The Sparkly Skirt

There it is! The darn thing took me ALL day. It was the worst fabric to sew with. I had to keep reminding myself that it was just for a race an no one was going to care if it didn't look pretty. It bothered me though, so I ripped out the hem several times and then finally just left it. The stitches were doing weird things like this...

There are sections where it was perfect, and then sections where it wouldn't stitch and it'd leave big long gaps. I hemmed it twice to be safe. The other area I had problems with was the waist. I'm not a sewer. I've sewn a few times, but not recently. The directions said to pull the elastic so it's stretched out and sew the material straight to it so when your done it cinches together with that ruffled look...this is what happened to mine. Material all flat on one side...

 then all bunched up at the end when the elastic wouldn't stretch anymore and I had extra fabric.

I think I'll attach a piece of holly or something so it's meant to look that way - ROFL. Not quite a disaster. I still have the material to do another one (same color), I'll just need to buy more elastic. I'll do more research on this type of fabric and the waistband before attempting to finish the other one. I think it looks cute and will work for the race. The perfectionist in me wants it perfect and is itching to rip it all apart and do it again. Funny thing is the waist band is where it stitched just fine so to rip it out would take forever. Too funny.
Anyway, I can't wait to wear this with my nutcracker knee highs on Sunday's race!!!
Update on lifting: my kiddos are sick. My daughter has been on the couch in pj's for almost two days now. I've been forcing her to drink liquid. Definitely can't take her to the gym in this condition. My son is doing better today - not as clingy. I wanted to get my workouts in before we left, but I'm not sure how many we'll get done. Holidays and colds - you just have to love this time of year, and is probably why everyone waits until the New Year to start things.