Jayna's Newest Handmade Skirt

I've been wanting to make Jayna this new skirt for a while, but I lacked the much-needed knowledge and confidence in the area of sewing and using my sewing machine. Before I sew ANY clothes, I have to read, re-read, and read again the sewing pattern. Then I have to talk to myself for a while about how I can do this. But I am not really sure. Then I look for the perfect fabric for the item for a long while...this could take months. Then when I finally start my project and hop on the sewing machine, I get very discouraged. If the bobbin is the least bit off, I struggle for about an hour to get it all right and ready to go again. Very frustrating! Thus, I do not sew often. If anyone is willing to tutor me on my sewing machine I would be very attentive and a fast learner. Until then...

I recently came across this book at Hobby Lobby entitled, "making children's clothes." (The title of the book is in lower case...normally I would capitalize a title.) The book is by Emma Hardy, and probably for anyone who already knows how to sew it would be an awesome book to make some really cute stuff. It has great instructions and detailed pictures. But this skirt took me 4 1/2 hours to make. But again, I am incompetent at this hobby so far. The corduroy flower print is from JoAnn's...can't remember where I got the brown polka dot print...maybe JoAnn's? The velvet trim is from Hobby Lobby. The button I had in my stash of scrapbooking supplies. And now Jayna has a skirt. She was not happy to model it for me, though. So I didn't get many cute pictures of her wearing it yet. She doesn't care that mom spent lots of time sewing that skirt the night before --- she just wants to go into Adam's room and pick out a toy to play with...sheesh, MOM!

Thanks for looking, reading all this, and putting up with my poor humor. haha! :)