In our household, there is usually fairness and squareness. Ok, husband and I try as best as we could. So when I decide to make a tiered skirt, I made 2. Some fabrics came recently from an online shopping binge and I've got some cotton double-gauze, double-sided gingham fabrics. And out came 2 tiered skirts.
The checks are different sizes on each side of the fabric so I played with it for the different tiers. The first tier is on the bias and gave me a bit of trouble because it stretched so much. The pattern is from this Japanese pattern book.
A pink one in size 130cm for JY.
And a beige one in size 120cm for CY who is growing so tall, there's 3 years gap between them but only 10cm difference in height.
Can't resist showing you the flower shoes CY is wearing. Bought them in Singapore. I've got a fondness for them. Too bad there aren't any my size.
2 girls, 2 skirts. Skirts made up of rectangles and elastic bands are good for my ego. They make me feel that I can sew. So I'm sure there'll be more of them in my future.
Don't trust them to stay still even for a while for the photo shoot. The action du jour is 'doing the robots'.
I'll be off to Shanghai over the weekend with hubby with the kids. I'm going to miss them! I'll bring along the yellow cotton fleece cardigan that I'm knitting for CY, hopefully to complete it in time for her birthday on the 15th. She's going to be 6.
Happy weekend, all!
It fits them so well! Happy week end :-)
Posted by: fleur | Friday, July 03, 2009 at 06:17 PM
Have fun in Shanghai! Get one of those fab massages everyone raves about :)
Those girls are so darn cute, especially with those adorable skirts! How do they grow so quickly???
Posted by: sil | Sunday, July 05, 2009 at 12:03 AM
The skirts are wonderful and your girls and beautiful. :) My little gd would like a skirt like that. Have a safe and happy trip. Wish I could come along! :)
Posted by: samm | Sunday, July 05, 2009 at 11:37 PM
Have fun in Shanghai - are there good fabrics to be had?
I know what you mean about 2 of everything... When I was yarn shopping in Vancouver, I got some contrasting heel and toe yarn so that I could make 2 identical pairs of STR socks...
Posted by: Ingrid | Monday, July 06, 2009 at 08:10 AM
oh, they're adorable! i've got a robot here too. :)
Posted by: mrspilkington | Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 07:42 PM