It's All About Me!

Pretty much every week is Selfish Sewing Week at my house so I decided to dedicate this week to refreshing my spring wardrobe.  I bought this Melody Miller Cotton + Steel Mustang the minute it came out intending to turn it in to a border printed skirt but it's been languishing on my shelf.  Last summer was all about the Everyday skirt but I didn't want to fuss with matching the print on the side panels.  After a trip down the Pinterest rat hole I found this awesome tutorial from Cotton + Curls.  Since I had absolutely no confidence in my ability to get this right on the first try I decided to use this Anna Griffin Carmen print for a wearable muslin.  It has a Lilly Pulitzer vibe but I wouldn't be devastated if I messed it up (and could always just cut it up into quilt blocks...)

Luckily, the skirt went together seamlessly;-)  Other than my complete inability to understand how she did the waistband it was easy to whip together and the sizing was perfect.  Did I mention it has pockets - love it!!!

Since it was practice anyway I tried a few new skills...  I took a page from Lilly's book and used this perfectly matched lace hem tape that I scored at Marden's last summer.  I love how professional it looks and it's so easy I'm finishing all my hems this way from now on.

With a few lessons learned I dove into my second one with the border print.  I went with french seams and divided the waistband into 2 pieces and then used the same technique as in the Everyday skirt.  I made this one a little less full, and a bit shorter.

And because I couldn't resist this seersucker lobster print I had to make one more...  yes, with bow:-)  Shameless knock-off credit goes to Smitten by January Hart...  I LOVE her style!

In my original plan for the week I was also going to knock out some pjs and a couple of Washi dresses but I realized I really don't enjoy making clothes as much as I enjoying making quilts so I'm taking a break and letting my pin pricked body heal.  Next week is going to be all about quilting but hopefully before summer arrives I'll add a few more handmade items to my closet.  I'm off to an excellent start!

Thank you so much to Rachel at Imagine Gnats for hosting Selfish Sewing Week and pushing me to get out of my usual quilty grind:-)

Also making an appearance at this week's Finish it Up Friday by Crazy Mom Quilts.