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To: Roos_Girl

OK I’ll jump in, just please don’t put me on a ping list. I have been sewing for 50 years or so. Done lots of quilting, clothes, household items. I like your skirts. I just did 2 dresses for my grandniece who is only 1 and just walking. If you take a prebought or garage sale tshirt, using a serger you can cut the tshirt off just above the waist and add a cotton print bottom gathered skirt and make a little dress. They are great for hot days when you just want to have something cover a little one instead of letting them run around in a diaper. I added 3 tiny yoyos along the neckline matching the skirt fabric. Because the tshirt is already done it takes almost no time. I also love yoyos, have done regular size and tiny ones. I had 2 quilts accepted for a show in Grand Rapids this fall and my first real quilt about 27 years ago was published in a quilting book. My Polish mother taught me how to sew.


3 posted on 07/01/2014 12:50:17 PM PDT by MomwithHope (Please support efforts in your state for an Article 5 convention.)
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To: MomwithHope

I’ve seen the cutest dresses made from t-shirts, but haven’t had the courage to try. Any tips, hints about problems you have run into? Should the t-shirt be the current size, or a little bigger, maybe? do you zig zag or serge the cutoff bottom? How full did you make the skirt, and what type of fabric?


6 posted on 07/01/2014 3:57:00 PM PDT by buckeye49
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