sew can i.

can you sew?

sew can i.

sort of.

without a pattern.

and with many mistakes.

i'm still working on those quilts.

i will finish one day.

and in that same post,

i mentioned the shirt dress.

(scroll down to the end.)

i'm going to get to that as well.

but a few other quick sewing projects i've been wanting to try

are a simple skirt and

a pillow case dress.

(i made both yesterday!)

here are a few pictures of the skirt i made.

(if anyone is interested in learning how to make one

~without a pattern~

i'd be happy to show my process.)

my friend liz made this skirt and swore it was easy.

(it was)

and i think she originally got a free pattern from oliver + s.

a place where real sew-ers(?), seamstresseseses(?) 

(what do i call you people?)

hang out.

it's a super cute site...

but like i said, i have an aversion patterns. ;)

i had two fat quarters of this:

 abigail's skirt that i used for sizing:

 an idea for adding another fabric at the bottom:

 and the skirt:

(all of which cost me about $6 and two hours of time.)

and my reward was a happy girl:

 swirling and dancing

and looking so sweet.

especially with that special smile she's wearing these days!!

she's wearing the dress i made today! 

i'll post pictures soon. 

happy st. patrick's day!