Made by Laura!

I've had two two-yard cuts of solid olive sitting on a shelf for months, just waiting to be made into something. But apparently at some point, I cut a little piece from both of them for different projects... so now I had two slightly-smaller-than-two yard cuts sitting there waiting... I had kind of forgotten about them until my husband got his Christmas present from his mom... an olive polo. When he opened it, I said, "I have fabric that color! I'm going to make me a matching dress!" So, when Shannon announced that she needed a few more pictures of Lillith sewn up, I jumped in, thinking I'd make my olive dress, forgetting that I had cut into my olive fabric. 🤣 Unfortunately they were slightly different color olives (they came from different places), so I couldn't just use some of both to make the dress work. So... I didn't make my matching olive dress, I made me a matching olive blouse , and I kind of LOVE IT! 😍 Let's Talk About the Patte...

A couple of weeks ago, my 14 year old cousin was getting ready to start her ninth grade school year. She had a denim skirt that she really wanted to wear to school, and had me measure it to see if it met the "No more than 4" above the knee" requirement. Well it didn't. It looked completely appropriate to me, but just wasn't long enough. So you know, my seamstress brain got to working, and I got to thinking, "I could totally make her a new denim skirt." But a regular denim skirt has so many pieces, and is a bit of a commitment to make. I have a million things going on right now, so didn't have the time to commit to make one. ** Disclosure: I have included my affiliate links to the patterns used in this post. If you choose to purchase an Ellie and Mac Pattern using my link, I'll receive a small commission of the sale at no additional cost to you!** Well... then I saw someone share the Ellie and Mac Paper Bag Waist Skirt. I knew  Ella would lov...