Skill Level: Confident Beginner
Skills: sewing with lace
My granddaughter loves the Cartwheel Collection circle skirt with its double layers of twirly goodness so making
Miss A. an outfit from the pattern with lace overlay was a no-brainer!
And of course, I have to throw a panel from l’oiseau fabrics into the mix as well! My
plan was to have the bottom layer of the circle skirt in pale pink cotton/spandex.
The
shorter over-skirt would be stretch lace.
I would also use the lace in the top to tie it all together.
The skirt was a
snap. I quartered the skirts and
also the waistband and stitched them all together. I lettuce hemmed the underskirt and scallop-cut the raw edge
of the lace skirt.
I had a wonderful
flamingo panel from l’oiseau for the shirt. The lace was to be echoed in the upper portion of the
peek-a-boo back and the sleeves as an overlay to the pattern pieces. I basted them in place and just treated
them as one piece.
The shirt went
together very well in spite of my worries about the lace slipping.
Heaven knows how my
athletic, down-to-earth family wound up with a girly girl, but we’ve got one
and it makes my Grandma heart so happy. And you can see that she's pretty pleased with it herself!
Yes, this outfit is definitely over the
top but it fulfills my granddaughter’s twirly girly dreams!
If you haven't already visited all of the amazing lace blogs, be sure to check them out!
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