Star Wars rebel pilot skirt

Clover was a bit jealous of Violet's sweet Star Wars cast. And when I muttered something about "maybe mommy will put some Star Wars fabric in your next skirt" to make her feel better, she latched on to that statement and reminded me of it several times an hour.  "Is my Star Wars skirt done?" 

....No, Clover...I haven't started it yet!

(FYI, Clover put together the ensemble in these photos, including the headband with flowers sticking straight out of her forehead. )

 

Her tactics worked, and soon I was dragging out fabric to get a skirt made with. She really needed another skirt anyway because she lives in a (still unphotographed!) big purple skirt I made for her with some of my big purple Target bed sheet. 

In her words she looks like a "disney princess" in her "big huge skirt", and nothing else shall do.

She chose the reddish orange fabric from my stash, and I thought it looked like the color of the rebel pilot suits in Star Wars..... Rebel pilot princess!  To amuse myself, I added some diagonal pintucks to the front of the skirt.

Source: allposters.com via Debbie on Pinterest

It's a very full skirt (per her requirements), and maxi length (also her requirements), with large pockets to carry her blasters and light sabers (and dolls and jewelery). I sewed the pockets onto separate side panels from the main front and back panels so that the edges of the pockets would be encased in the side seams. If anyone has ever made treasure pocket pants from Figgy's, it was like the technique from that pattern.

The lighting was not ideal for getting photos taken, with the mid day sun glaring on us, but it needed to be done before she wore the skirt any more and trashed it somehow. Thankfully, she loves it.

Now I just need to decide on some other fabrics to go with the rest of the Star Wars fabric, and make the kids a quilt for Christmas!