Full Circle

How this fabric became a skirt.
This was a fat quarter pack that I bought at Joann's with the intention of making a little quilt for the little boy I was supposedly carrying in my belly in 2004. Suprise, suprise. It's a girl. It sat around for a while before I decided to turn it into a skirt. And that's the story.

There were 8 fat quarters and I eeked this skirt out. I made 2 circle skirts at the same time and vowed never to make another.


I made the skirt last year and sent it to my Niece2 in Texas. She was 4 at the time and my sister sent it back to me last week. I have 3 nieces and I love that we share our girls' clothing. Naiobi now wears some things that Omari wore when she was little. But they were first shipped to Berkeley and worn by Niece1 then shipped off to Texas to be worn by Niece2, then back to Naiobi in California and we then ship back to Niece3 in Texas. And she's the last stop. Most clothes is pretty sturdy, even though they've been rough and tumbled by kids. Jeans really last and have been returned without any tears and only minimal fading. Because of this, almost the entirety of Naiobi's wardrobe was handed down. The only things we aquire regularly are pajamas, socks and panties.

Naiobi likes colorful clothes and she loves skirts and dresses so she was quite pleased with this skirt. She was a little distraught that she doesn't have a green or yellow top. I had to convince her that it was okay to wear the pink shirt since the skirt had a pink ribbon.