My favorite pattern right now is the Evelyn Apron Skirt by Jona Giammalva. The original pattern has a little apron on the front of the skirt, but I left it off the one shown in the photo (I didn’t have a light enough fabric in my scraps). This is such an easy quick sew.
The little green accent strip is by far my favorite part of the skirt. But I also love how “twirly” it is.
I made a few little yo-yos out of leftover fabric scraps and sewed them in a cluster onto a little white tank to make a complete outfit. Heather Bailey has a great yo-yo tutorial on her blog.
You can purchase the pattern for the Evelyn skirt at You Can Make This. Jona also has a great blog and fabric website called Fabritopia. Very talented woman!
I really need to update my fabrics…there are so many great combinations you could put together for this pattern. Seriously, will someone please open up a huge fabulous fabric, ribbon, button store within 100 miles of Palm Desert?!
This turned out great! Loving the yo-yo’s. Going to check out the tutorial now.
I’ll open one with you – but I think I would just buy everything we were supposed to be selling and we wouldn’t make any $$!
Thanks for sharing this pattern! I love it and have been wanting to make sometime just like it for my girls. I’m addicted to Yo-Yo’s! So fun!
Happy Saturday 🙂
When you fold under and sew close to the edge – do you sew through to the front of the fabric or do you just stay between that edge?? Does that question even make any sense???
Fold the side of the yo-yo fabric over (about 1/8″ to 1/4″) and put the needle all the way through the fold from front to back and then reverse and go the other way….back and forth until you go all the way around. Then start pulling both side of the thread through as you shape the yo-yo…..then I tie them together once to make sure it looks okay and then tie it again to knot the thread. Does that help?
Ok, so I do go all the way through to the front. Hmmm, I did it right and it still looks bad. I’m gonna do it again!
Wow! What a sweet review (and darling skirt)! Thank you so much! Your enthusiasm thrills me!!
Elle’s Mom, I mean Lisa, re: yoyos….make sure to sew close to the folded edge and spread out your stitches about 1/4″.
Wow, this skirt is adorable too. Thanks so much for sharing the link with us. Makes me want to whip up another skirt.