So…here we go. When you buy tulle from the fabric store it will come pre-folded it is 54 inches in width total so folded it will be around 27 inches in length. I purchased 2 yards of each color that I wanted to make a skirt out of.

Lay your tulle flat and keep it folded so that it will be 2 yards long and 27 inches wide.

As you can see my children were standing on my tulle…they like to stand on, well, everything I try to make. Once you have it laying flat fold it length wise. It will now be aproximately 14 inches in width and still 2 yards in length.

After you have folded your tulle, twice over, sew along the folded side about an inch from the edge.

Using a safety pin, I didn’t have one on hand, attach it to a 15-20 length of elastic and thread it through the sewn area.

Once you have threaded the elastic through cross it over itself and double check that it has not twisted.

Sew the elastic together with an overlap.

After sewing the elastic even out the skirt so it is evenly ruffled. The split at the back will be hardly noticeable with four layers of tulle. You can leave it as is or you can follow the next instructions to give one or more layers the knotted look.

First lay your skirt so that a single layer of tulle is on top. and seporate that layer from the rest. Then take scissors and cut at one inch intervals around four inches up.

Continue until you have repeated this process all the way around the skirt.

Starting at one end tie two of the cut pieces together in a knot and then move to the next two and continue this process all the way around the skirt.

Once you finish the skirt will have a little added frill. You can do this on all four layers of the skirt to make it extra frilly for your little girl.

My little lovely layers 3-4 of these skirts at a time. It definitely results in  her having a cupcake look.

The end result is so cute and they are SO inexpensive.

I love the construction of this hood. The edging is beautiful.

I was so anxious to see if it would fit Fiona that I rigged it to stay on even though it is only half knit. Here’s how it looks!

I think she will look darling in it when I am finished. I just have to find the perfect button!

Fiona is tired and not feeling the greatest today so when I told her to smile this is the face she made. I have to admit I definately have days where I feel like she looks.

I have also been doing a lot of research. I have a few hat ideas for fall/winter and I am increasing my knowledge of stitch types. Here is an awesome stitch dictionary that I found at Powell’s Books in Portland, OR.

If you are interested in this book you can find it for sale here.

The designer of this pattern is a friend and briliant photographer/Mom/pattern designer Amanda Keeys. Amanda gave me this pattern a while back and I have been waiting for the opportunity and inspiration to start the project. I found it! This last weekend my children were in a friends wedding.

I made knitted bow ties off of a pattern I have been working on for the boys and crocheted lacy headbands for the flower girls. I will be doing a post with more pictures later this week.

The wedding was beautiful and the children were (surprisingly) perfect. Corin proudly carried the ACTUAL RINGS, down the isle and handed them to the Best Man. I was so proud…and relieved. I decided to knit up Fiona’s new hood from the left over yarn.

For the main color I am using MadelineTosh DK in Robin’s Egg color-way. For the contrasting color I am using MadelineTosh Vintage in Silver Fox color-way. I have finished with the edge and I have just started the section using the main color. I will post pictures of my progress.