Easter Skirt

I made my daughter a skirt for Easter.  I decided to revisit my past pettiskirt experience.  Whoooh!  Sends chills up my spine just thinking about that beast.  Anyways, I wanted to make her a skirt similar to the pettiskirt, but I wanted it to be a much more pleasant experience.  And it was!  I basically gathered strips of fabric to the waistband.  However, the waistband was not sewn together when I gathered the strips of fabric; instead, I gathered the strips to a rectangle which later became the waistband.  Once all of the strips were gathered and sewn together, I then matched and sewed the raw edges of the skirt together making a circle.  Lastly, I made a waistband casing and threaded elastic through the waistband casing.  Next time I will take pics of the process and write up a proper tutorial about it.  I wasn't sure if it was going to work, so I didn't take any pics of the process.  Contrary to my first experience, this skirt was really easy and fast to make.  I think I'm going to make myself a pettiskirt using the same method.

Fabric: Little Honey (skirt) and Froth (under skirt)by Anna Maria Horner at Phat Fabric.

Trim: Shabby Chic Rose trim at Frog Feathers.

The sweater is hand knitted by my cousin Priscilla.  She made it for my daughter's 7th birthday.  I think it's simply beautiful and very thoughtful of her.  It matches my daughters Easter skirt perfectly.

Have a blessed Easter!

Jamie