Thursday, May 1, 2008

Tea for Two or From Beds to Threads

Last night was the Young Women mother/daughter tea party at our church. I had started this skirt for me a couple of (cough) years ago but never finished it. I decided the bright, vintage fabric was perfect for a tea party so I finished t up yesterday and made a quick, simple one for Lily to match. If you had asked me years ago if I was going to be the kind of mother that dressed to match her daughter I would have said "NO!", but I was actually really excited to be matchy patchy with Lily. I told Chris I could make him a matching vest and bow tie but he was less than enthusiastic.



The fabric used to be some bedsheets of my grandmother's. I don't know why I scrounged them from the DI pile but now I am glad I did. What else would I wear to a tea party?

5 comments:

Claudia said...

You two are so cute! The skirts look great! You are so talented! I got the package today--the pot pie pot holder cracked me up. I was so excited to show it to Adam! Thank you! I love it!

Ali Howell said...

wow, i am seriously impressed! Those are the cutest skirts i've ever seen made out of a grandma's bed sheet!!! :) for that matter that skirt on lilly is just one of the cutest little girl skirts i've ever seen! You are amazing!

Angi said...

Do you take orders? I'll send my grandmother's bedsheets.

Angi said...

PS
Lily's skirt is too cute, do you have a pattern number? Or did you just whip that up out of thin air.

Kate said...

Dang, you are awesome. I love all the stuff you have been making lately. YOu amaze me.