The sky is falling

A few months ago while reading the "SouleMama" blog, I remember thinking "Who is this woman???!"  How in the world can she be raising a brood of children, homeschooling, knitting hats and socks, and oh, by the way she just knocks out a skirt for her daughter before dinner.

Although I come from a long line of amazing seamstresses, I apparently did not inherit the sewing gene.  I always jump into a project thinking, "Hey, this is easy.  I can do this."  I then spend 2 hours trying to figure out how to stitch on one stupid little pocket.  I call my mother on the other side of the country and ask her to explain patterns.  After a detailed explanation, she asks if I understand.  My standard response is "No".  A seamstress, I am not....

After a frustrating and fruitless search for a red skirt for a circus picture I want to take of the kids, I decided I would just buy some fabric and try my hand at making what I wanted.  I decided to use the pattern that "SouleMama" used as it "seemed" easy and is a free offering from Oliver + S.  Oh my goodness, I ended up making two skirts!  That's right....2, dos, deux, zwei, shtayim.  The sky must be falling.  It was so easy, in fact, I'm even going to let the girls have a go at making their own as well (with a little help from Mommy, of course).  As I have many, many failed projects sitting in my sewing closet, it was a real confidence booster.   Granted, they may not be the most beautiful or well-stitched skirts on the planet but they're wearable and the girls seem to like them!  They actually do look much cuter on the girls than on the hangers.  In the pictures it looks like the black trim is puckering the fabric but it's really not that way in real life.  Hopefully, I'll get a picture of the girls in the skirts today sometime!