file under: good to know!

Chica and Jo have a very handy calculator tool for making tiered skirts.

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Or, if you would rather not do all that gathering (I despise!) you can just purchase one of these lovelies made by Rebekah Merkle at Amoretti Designs.  I just stumbled upon her wonderful site and I am so glad I did!

 

Just looking at her designs makes me happy.

So beautiful.  So feminine.  Very cheery prints.

I swoon at the dresses she has available, too.

She looks like the kind of person you'd want as your next door neighbor, doesn't she?

I found this at Salvation Army the day that

all clothes were

a dollar!

It used to be a dress.

I got it for my oldest daughter.  It looked amazing on her.

Course, she's like a life-sized Barbie.

She didn't like it as a dress, so I cut the bottom part off and hemmed it.

It. Looks. Even. More. Amazing. As. A. Tunic.

Very renaissance fairy.

I love that!

And guess what else?

With the part that was cut off, I am making my youngest child a fun & funky top by mixing other fabrics with it.

(hope to post pic soon)

This kind of math blows my mind:  1 dress + 1 dollar = 2 outfits.

Winning!

the evolution of a sewing studio

Nothing like a little organization to start off the new year!

Last weekend King helped me rearrange my sewing room,

which I think I shall forevermore refer to as

"sewing studio,"

because that sounds so much more lofty and revenue-generating, don'tcha think?

If only.

Anyhoo, I am in total love with the new use I found for the shelves that I placed atop the antique cabinet.  They came from my oldest daughter's dance studio, which changed owners and moved to another location.  The new instructor was not interested in them, so I gave them a home in this same room when it was my youngest daughter's bedroom. 
The cabinet was flipped another way and I had teeny tiny clothes hanging up on teeny tiny tension rods.  Her shoes went in the bottom cubby holes.  Everything fit perfectly.

And then she grew.

And then I moved all three girls into one room.

But I digress.  In this newly organized room, I shall attempt to tackle one of my New Year's resolutions: finish quilts I've started.

Since the rearranging and organizing the roo... er... I mean studio I have already finished a bunch of smaller projects that I've been meaning to do.  Yay!