Matching Skirts & Ties

Several months ago one of my friends gifted me 5 yards of fabric that she knew I wanted. I'd bought 2, then just happened to to run into her at the fabric store a few days later where she was buying the rest of it.

I did my project with it and realized that I wanted more... but there was no more. I started hunting some down on Ebay. She found out I was hunting and gave me the yardage she'd bought as a baby shower gift. I, in turn, told her that my first project would be 5 matching skirts for the 5 girls we have between the two of us. I went one better and made ties to match for my 3 year old and her baby due this summer... here's how they turned out.

I used the Emery Skirt pattern (acutally, I'd call it a tutorial... its not a pattern that you cut and use, its instructions for how to draw the pattern, then contruct it) that I purchased from SadieJames on Esty. I love the look of the skirt, but I didn't think that the construction was very well thought out. The pattern instructions leave an exposed seam at the waistband top... no facing or applied casing to give it a finished look, so after the first skirt I tossed the instructions and went with my good-construction gut. They're not perfect, particularly where I had to stitch in the ditch, but they turned out okay.

For the ties, I used this pattern and tutorial over at Very Homemade. Quick and easy. I'll be making a lot more ties like this for my son. He doesn't like clip-ons at all, so the velco-on tie is the way to go for us.