Me: Do you like the outfit? I think it looks nice on you.
Girl: I look like a business person.
Me: You look classy.
Girl: What does classy mean.
Me: The opposite of trashy. You look stylish.
Girl: I always look stylish.
She does like how it looks on her, to be clear. The only issue she has, is that she prefers skorts, so she doesn’t have to act all ladylike and not show her underwear. So. I will make her a pair of white shorties to go underneath, and next one I make will have them built in. I will do a tutorial on that, as well. Pretty easy to turn any skirt into a skort, as long as you have a pair of leggings you know fits.
This is the Nina skirt and Ollie top by Blaverry. These were given to me for free, as I am now on their promotion team. You should know by now that I generally only make things that I want to make, so I was happy to join this team when asked.
Details: These patterns were very straight-forward and easy to assemble. The patterns are layered, and they don’t have no cut pages. Instructions are made with illustrations and not pictures. The Ollie has two different collar options. Both have a keyhole in the back.
Changes: I made them using a 6W and 14L. The armhole did end up shorter than if I would have graded it all the way out to the 14L. I think it is just about perfect here, so just look at your kid and figure out what would fit them best. She is so slim everywhere that a longer armhole would have been too much showing for her.
Fabric: This fabric is two of mine. I printed it in the Modern Jersey at Spoonflower. The shirt is actually leftovers from making this shirt for me. I made it so these colors match. Depending on the lighting they can look grey or greenish.
The back was not intended to be pieced. Spoonflower has a very generous white selvage edge that I didn’t notice when cutting. I was using scraps of this fabric as it was, so I had to do some piecing to get rid of that white edge. Looks just fine, though.
Yes, I took a lot of pictures with this one. 😉 She just looked so cute!
Oh, I love this on her, she is getting so grown up and so classy in this outfit. I love how you described – classy, the opposite of trashy! LOL
Thanks, Lori! Yes, she looks very grown up here…going into 6th grade already. Time is just flying by!
I LOVE the little conversation at the very beginning, so cute! Great sewing, great outfit. Beautiful pics!
She has confidence! I like that! That’s a lovely fabric that you designed!