Every little thing

One thing that I promised myself with this blog is that I would write an honest account of my sewing. Whether big or small. Here is a small thing. For the Princess. She's grown longer lately and so many clothes are looking short. She loves leggings and would wear them all the time. Sometimes though leggings on their own aren't the right thing to wear. So what's the compromise? Skirts over the top of course. She decided she wanted a denim one. Of course I couldn't find one - not one! Not to be daunted we trooped off to our LFS and sourced about a metre of mid weight denim with just a hint of stretch. It was great fun taking the Princess though the process of fabric, style and finishings selection. She has some firm (and good!) ideas. So we landed on a straight skirt with an elasticated waist. But she wanted someone to break up the plain denim. Hmmmmmm... How about some top stitching? In pink? Awesome! So rather than two pieces of skirt, we made four and top stitched all the seams in pink - with proper top stitching thread. She loves it! I'm hoping for a photo with it on her shortly but in the meantime here is a shocking hanger shot. The pink of the stitching is very washed out.