I think this is my favorite fabric to date! It is adorable and has the requisite twirl factor that Maisie demands.
Honestly, I doubt I will ever buy her another skirt again, when I can churn these out daily.
The quality of my homesewn and designed skirts are far superior to the ones I can buy at the store. I don’t skimp on materials, everything is lined, it’s just amazingly easy for me to do this… and it teaches her how to sew, to boot!
We have been sooo busy churning out the skirts this week for Maisie (and I learned to make hairbows from the scrap material- so adorable).
Going to have to put the sweatshop on hold soon, to get the house ready for Thanksgiving.
We made a Hamsa Peace Dove Skirt:
Then (paired with her Aleph Bet skirt), she is seen wearing her faux fur, since our weather turned cold and nasty:
A new Solar System skirt was made:
I started on matching hair bows in various sizes, using fabric scraps today- and went kind of crazy- but she was thrilled lol:
We ended today with this amazing Science Kids skirt and hair bow(s) creation:
And now, her YouTube videos:
Whew! I think I am up to date now!
“How do humans think? This is one of the most intriguing questions that has captivated neuroscientists for decades. And not long ago, it seemed like something that no one would ever find an answer to.
But, a team at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI CBS) in Leipzig, Germany, and the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience in Trondheim, Norway have come up with a conclusive answer that humans think using the brain’s navigation system. The results of the finding have been published in the journal Science.”
Wish I knew how to press this, but sharing it instead:
https://sparkonit.com/2018/11/12/humans-think-using-brains-navigation-system/
4 yr old Maisie and her new Aleph Bet Hebrew alphabet skirt that we made (even while sick with a bug, that has since gone, knock wood)… she receive a little Dritz dressmaker’s dummy that she named “Trixie” in the mail this week and loves it! Sewing and styling are fun!
This was made for her special recital at shul on Friday.
Shirt and sweater and tights by Mini Boden.
My super smart 4 yr old freestyles about cells, atoms, viruses, Robert Hooke (who discovered plant cells in the 1600s) and other things…
We felt well enough to finish sewing her Aleph Bet Hebrew Alphabet skirt (with literal NAPS in between steps), just in case we’re well enough to attend family services tomorrow. She learned the Shema and Oseh Shalom with the other little ones and they’re kicking off a special Friday thing tomorrow.
She also loves (and I mean LOVES) this video of the kids Hebrew Alphabet song- at the rate she is going, we could possibly add Hebrew to her English and Persian and Filipino and smattering of French she knows already:
She also received a “Little Trixie”- a dressmaker’s dummy dressform, whatchamacallit. I call my big one Trixie, so now I guess it’s Trixie Sr.
The kiddie one is by Dritz and it is ADORABLE. Maisie keeps hugging it like it’s her best friend. The measurements are adjustable to about size 12-14 kids, so this thing should hold up for a long, long time.
Maisie is slim and tall, so the measurements are a bit bigger than her actual girth- but with elastic waistbands and twirly skirts, that doesn’t matter.
All Maisie requests in a skirt are that they twirl and they have cool fabric. I can do this.
Actually, R’s been doing the actual sewing, while I tell him what to do. I prefer draping and design and hand sewing to machine stuff and cutting. To him, using a sewing machine is no different than making things out of wood with tools. He just has to be told how to do it and he does it.
All skirts are lined. I think the next one will only have elastic in the back of the waistband, unless I feel lazy.
I honestly decided to make these because:
1. Well made girl’s skirts are PRICEY
2. We all know how to sew and I would love her to have unique prints and fabrics
3. It helps to teach her to sew and know where her clothes come from and HOW THEY ARE CONSTRUCTED.
I think this is important. I was taught these skills and I want to pass them to her.
4. We love projects! LOL!
Holy moly! That ‘little bug’ the child brought home from Montessori not only infected her (she actually had the mildest form)- I toppled after, like a tree. I seriously thought I was going to die. It was one of those bugs that involves all ends and orifices (sorry for the TMI), makes one feel like you’ve been beaten with wire hangers by disgruntled 40s film stars.
Not pleasant- and it made me sleep for days.
The rest of the fam thought it was easy-peasy and I was just having some health spell (because Maisie made it look so innocuous)- until THEY were hit with it.
I actually found one older male family member passed out on the floor between the downstairs toilet and the piano room guest bed, where he decided to camp (to be closer to the loo)- he’d been there for 3 hours and too weak to get up!
After frantic texts to my long-suffering, but freaking fantastic doctor, who told me to get 1/2L of liquid into him every 30 min, do his vitals, etc- he survived. He told me he seriously didn’t think he would survive. It scared him- and everyone else.
I spooned soup and dry toast and bagel into everyone… and bleached and scrubbed and washed nasty things I won’t mention.
I also made homemade saffron chicken garlic soup with noodles (and once with wild rice) 2 days running. If you don’t have an Instant Pot, buy one, NOW. It saved our lives. How else can one cook a 4 hour soup in under 30 minutes? Amazing gadget.
R was also hit hard and is still in feeling the effects. He’s young, he’ll live. Even my dad’s got a touch of it, but he has the sense to hydrate. I have to remind everyone else to keep drinking.
I kept the BRAT diet thing on point. Seemed to work.
R, who is allergic to milk, decided to drink it for his heartburn- when I told him a Zantac would have been more effective- and now he’s back to stomach issues. What can I do?!
I can just say “I told ya so” and make sure they try to follow some sort of sensible thing.
It’s weird- I am frequently sick, so I know how severe this was. It was worse than my emboli, seriously. When you’re out of your mind with fever and in pain, you just pretty much think the the end is near lol. Being the healthiest cat in the house, besides Maisie, was a new one for me- or the first time in the longest time.
C didn’t get it, yet. I hope he never does. He has the heartiest immune system in the house, knock wood.
Maisie seems to be over it. Her appetite returned with a vengeance today.
We felt well enough to finish sewing her Aleph Bet Hebrew Alphabet skirt (with literal NAPS in between steps), just in case we’re well enough to attend family services tomorrow. She learned the Shema and Oseh Shalom with the other little ones and they’re kicking off a special Friday thing tomorrow.
So much for the update- will add more in next post!
