Whirlwind In A Mama's Head

Today Miss Kiki had a Science Fair at her school and the parents were invited to come and see their science presentation. Her class theme was the rainforest, and they learnt about plants like Orchids, Bromelia , Heliconia , and more. We have some Heliconias at home, so I cut a couple of stems to help the class decorate their room. The children and teachers had been working on this project for a while, and Miss Kiki was very excited about it. "Come as early as you can, Mom." She told me yesterday. The parents were invited from 8:30 am to 9:30 am. For whatever reason (I'm not really sure myself... sigh...), including traffic and lack of parking space, DH and I arrived 10 minutes late and missed her individual presentation. Miss Kiki was incredibly upset and I could see that she was holding back her tears when she saw me. Oh I just felt like the worst mother in the world!!! Fortunately one of the other moms there quickly realized that I wasn't there during Miss Kiki...

Very recently I made a post about Miss Kiki's new Pillowcase Dress with Michael Miller Fabric. I had bought extra because I knew I would want to make something else afterwards. In case you're wondering, I got the fabric from Click & Stitch . So after the success of the dress I decided to make a simple skirt for one of Miss Kiki's BFF's 4th birthday. I chose the simple skirt because the fabric design itself already gave a strong sense of elegance. There's a very good tutorial for a simple skirt over at MADE. So here's the end result!

There's a new online store I found for imported fabric in Indonesia called Click and Stitch . They carry a wide variety of collections by Michael Miller , Tiger Lily, Cotton & Steel , and more. If you like fabric, you should definitely check it out! My first purchase from them was this metallic confetti cotton from the Glitz collection by Michael Miller. I just couldn't wait to make something with it! Since I didn't feel like making a bodice, I opted for a simple pillowcase dress for Miss Kiki. It was very exciting! Miss Kiki is a petite 6 year old, but I made a regular size dress for a 6 year old so she can wear it a bit longer.  I started with cutting the fabric to 24"x 27" when folded in half. Before you start cutting, you need to decide which way the fabric design is going to face. For this dress, I cut it so that the confetti was at the bottom. I stitched the ends first, right sides together, with straight stitch and then zig zag to prevent ...