I was so excited when I found out that Oliver + S was designing a pattern with a skort! I have made skorts from knit material (if you can believe that!!) but not from regular cotton. So not only does this skirt have built-in shorts (a necessity for every active little girl in my opinion), but do you see that cute scalloped edge? I purchased this pattern right away. It is the Oliver + S Badminton Skort and Top pattern. The material is from the Hope Valley Collection of Free Spirit Fabrics, purchased from Sew Mama Sew.
I actually made another coordinating top, using a sort of striped material for the background and the pink of this top for the trim in the other. Cute.
While the scalloped edge may look daunting, it was actually quite simple. That just goes to show you how great Oliver + S patterns are. They are very well written. I highly recommend you look them up if you sew for kids. (And no, I am not paid to promote their products!!)
The blouse is not supposed to have the trim along the bottom but I found that it was shorter than I wanted so I added the extra bit. I actually made the striped blouse first, in the size 3, and it is big. Wearable, but definitely too big. The pink blouse is actually a size 18-24 month, made longer to account for the small size but then I still ended up adding on the extra trim along the bottom to make it even longer! If you scroll back up, you'll see I did that bottom band on the striped top too. These tops just run shorter than I like, I suppose. I should have opened the arm holes a bit bigger for the 18-24m size, but it is fine. She loves it!
I apologize for the blurred photos. She is a quick mover and I probably should have had my camera set differently. I hope you get the basic idea!
I wish they made this outfit in adult sizes! I say that about lots of Oliver + S patterns.
Happy sewing!
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