Skirts and a Top

I made these skirts last Spring...

(Actually, my Mom made this purple daisy skirt.) 

I have been "meaning" to make a coordinating top to go with both, because of the prints and colors made them so difficult to match.  The project kept getting bumped down my list and my daughter wasn't wearing the skirts...

I figured I would do another top like this one.  It wasn't very difficult and came out really cute!

I recently came across this t-shirt embellishment tutorial from Peanut to Princess and definitely had to make a top for my daughter...  I did everything in the tutorial except I did not use the interfacing/heat n bond.  I wanted to be able to remove the appliqué and put it on a larger top next year.

**Update: two years later, I did remove the aplique and sewed it onto another top, and she is still wearing the skirt!**

Goes great with both skirts!

She is practicing her twirling here.

Here is the tutorial I used to make the fabric covered buttons.  It was very easy and less expensive than the kits you can buy.  I used regular thread and it worked fine.


I will be linking up to some of the fabulous linky parties listed here!

***Update...  Les than an hour after my daughter put this shirt on, she was cutting out paper shapes and cut a hole right in the middle of the shirt!  I am double glad I did not use the heat and bond...***