As I predicted yesterday, mending the tear in one of my daughter’s play dresses took about 20 minutes.

The tear was quite jagged and the flannel was a loose weave so it was tricky to make sure the stitches weren’t just going to pull right out after another wear or wash of the dress.

Mending the tear with a basic whip stitch worked pretty well. It is not perfect, but I don’t think there would have been a perfect way to mend that particular tear.

Finishing the mending on the dress feels great! Not only will my daughter now be able to wear it again before she outgrows it, but this is a quick win for my sewing closet. The dress will now be hung in my daughter’s closet and will no longer take up space in my small sewing closet.

The denim skirt for my daughter will be the next project I focus on. It will be a simple three-tiered skirt with an elastic waistband, so no tricky sewing involved.

I am piecing squares cut from a pair of jeans that no longer fits me into the three rows. Each row is longer than the row above it so there will be a small amount of gathering at the top of each row. I am basing the design off another skirt my daughter has and taking approximate measurements from that skirt.

I have cut all the squares already. I pieced the squares for the first two rows together, and sewed those rows together as well. If I have about 20 minutes to sew tomorrow, I should be able to piece the squares for the third row.

If I have some extra time I will stich the third row onto the skirt. That will leave just the hem and waistband before the project is complete!