kids clothes, sewing with knits

star twirl skirt

Stars are in.  It’s true.  Well, at least at our house.  I could not stop myself from getting this star knit fabric from fabric.com.  I had pinned this skirt from J. Crew.  Of course by the time I thought it might be on clearance or something it was all sold out.  Sad face.

So I was going to make a Figgy’s circle skirt with it, but the order got messed up and I only got sent a half yard.  We made it work by just doing a two tier gathered skirt with a knit waistband.  So the waistband is a little loose, I forgot that particular fabric stretched and kept on stretching, not great for a waistband.

It’s still cute.

10 thoughts on “star twirl skirt

  1. Cherie says:

    I LOVE it!!! I want some of that fabric. Stars are DEFINITELY in over in my house too.

  2. Lucinda Poel says:

    I would say it’s still SUPER cute!!

  3. erica says:

    Really cute! Way to make it work 🙂

  4. Carolyn says:

    I love the look of the two-tiered skirt….way to make it work!

  5. Shannyn says:

    Well done! You could insert a tie in the waistband if it gets too stretchy; I did that once, just used a piece of ribbon that matched & buttonholed the openings.

  6. kristin says:

    okay i NEEEED that fabric! i just bought a star punch to make my own because i haven’t seen it around, and here you go with some! what a cute, fun skirt!

  7. ZG says:

    I must’ve died and gone to heaven! I completely love the skirt, and your blog too! *sits, waiting for more amazing posts*

  8. It’s super cute Anna! Just as cute as the J.Crew one I think 🙂

  9. Oh this is so so so cute! And she is clearly putting it to good use!!

  10. Inder-ific says:

    This looks really comfortable and fun to wear! I was also thinking, hm, a little elastic in the waistband would fix the looseness … if it’s an issue. If it’s not, awesome! I love it.

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