Little bit of catching up...

Things have been fairly hectic for us.  As I think I have mentioned, my children and I were staying with my parents in another part of the state, away from my husband.  We had planned a 3-week vacation to visit him and spend time over the summer with him, and at the very last minute, my mother decided she not only didn't want us to come back at all, but she wasn't going to ALLOW us to come back, and had planned to throw away all of our things after we left!  So we packed as much as possible into my car and headed out.  Initially I had been planning to call their bluff and stay, just to annoy them, but then I decided I didn't want to do that to my children, and I would rather not be around people capable of treating their own flesh and blood in such a manner.  So though the kids were a bit buried, we managed to make it here with almost everything of importance.  Of course, we completely forgot the cords for both my sewing machine and my serger, but I still have my old machine down here, so I can use that until my sister can bring me those cords.  Well, IF she will bring them to me, I guess would be the wiser thing to say.  And I have talked my mother out of throwing everything away, she will hold onto it until I can arrange it's transport either back down here or to a place up there, which I am looking for as we speak, as well as a job to pay to live up there.  So for now, I will just make do with what I have and hope I don't go stir-crazy in the meantime.  :)
Today I decided to dig out said older sewing machine, and I made a dress/ maxi skirt for my daughter.  It looks wonderful on her, if I do say so myself, though admittedly I need to make a belt for the dress part, and maybe straps to help her keep it up.  But I haven't decided yet, so we'll see.  What do you think?  Not bad for no measuring tape, no iron, and just a yard of fabric, huh?  :)

This is with it pulled up as a dress.  I didn't realize when I snapped the shot that her head was moving, otherwise I would've taken another picture.  Also, the turquoise at her shoulders is not part of the dress, it's just the shirt she happened to be wearing when I had her try this on.  :)

And here it is as a skirt!  I'm really kinda tweaking about the waist, because of it being as uneven as it is, but she said she loves it, and doesn't want me to change anything about it, so I guess I'll just have to leave it.  She really likes it as the long, LLLOOONNNGGG skirt, so maybe it will get more wear that way.  She also said it would make a great cover-up for after the beach, and of course now I'm thinking of removing the elastic and casing altogether and shirring the top instead.  lol

I love making clothes for my sweet little girl, and as far as making clothing goes, this one couldn't be simpler.  Simply sew a tube of fabric (for her I used 1 yard of fabric that was about 42" wide), hem one end for the bottom edge, then either add a casing for elastic at the top or hem and shirr the other side for the waistband.  Couldn't really get much simpler than that!  I have another yard of this fabric and I'm seriously thinking about making a jumper for it, but I'm having trouble finding an appropriate pattern.  I'm sure I'll find something to make from the other yard of this, and I have so many ideas, not only in my head but pinned to Pinterest, that it's not funny!  Up next, if I can find a suitable fabric, I think I'll be trying to make a sort of t-shirt dress, only without sewn-on sleeves, if that makes any sense.  Ambitious, aren't I?  :)