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Hi! You've landed on the Polkadot Chair blog!! My name is Melissa Mortenson, and I'm so glad that you are here!
I'm a Mom to 3 great kids, married to a wonderful guy, and feel lucky to be living in Kentucky!
I love to sew, craft & create... this blog, named after a chair in my craft room, is a peek into my little world.
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SUPER cute– CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
I’ve can’t wait to brag about you some more- Congratulations!
I love the skirt and the owl- dArLiNg!
Just found you via Moda Bake shop, and not only are you super creative, but in l’ville. My husband is from Louisville, and we lived there from 2003 to 2006. I miss so many things, and one is the amazing creative people that live there. I’ll be checking in often!
I too found you from the bake shop. Love your blog, and what a great skirt tutorial!
Found your blog via the Moda Bake Shop. I absolutely love this skirt and the tutorial looks so easy. I’ve never made clothes before, but I think I could totally do this. Is it possible to tailor the pattern for an adult? I would love to have one of these skirts of my own! :)
Couldn’t have happened to a better person! I’m so excited for you and lucky to know you away from blog land too!
Darling skirt!
This one is has the best colors. I love it. The owl applique goes with it perfectly. Thanks for including me in this one!
I love your blog. What a treat. :)
Shannon
Congratulations!!!! That is so exciting! Can’t wait to try the skirt!!
Congratulations! I have spent waayy too long going through your blog, but i can’t help it, it is FABULOUS!!! You are simply awesome!
LOVE that skirt!!
You go girl!!!!!! Love! Love! Love! The skirt is so amazing. Have a few questions, if you don’t use the 1-2 Wonderland Charm Packs, how much fabric do you need, and how big are the squares?
Keep it up!
Found you from the Bake Shop, your blog is so cute! It makes me want a little girl even more than I already did!
Another amazing skirt!? You are fantstic, you do the best tutorials, I am soooo excited to make this for my daughters!
I am so excited about this skirt (don’t let the phase end!) that I’m going to squeeze in a trip to the quilt shop before I go to a meeting!
Congrats! You seriously are ubber talented Melissa. :)
Beautiful skirt.
Saw the skirt at church and about DIED at how cute it is. WIshing I could hire you….
That is super cute! I can’t wait to make one for my daughter! Congrats! Jennifer
What a beautiful skirt and congrats!! I’ll be checking in often for more beautiful skirts!
I just made it this afternoon for my niece! Great directions and FABULOUS concept. That sash is fantastic!
Needless to say, my sister was thrilled. And, I had a great time with my project. Now I just need something as fun for my little boy…
Raechel
Oh, and I agree with the girls above, I’d LOVE to have this in my size, but I need you step by step directions! Any chance?
I was looking at this pattern and wondering- you say you did 20″ x 1.75 for the gather which is 7 charm squares, but then you use 14 squares because you have 7 in the front and 7 in the back- is this correct? That would then be a total of about 70 inches around instead of the 35 inches. Can you help me understand this?
Do you think this would work with Corduroy? Also, if I didn’t have a charm pack and need to cut my own squares, what size should they be?
Thanks!
Anne. I tried to answer your question but your profile is private so I’ll post here…
technically it would work with corduroy… but corduroy frays ALOT so I would only do it if you sewed all the seams with a serger.. otherwise you’ll have a big mess.
The charm squares are 5″ each!
HTH
Melissa
Okay, I’ve look ALL over, and can’t see WHERE to purchase “Charm Packs.” I’m sure I’m just overlooking it….but I wanna try one of these!!
I am new to sewing and this was my first project — it turned out great!! Thank you so much for sharing!
I love your stuff and I am so excited to try to sew some skirts. I have 3 daughters and i LOVE to have them match and with sizes so different this will solve my problems.. hello spring and new skirts!!! Thanks for sharing.