THRIFT SHOP FINDS

My DIL took me to a couple of our favorite thrift shops yesterday and I found some lace with pink ribbon running through it for only $2.99 - over 4 yards of it!  Perfect for certain princess outfits!

I also found a piece of fabric for $1.  It looks like men's shirting fabric and I can probably use it to back a quilt.  It is bluer than it appears in this picture.

I think the lace will work on the princess skirt.

 I decided to put velcro on the waistband to make it easier for little princesses to put it on and off by themselves.

I also had plenty of fabric to take a couple tucks which can be let out in the future in case the little princesses grow - and still want to wear it.

I like the way the lace makes the skirt fancier.  I had planned to take these home with me as I have ooddles of lace there, but now I won't have to.

I'm almost finished with the top and hope to get a picture of the completed outfit being modeled by the sometimes camera shy princess soon.

Now I can get back to my quilting projects.

SEWING FOR A PRINCESS

My DIL bought Abby a princess dress for her birthday, but the princess wasn't happy with it as it scratched her delicate skin.  So, I thought maybe I could make her a dress that didn't scratch.  I looked at a bunch of patterns, but they were pretty complicated.  I thought maybe if she had a decorated T-shirt and it was tucked in the skirt, the shirt would protect the delicate skin from any scratchiness.  So to JoAnn's I went.  While there I purchased 2 yards of some wide sheer glistening stuff.  I also saw some stretchy soft fabric that I thought might be a good top - that I could make plenty long enough so it wouldn't come out of the skirt.

Sheer glistening skirt fabric

Fabric partially made into top

I'm going to have her try on the shirt before I sew up the sides to make sure it fits OK.

Chair modeling skirt

The fancy appliqué on the shirt top was found at a thrift shop for 50 cents and the net type fabric around the waist was a remnant.  I'm not sure yet what I'll do with it.

And, why make one when you can make two while you are at it?  So, I'm making 2 skirts so that if a friend comes over, she can at least have a princess skirt to wear.  The tucks in the skirt can be let down if the princess grows a lot.

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