Happy Birthday, Outfitted!

Now for the skirt. 1 yard of Mesh netting. Folded in half length wise, 2 times. Pinned, serged. Then I just used random strips of ricrac, bias tape, and fabric strips, and serged them on
no rhyme or reason. Usually this kills me- (all the non-measuring) but it worked today... Gather. There are so many ways to do this. But I now prefer the secret weapon of dental floss! So strong- and wont break when your tightening up the gather, or pulling it out. -but out of dental floss- (my husbands been flossing with the alligator flossers! Ha!) -used embrodory thread.....
.Then pin it like crazy to a pre-measured elastic.
Sew it onto the elastic. **just below the gathering floss... Then pull the flossi out. And back to the serger to bring it all together.
Flower on the Left... scroll down a bit for directions
I made the #1 out of bandana Bias tape. Just folds, and one straight stitch- raw edges left. Layered with 4 CD sized Red Mesh circles, 1 black felt circle, and then one scalloped edge.
Pinned on, then sewn.

For the poka-dot flower-hat... Cut a scalloped edge. As you can see imperfection is bliss... in the end.
Same flossi technique
Fold mesh circles in half, and then in half one more time.
Using hot-glue secure 4 of these mesh petals (or more) Then Glue the poka-dot flower on top
On the backside, I went for a Bonnet-tie. Elastic would have been cute too.
All Set! Little "Miss Moo" Turning ONE! And ready to party!