Easy Pieces Part II

In order to give McKenna a bit more variety I put together a simple grey vest. I wanted to add a lace closure up the front, but my daughter wanted it open so she could add it to a school outfit, perhaps if I have time I'll sew up another on that closes in front as it would look a bit more like the styles I see at Renaissance festival.

 

 

Now since McKenna has a grey vest and plaid skirt, I thought I should reverse that and so I also made a grey skirt and plaid vest (of course she can wear plaid with plaid and grey with grey.)

Here's the grey vest and white peasant blouse with the plaid shawl.

I also decided that McKenna might want to feel a bit fancier, so I put together a more formal look; McKenna still has on the floor length grey skirt, and I added a raspberry "dress" to the look. This piece did take a bit loner to make, but I love the Renaissance look of the outfit.

Here's the same piece with the plaid skirt underneath.

As you can see, McKenna has limitless possibilities when she mixes and matches the pieces.

Easy Pieces Part I

After sewing a few Highland dance outfits, I had some pink plaid left over and decided that I wanted to use it all,  but I couldn't decide what I wanted to make, so I came up with a way to make the best possible use of the material by creating several separates that could all be mixed and matched to from several different outfits. I tried to theme my outfits for a Scottish festival / medieval peasant.

I started by constructing a basic white peasant blouse that could go with several pieces. Next I added a floor length skirt that's gathered at the waistband. I added an easy hairband that ties behind.

I love this simple easy look.

McKenna can add a simple shawl to cover up with. The shawl is basically a large triangle piece of fabric. I stitched a simple hem around the entire piece. McKenna wears it as a shawl here, but I can also tie it around her in a verity of ways.