Brandy Melville Inspired Miniskirt

While shopping at Brandy Melville my older daughter learned that one size doesn't always fit all especially when it comes to skirts. She asked me to make her "the same skirt": plaid flannel, short, with 2 pleats in the front. I decided to use a Vogue Very Easy skirt pattern as a template and change it into what she wanted. I used the pattern for waistline sizing and basic shape but made the skirt more A-line. I figured out how much to expand the front piece to include 2 pleats. I went shopping for fabric and when the girl at Mood said a miniskirt in that fabric was very "Gossip Girl" I knew L would like it. I made a muslin before I cut the fabric and then I was ready to go. The best part was when I do a project for her there's a hard deadline. She needed it for Monday so I sewed a lot of Sunday and got it done in time for high school on Monday.

Knitting for the Polar Vortex

I finished my magenta Gretel hat and knit up another as a Christmas present.

Turns out my daughter feels it's too loose so she's generously allowed me to share it with her for the time being. And just in time for the Polar Vortex! I've been wearing lots of things I've knit including 2 mohair sweaters from the Stitch and Bitch book that may be kind of loose and baggy but they are warm as anything and in beautiful colors. The dark pink one was knit after the lavender one and has a little more shaping in the waist (could have gone further with that...). Also the sleeves are still too long, but hey I was very warm and it's been nice to notice that so much of what I was wearing I made.