Hello ladies! It’s Lisa, the Apron Queen- your resident tackler. Welcome to Tackle It Tuesday!
I need to tackle a new hairdo. Should I go long and blonde with a tiara crown, like Lauren Nelson (Miss America 2007)?
Or should I stick with being a redhead, just with a new ‘do? Come help me pick out a new hairstyle by voting for your favorite one over at my blog, Confessions of an Apron Queen.
Meanwhile, we have a wonderful guest tackler for you this week. Please give her a warm welcome and stop by her blog to say Hello.
Hello. My name is Andrea McMann from Chocolate Fingerprints.
After years in storage, I dug out my sewing machine about six months ago. Since then, sewing has become a pretty big part of my life.
It’s relaxing, almost therapeutic, and I’ve been having tons of fun supplementing my kids’ and my own wardrobe.
This week, I made two skirts for my daughter from a free online pattern from Oliver & S. It’s so easy and cute that I plan on making many, many more of these skirts in the near future! 
I sew clothes for my daughter more than I sew anything else. For one thing, it’s so fun to make frilly little girly things, and she’s so appreciative!
I also make her clothes out of necessity. She’s at the tricky age where clothes that fit her widthwise don’t fit her lenghtwise. When I sew her clothes, I can alter the patterns however I need to, so that they’ll fit her correctly. Sewing also saves me money, which is never a bad thing!
I love making cute little skirts, but I hate making hems! They’re time-consuming and tricky, and sometimes they just get on my nerves!
That’s why I love this pattern. It features a “ribbon hem,” which not only makes hemming a breeze, but also leaves a super cute ribbon edging at the bottom of the skirt. This would be an terriffic project for a beginning sewer. As you can see, my daughter loves her new skirts.
When I post a finished sewing project, I always like to mention how long it took me, and how much it cost in total. These skirts didn’t cost me much, timewise or monetarily.
Both skirts were made with thread and ribbon I already had, either given to me or from previous projects, and one of the skirts was made with fabric I already had, too.
The only things I had to buy were elastic for both skirts and fabric for one skirt. The elastic costed $1.50 and the fabric was .50, bringing the grand total to $2.00! You can’t beat that price!
I’d love to hear what everyone thought of my tackle! Come visit me some time at Chocolate Fingerprints!
We strive to highlight other Moms, their blogs and their tackles approximately every other week. If you’d like to be a guest tackler, please just e-mail The Apron Queen at tackleittuesday@gmailcom. We’d love to have you!
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Those skirts are darling!
Wow!! The skirts look adorable. I brought my sewing machine out a few weeks ago but still haven’t done anything with it. I used to make clothes for myself. Maybe that will be my tackle next week.
I love the skirts! I can’t even make a pillow case!! Nice job.
I especially love the ribbon hem. That is so sweet!!
What an excellent tackle. I dug out my ancient sewing machine recently too, especially timely with the credit crunch I think.
Love the ribbon hem – I wonder if I could use that for the boys too? Maybe not.
Best wishes
LOVE the red!
ooooh – I LOVE those hems!! I need to learn to do those. Once upon a lifetime I sewed. Now I am too busy and paying the cost! I sure wish I could get to my sewing machine…
GREAT WORK!
Those skirts are so cute! I need to drag out my sewing machine and really learn how to use it one of these days.
I am always in awe of people who can sew. I am not blessed with this talent. Those skirts are sooooo cute.
If you like sewing that much, you may think about selling your work on Etsy.com. It’s for all things homemade and I love it:-)
I’m so honored to be the guest tackler today! Thanks, everyone!
I love those skirts. I also really enjoy sewing and the only time I wish I had girls instead of two boys is when I see cute things to make for little girls.
My tackle this week also involved sewing, although it was not so fun, but I”m glad it turned out nice and is DONE.
Those are so cute. I often wish I had little girls to dress in cute outfits. It’s harder to make boys look cute.
Great job on the skirts! Very cute.
Congratulations on your new sewing skills! You’ll have to stop by and visit me at my blog – I have a couple of FREE tutorials on my site, and lots more coming out soon for anyone who is just learning to sew or who is just getting back to sewing after a looooong break! Your skirts are darling ;o) Thanks for doing the Tackle It project, it is such an encouragement and inspiration to get busy and get those things cleaned up! Thanks, Nina
Thanks for the Veteran’s Day reminder–it is more than just a day off from school/work/etc. Thanks to those who help keep us a free nation.
So cute! I love the idea of the ribbon hem.
those are so cute!
wow! lots of tackling going on
good stuff!
Okay when I saw the guest tackler was Chocolate Finger Prints I just had to stop by!!!! And I wasn’t dissappointed as your tackle was SEWING, which I love. Your skirts are just sooo cute, but by far the model is the cutest!!!!!! Can’t wait to see what you sew next!!!!