Reversible Skirts (and a smock but we hate that)

Sure, Chloe needs more clothes. Of course she does...
JoAnn's had fat quarters on sale for 99c and you can't beat a skirt for less than $3.00.

Because I have to make things hard on myself, the first skirt had a flip flop hem and waistband. (The fabric on one side folded over to form the hem or the waistband on the other side) It mostly went okay excepting I was very careful when making the felled seam to leave a space to feed the the elastic throgh. Well all but the very first bit of the seam when I sewed completely through. This made running the elastic through impossible. I made a small slit a nd will hide it with a bow.

The smock I just hate so I'm not explaining it. It is fully reversible though.





The second skirt is a straight reversible skirt. I trimmed a bit of fabric from the side with the initial plan of making matching hair ribbons. I remembered Chloe had ruined a white t'shirt with chocolate and thought "What the hay." I painted a branch up and across to hide the stain then appliqued a bird and flowers. I did have to sew the flowers on by hand. (Never buy cheap thread folks I was miserable with how often this broke in the machine.)

What's not shown are the music notes I painted on to hide the dry erase marker spots Chloe got on the shirt less than an hour after it was finished.







The last is a flip flop again. This time I didn't screw up the waistband so there's no bit of elastic sticking out.