{"id":16776,"date":"2016-09-07T07:00:23","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madeeveryday.com\/?p=16776"},"modified":"2016-09-07T09:41:06","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T13:41:06","slug":"little-dotted-swiss-skirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madeeveryday.com\/little-dotted-swiss-skirt\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Dotted Swiss Skirt"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Little<\/a>
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This summer Clara went to a birthday party for a friend.\u00a0\u00a0 And in classic busy-mom-style, I procrastinated finding a gift till the very bitter end.\u00a0 So I took my own advice and remembered that it’s faster to sew a skirt than drive to the store<\/a>!\u00a0 Right??
\nPretty much always.
\nUnless you live next door to Target.
\nWhich…I wish I did.\u00a0 And wish I didn’t.
\n(sigh)
\nLet’s talk about skirts.<\/p>\n

\"Little<\/a><\/p>\n

I picked out a few fabrics for Clara to choose from.\u00a0 And for being 4 years old, she’s very opinionated and also very observant.\u00a0 She notices subtleties in hairstyles, and has pointed out when someone at church wore the same thing two weeks in a row.
\nHaah. That little Clara.
\nI knew she would be love picking out fabric.<\/p>\n

And deep in my heart I hoped she would pick the same one I would have picked.
\nAnd she did!
\nA beautiful Dotted Swiss fabric, in watermelon pink.<\/p>\n

\"Little<\/a><\/p>\n

Perfect decision Clara! (though it was hard to part with.\u00a0 But I knew it would be perfect for very gathered Simple Skirt<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Dotted Swiss is light-weight, almost like a voile and is such a dreamy fabric.
\n\"Little<\/a>
\nIn fact, I used some vintage <\/i>Dotted Swiss for my very first blog post <\/a>ever….back in 2008.\u00a0 Oh man, what an old post!\u00a0 The kids are so young.\u00a0 And the photos are so bad.
\nI’m glad we all make improvements over the years.<\/p>\n

And I think these simple skirts<\/a> are improving as well.<\/p>\n

This time I made the skirt almost 3 1\/2 times her waist-size, which really only worked because the fabric is lightweight.\u00a0 If the fabric had been thicker, I don’t think I could have gathered it up as much I needed to.\u00a0 A better option there would be to add a separate waistband, as I’ve done in the Market Skirt<\/a> (another old post!)\u00a0 Cause with all this fabric being pushed around, it can be difficult to keep the elastic from twisting.\u00a0 I actually had to stop 1\/2 way through and start over because I could tell the elastic had rolled and twisted.<\/p>\n

\"Little<\/a><\/p>\n

But good things are worth the effort.
\nAnd I LOVVVVVE how it turned out.<\/p>\n

\"Little<\/a>
\n\"Little<\/a>
\n\"Little<\/a>
\n\"Little<\/a><\/p>\n

So simple.
\nSo sweet.
\nAnd again, so hard to part with.
\nBut I know her little friend loved it as much as we did.
\nShe may have made this same crazy Dotted Swiss fabric face.<\/p>\n

\"Little<\/a><\/p>\n

The best way to keep your skirt wrinkle-free after washing+ drying is to hang it up, spray with water from a squirt bottle, and let it dry over night.\u00a0 This is my favorite method of “ironing”.<\/p>\n

If you’re new to making skirts or want to mix it up a bit, try out these variations as well:<\/p>\n

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