Comments on: Retro Placemats and a Couple More Aprons

By: Christy

Christy — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:21:35 +0000

Those skirts are rather similar to one I’ve been planning to make for myself for ages. I have some old but loved pieces of clothing that I want to patch together into a skirt.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:02:01 +0000

Artcargirl–I bet I could teach you how to sew. I used to think I couldn’t sew either, but look at me now!

Kat is so into those skirts–when she saw the second one, it was first thing in the morning, because I finished it after she went to bed. She saw it, grabbed it, hugged it and squealed and giggled and danced around.

It was really, really cute, and it made me really happy to have spent the few hours it took to make it for her.

By: artcargirl

artcargirl — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:18:46 +0000

These are just adorable. I wish I could sew. I love how Kat looks in her skirts. She is just so tickled with them in the pictures I saw.

By: Zoe Dawn

Zoe Dawn — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:02:28 +0000

Thanks Barbara!

I agree that patterns are like recipes…I’m forever tweaking them!

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:40:07 +0000

Sure, Zoe–they are really easy. 30 charm squares–the top row is seven, the next is ten, and the last is thirteen. If your girl is bigger than Kat, you can add another 14 squares in a fourth row.

Gather the tops of the second and third rows–and the fourth if you use one–and attach them to the bottom of the row above. Then, I sew on the rickrack and do the hem–and then I make the casing for the 3/4″ elastic, then I sew up the back seam, and then put in the elastic and sew up the casing.

It is simple–oh, and I use 1/2″ seams in everything.

I got the idea from a pattern–I changed it, of course. Patterns are like recipes for me–guidelines.