craftgrrl | Birthday Present for my Niece

uh oh....I think I told a fib when I said I wouldn't post anymore bags ;P At least this has a cute skirt with it!

It was my niece's 3rd birthday last Saturday and I decided to make her a gift instead of buy one.

I wanted cute, but "adult" type fabric to use for her outfit so I purchased some beautiful green suiting fabric that had tuffs of yellow, pink and blue scattered through-out. Because I only had her waist measurement, I decided to make her a skirt and a matching bag. I've never made a child's skirt before so I just winged it. It has vintage lace sewn all around the hem as well as on the bag.

The photographs are not that good and the skirt and bag look wonky as I didn't have time to take decent shots before wrapping and leaving to go to her birthday party.

My niece was having too much fun at the party and didn't open her presents until that night - my sister-in-law called Sunday morning to let me know that my niece absolutely loved her skirt and purse and refused to take them off. I consider that a success story :]

Skirt: