No seriously, who needs those? Oh wait……

So, in light of my ever decreasing wardrobe I decided that needed a new skirt. My initial idea was to put a jersey knit band on top of the waist of a skirt. I used my Sew What! Skirts book to make the fitted waist A-Line skirt. Failure to plan ahead…..

This is where my lack of patience and skill comes back to bite me and I just start hacking things up. I should have added an extra inch of ease to the waist and hips, instead I ended up cutting off the top because it was going to be too tight. Then when I added my jersey knit waist, it was a little too big. I’ve got about 4 and a half months to grow into it I suppose, and it is cute. Better too big than too small.

After flipping around on various craft sites and Etsy, I decided that I needed to applique some t-shirts. Nothing puts a personal stamp on clothing like your own homemade iron-on patches. So I came up with some ideas, some things I drew free hand and others I traced from various pictures. I must say I’m excited about this new venture and to date have only tried one out.

I must tell you, I love hippos. My future child will learn to enjoy them as well, as it’s nursery will be decorated with hippos. Baby’s first blanket has hippos on it. You get the picture. That being said, my first applique was an orange hippo. There is nothing more lovely than an orange hippo.

I bought this skirt pattern, Butterick B4461, back in the summer for 99 cents. Honestly, why pay more for patterns? Those 99 cent sales are on at least once a month. I found the perfect black embroidered moleskin fabric in September and paid more than common sense should have allowed for it. But you know how life gets in the way sometimes? Well, I finally had some down time to make the skirt and well, I was 14 weeks pregnant. I made the skirt anyways. Baby or not, I wanted this skirt!

However, I am probably going to go back to my Sew What! Skirts book. I like the freedom.