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Today’s sponsor theme of Childhood Dreams is brought to you by Rain of Weathering Storm.  On choosing the theme she had this to say:

“On a deeper level, I think childhood dreams say a lot about a person. Did you dream of adventure? Of fame? Of being helpful? And how did those dreams translate into your adult life.”

I really like this theme!  I have posted this a couple of years ago, but I have always wanted to be a fashion designer!  Like since I was seven!  I remember very vividly, hand sewing Barbie clothes with my mom and sister.  Cinderella was my absolute favorite Disney movie because the mice and birds sew a dream gown for her.  My sister and I used to play dress up with bed sheets.  I loved being the

“designer” and “dressing” my sister in a fabulous “gown”.  When I got into middle school and then throughout high school I would endlessly sketch different outfits.  I got my fist sewing machine in high school that has since been gifted to a few different people learning to sew.

Luckily, studying fashion design has improved all of my early skills to the point were I am at today.  I now have a job where I get to do what I have always wanted and I love it so much that I do it at home as well!   I really thought the best way to illustrate my dream was to take it literally. So, to represent this theme I used the new skirt pattern I drafted this past weekend.  I added pockets to this version as well as a contrasting boarder. The main fabric is all sorts of scissors and the contrasting is a print of pattern pieces and sewing tools.  For this skirt I used 1 1/2 yards of the navy scissor cotton that is a recent purchase this year and 1/2 yard of the gray print pattern pieces cotton from the stash

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