Travel Pouches

Here is to hoping for lots of organization while traveling.

I can't wait to filll them and see what all they will hold.

I think I can pack one with knitting for the road,

one with shampoo and what-not

one for makeup

one small one in my purse

and that still leaves two more to fill

Happy Sewing ;)

Ruffled Greatness.....maxi skirt

I have always been a girl that loved to wear skirts, and this year I have fallen in love with geat longer styled skirts. This great tutorial was the starting inspiration point for my new favorite skirt.
I originally found this through using pinterest.....my favorite go to place for inspiration of all kinds and new recipes!!! Follow me on pinterest
After playing around with the idea of what exactly I wanted my skirt to look like I got busy in my sewing room

The final result is so much fun!

I love how long and comfortable it is.

I wanted it to skim the ground...and that is does.

I recommend you give this one a try!

I plan to make many more.

In fact I have been working on a shorter, knee length

version that is staighter.

(it turned out great, although a little snugger in the hips than I like to wear, therefore I

am not modeling this one yet, I am still working on the exact angle of my design for a straight skirt.)

For this skirt the top of the ruffle is left unfinished, which I like better than the one I serged the top of. It cuts down on the bulk and looks a little more carefree and whimsical. Since knit won't unravel

I can do this without any worries, in fact I haven't been hemming the bottom edges either.

I few things I found out while working on this:

For this first skirt I made the waistband the exact measurement of my waist as suggested.....

I felt it ended up a little too loose. To fix it I just added some elastic pieced on the sides to bring it in just a tab bit. Not ideal, but it worked ( I serged the skirt, so taking it apart is a pain)

For my next ones I have cut the skirt body just like the tutorial, but the waistband pieces....

make them 2" shorter than waist measurement. It stretches easily to fit the skirt body without

making it look gathered and just gives a wonderfully slightly snug fit.

What is on the sewing machine now?????

A set of 6 different sized patchwork, travel, zipper pouches

with a few selvages thrown in there amonst the fabric....

selvages add so much fun and interest to a project

My family and I are getting ready to go on a mission trip in South Dakota

tomorrow, and these will be the perfect addition to my packing and staying

organinzed while living out of a duffle bag for 10 days.

I will apologize in advance for the delay in blog posts due to the trip.

Happy Sewing :)