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Skirt Week: Little Girls’ Skirt Winner!

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And the Little Girls’ Skirt Winner is…

Pot O’ Gold Skirt From Amy of During Quiet Time!



Ok, you guys, this one took a long time.  The other skirts were picked fairly shortly after the deadline for submissions, but Susan and I were still trying to pick a little girls’ skirt winner this morning! (well, afternoon for me)  Next year, someone else is making this decision!

In the end, we chose Amy’s skirt because it combined some of our favorite elements: natural linen, hand stitched embroidery, a hint of patchwork-y goodness in the contrast band, and a really adorable pocket.

But beyond that, we just love that she came up with this idea in the first place – to make the pocket the “pot”, and to even make it slightly “pot-shaped”.  And the placement of the rainbow, coming out of the side seam, is brilliant!

This skirt is gorgeous enough for adults to appreciate, but has just the right amount of whimsy for a little girl.  Congratulations Amy!  We hope you love your new stuff!

2 Patterns by Lil Blue Boo
Mod Podge for Fabric, Simply Screen kit + Iron-ons from Mod Podge Rocks
1 yard custom twill tape from TwillTape.com
Backpack Pattern from Made By Rae
Summer Vacation Dress and Shortie, Can-Can Skirt Patterns from MADE
$20 Gift Certificate from Above All Fabric
$25 Gift Certificate from Flashy Fish
Winner’s Choice of pattern from Little Lizard King

And seriously, just go flip through the flickr pool, because they’re all just flat out wonderful.  We want one of each.  But because we have to keep up the trend, here are some other faves:

Jenny at Sew Pretty Dresses made this pattern by copying a store-bought dress – love that.  The pleat detailing at the drop-waist is really lovely, and this is also one of our very favorite fabrics!

Best use of twill tape, from Jess of Craftiness is not Optional.  See how she pleated it before sewing it down?  Totally going to copy her!
Love the simple style and fabrics of these skirts from Little Poppy Seeds, and super duper love the way they look with yellow shoes!
Christie at A Lemon Squeezy Home cleverly combined two skirt favorites: a bubble and ruffles!  We think the little bows make the skirt.
Sylvie at La Fabrique de Vivie went all the way.  She did what I couldn’t/wouldn’t/didn’t want to do.  She made the Dresden Plate Skirt a full circle!  Way to go Sylvie!  This is awesome, and I for one know how much work it was!
Ok, we really love the sunny colors of the repurposed sheets used in this tiered skirt by Amanda at Little Cumulus, but this picture is really all about that baby!  Cuteness overload, Amanda.  We’re dying over here.
It’s a bummer that Polkadotjes didn’t get this skirt posted within the deadline, because we love it big time.  Check out her blog for all the details and incredible workmanship.  Of course, that fabric doesn’t hurt either!
From Becky Waldrop, the most original skirt – check out that graffiti!
And though we were drawn to the simpler styles, we also love some of the rufflier versions (and we know those little girls do too!)
From Mama’s Spare Time, a triple ruffle pretty in pink:
That ruched panel amidst all the straight ones is pretty genius.  From Leisel at Brown Paper Packages:
 Melissa at Lilac Lane wrote a tutorial for this swingy layered circle skirt, in case a little girl you know needs one (or, you know, an adult :)
Love how Kim at The Brown Bulletin alternated printed cotton ruffly layers with chiffon for some fun texture.

Comments

  2. Melissa says

    I have no idea how you were able to narrow that down lol. Those skirts have so much fabulousness to them! I should know I entered three ;) (I kid) The winner is so sweetly sweet though! Congrats!

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  5. KD Designs says

    Oh yeah, I’m sure that was HARD to decide! Probably hard to keep from being distracted from the cute children IN the skirts too! Good choice! I think that skirt is adorable! I’m diggin those ruffly ones with the chiffon too! Mega cuteness!

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  6. Megan says

    I’m glad I didn’t have to choose – they were all so lovely! The rainbow one did stand out, though! Congrats to the winner and thanks for hosting such a fun week!

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  8. LB3K says

    What amazing skirts! I don’t know how you narrowed it down to ONE skirt! Thanks so much for throwing mine in there. What a fun week!

    Thanks!

    Leisel

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  12. Jess says

    thanks for the fun contest-and that rainbow skirt is amazing. Glad you liked my pleated twill tape skirt-I really wasn’t trying to get you to pick mine by using the prize I won on your blog…really! ;D hehe!

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  15. Amy says

    Oh my goodness! It’s hot. The baby is teething. Big brother and sister are out of sorts. This made my day!! Thank you so much. I am honored. There were lots of great skirts in this contest.

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  16. Polkadotjes says

    Bummer…the time difference necked me. ;)
    But hey…so fun that you guys love the skirt!
    And thanks for the initiative…this was very inspiring. Just seeing all those little skirts gave me a bunch of great ideas!

    Congratulations to the winner. Love the skirt!

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  19. Woodruff Fam says

    Oh my!! There were soo many cute ones here! Love the linen on the winning skirt! But it made my day to have my skirts shown on here!!!!! I can’t stop smiling! ;))) Hint: (mine are the ones with the yellow shoes!) I really need to put this on my blog!! :)

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