http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=11548656
...but I didn't want to pay that much because I'm cheap like that with sewing.
I had never done shirring, but it looked easy enough, so I thought I'd give it a shot. I found a tutorial on one of the blogs I read:
http://houseonhillroad.typepad.com/
I also made a quick trip to Joanns for the elastic thread and a bias tape maker.
Then....I made the pattern - for all it was worth.
It took me about 4 hours to make the top, partly because the shirring took some fiddling. I'm super happy with it. I made the pants from a pattern because I can never get the rise correct on my own. She's happy with it, and I like it also. She wore it for the Mother's Day program at school today....because they don't hate me enough already.
Here's the run-down on the materials:
- Jeans from an old pair of mine that are, of course, too small - and too tapered in the leg
- yellow floral fabric - curtain I got at Goodwill for $.50 (washed first)
- white eyelet fabric leftover from a project
- pink dots (bias tape also in this) 1/4 yard from Joanns
- Red tie fabric - remnant I had
- Rick rack - from my stash
- Flower - from my scrapbooking supplies
Total cost to make (including bias tape maker & thread): $ 7.50
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