Dora the explorer......

My first venture into a farbenmix/studio tantrum pattern. The instructions made no sense.....it almost needs to come with a health warning. But I found a Laguna Skirt sew-a-long online and it really helped. I think it's one of those patterns that you need to be sewing for it to make sense.

So here is my first Laguna Skirt, Double Layered. I love the look of the skirt, so girly and fun. I added a cotton/lycra stretchy waistband instead of an elastic one as it is nice feeling on wee ones tummies.

It is quite hungry on fabric for a double layered one like I made so could end up being an expensive project. A single layer one will use about a yard for the size I made (98-104) for my almost 3year old (though she's just a wee thing)  so a double would use almot 2 yards. It is a bit short so my next one I'll probably move up a size because I like skirts to fall below the knee.

Not a very good "modelled" shot. My model is being a bit of a diva at the moment. But it shows you the layering.

And for her big sister, A dora spiral skirt. 9 Gores on this one. This is currently my favourite skirt pattern. I think it's even easier than a tiered skirt. See my other post for the dolly ones I made too :)