Finally! A summer skirt for my girls!

I finally found an easy tutorial for a cute, quick and sweet twirly skirt for my girls. I whipped this up in about 30 minutes for my youngest daughter. I can't wait for my older daughter to get home from school so I can figure out how long to make her skirt. It's exactly the skirt I've been looking for (ya know ~ not too short or too tight! *insert rolling eye dude here*).


Check out Oliver + S for her Lazy Days Skirt pattern! Now I'm off to see how many of these I can whip out with all the awesome Tutti Frutti fabrics I got on major sale ($1.99/yard vs $6.99/yd normally) to make skirts once I found a pattern I liked.

A blanket for my new nephew, Brandon

Last Friday, my sister-in-law gave birth to her second son, Brandon. He wasn't due until the end of the month so I thought I had a little more time to whip up his blanket but Brandon had other plans. I spent a bit of time today pulling this together. My brother-in-law is a huge John Deere fan and they have just about everything John Deere. My older nephew, Chad, has his own John Deere blanket I made him as well. I actually found the soft yellow minky material at JoAnn's the other day in the remnants section and knew it would be perfect for his first blanket.

Do you ever visit that remnants section?? I just love it. I find all kinds of neat little treasures in there. I even got a nice piece of a pink and green material with the already done shirring on it (does it have a name because I sure don't know it). I didn't know it was this. I just saw this really pretty pink and green material that I planned on making my older daughter a skirt with. Upon getting home, I unbundled it and found this great hidden treasure and it's the PERFECT size for her and I got it for less than $3! So excited.

So back to my nephew's blanket... The back side is just plain green fleece.

Welcome to the world Brandon Richard!
May 15, 2009 at 10:23 am
6 lbs .4 oz, 19 inches