Have You Seen......

Have you seen the latest issue of Sew Beautiful? My sweet friend Khristal did an article on pinch pleats. For one of the outfits she used my Pleated Skort pattern for the skort and my friend Samantha's Madeline pattern for the shirt. I love the way she made box pleats and then pinched them together and secured them with precious flower buttons. Cute!!! I really like the colors she used too. She has such an eye for colors and details!!! Thanks again Khristal...You do great work!!!

The kids and I were in Publix earlier today and I saw the new Sew Beautiful on the magazine shelf. I wanted to grab it and run through the store showing everyone that my name was in it. But I restrained myself.....and tried to act like an adult. But it was hard!!!

Gathered Skort....

Ever since I made my first pleated skort I have had an idea in the back of my mind. I finally took the time to test out my theory last week and it does work and I think it looks great. I took my Pleated Skort pattern and instead of making the pleats I simply gathered the front and back. The rest of the skort is made exactly according to the directions. And I forgot to take pictures, but I am sure you won't be surprised to know there are gingham shorts underneath. I would like to find an appropriate trim to put along the hemline...but so far I haven't found anything that matches and looks good. I did put a turn-cord bow on it though....and I like it. So there you go...another skort version using the Pleated Skort pattern.