When I went to LA, I was given a yard of two different Michael Miller prints. I fell in love. My mind was just brimming ideas for the bird fabric (find other colorways here). Home dec? Pencil skirt? Details on a jacket? Not two hours after I arrived home from my trip, I caught Penelope red-handed with scissors and my bird fabric. "But mom! I wanted to make a pocket square!" I unfolded the yardage to discover Penelope had cut a giant hole in the middle of all of it. There went my plans to make me a skirt. Squashed. She knew the yardage needed to be a circle skirt, the pocket square bit was just a rouse. I couldn't see myself making anything else out of the fabric now. I followed Dana's instructions for a circle skirt, but added a fabric covered elastic waistband instead. I like the polish the fabric waistband gives. She loves this little skirt, but  promptly exchanged it for pants for her first day of school. No matter. She at least got dressed up for pictures this morning. I can't believe she's in kindergarten already! My little doll has grown up so fast. I've been ready for her to start kindergarten for the last 2 years it seems. Bidding her farewell on the bus today seemed so strange, though! It was just nuts to see my little girl go off to school on her own. She's certainly ready for autonomy.