I am so excited about my friend Sivje Parish making her Sew Beautiful Magazine debut! She worked with me on an article called "Skirting Around" You may know her through her blog Goose Girl Sews. http://goosegirlsews.blogspot.com/
This is the cover of Sew Beautiful Issue #144. It should be in your mailbox in the next couple of weeks.
One of the skirts Sivje made for this article is from her "Monkey Girl" Skirt epattern
http://goosegirlsews.blogspot.com/2009/04/froggies-flu-and-bluebird-of-happiness.html
After we had finished the article for Sew Beautiful, I wanted to make one of these skirts for my granddaughter. She is now about 18 months and loves Elmo!
I found a Sesame Street fat quarter bundle on line at the Fat Quarter Shop. The pattern calls for just 4 coordinating fat quarters so I had more than enough.
http://www.fatquartershop.com/Sesame-Street-Fabric-Spectrix-Fabrics-Sesame-Workshop.asp
Here is my Elmo version of Sivje's "Monkey Girl" skirt. I made a size 2 and used Buttonhole Elastic in the waist and added a growth tuck at the hem line so that the bottom band looks like floating hem.
This is my favorite part of the skirt...bloomers!
Of course being the ever indulgent grandmother that I am, her Bitty Baby had to have a matching skirt. I reduced the 6 month pattern on my scanner until I had the right hip measurement for the bloomers. The t shirt was just something I put together using an old red t shirt of my daughter's
Her Elmo skirt is well loved and better yet it gets worn!
Congratulations Sivje!