Craft motivation

I have one friend over here doing super cool stuff with her does-frickin'-everything machine and another friend over here sewing like she's opening her own shop and I have to say the activities of these two is lighting a fire under my butt. I completed my first skirt for a friend's baby expected later this year. Unfortunately, the free pattern was less than forthcoming when it discussed sizing so my initial run, while great for a Cabbage Patch doll, is unlikely to actually fit the baby it was intended for. It's back to the drawing board for me but since I have an idea of the process, I'm fairly confident I can try again with more satisfactory results.

UPDATE: The skirts are done. I used this pattern. My skirts didn't have nearly the flare that the skirt on the illustration shows. A note for future use - working with the ribbon was not fun (and resulted in less than stellar edging). I'd recommend finishing off the edge of the fabric and tacking the ribbon behind it to get nearly the same result without the frustration. Again, I have no idea if these will actually fit, but I'm happy enough to box 'em up and send them to my friend.