I made this Birthday Outfit for my Emmers (Emmalee). She turned 2 last weekend. We were in St. George, Utah visiting Great Grandma for the celebration. She caught sight of these stairs while sight seeing. I saw a photo op and had to pounce. (p.s. that squint in Emmie's eyes is her photo face, not the sun lol)
Look at those stairs. What two year old could resist!?!
I made the petti skirt out of somewhere near 80 yards of fabric. I had bottom fluff, but was so afraid I didn't have enough, I had to leave it off for the time being. I actually made the yolk yellow, but you can't see it. It is under the overskirt I had to try. I have been dreaming this one up for ages and finally put it to fabric. The pink overskirt is separate, and worked so well, I am certain I will have to make more. Then the petti skirt is so much more useful.
It was starting to get a little hot, thus the rosy cheeks. Here is my dolly is making is her picture-taking face again. She is not in pain, that is just what she does when she sees the camera come out. Nice, huh?
I fought for a long time over what to put on the shirt. Finally Madison suggested a party hat and I really thing it turned out cute. I couldn't decide on the fuzzy accents, but finally used eyelash yard, made a pompom for the top, and hand sewed it on loosely for the bottom. Couldn't have been cuter!![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeexFYu27xtPzqhoWBgyNPA2N8tO_DX3bbiTsNGqQT36Q_2JcG0OKliL7WR2G_iM9Y-BhsCMtFtQxaU7tnmf6B4v7iHnXhZMyZSqjGccOxv76-3mAfOdk9XVFkrlOICEEgC3qeFcQt0w/s400/2010-05+083.jpg)
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Here is our whole group, Emmers, Dad, Great Grandma, Eli, Me (suddenly feeling short), and Madison. What a lovely day for pictures :0}
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i loovee your tutu! It's soo pretty... how did you make it so fluffy? Your daughter is very very cute too.
ReplyDeleteThe secret to a fluffy skirt is to make multiple tiers of ruffles. This skirt had the yolk, a first row-2", second row-2", a third row-2". I still need to put on the bottom ruffle but ran out of fabric ooops :0)
ReplyDeleteMost petti skirts acutally have two skirts, one on top of the other. I just ruffled one extra and ended up with this. I love it!