sewed for us at Easter. I'm not as big a fan of sewing, but I can definitely understand the feeling of accomplishment when it's finally done and it's cute.

S+S said...

cute skirts, marne. I wish I were crafty!