Simply Sewing

Hello, it’s Simply Saturday! Today I have an easy little project, that I completed a couple of days ago, to share with you. 🙂

This skirt used to be tight, unflattering, and awkwardly lengthed. With a little alteration and time, it’s now a much better fit for me. 🙂

This is the length it used to be. It had been sitting in my to-be-altered pile for awhile, since I wasn’t sure what exactly to do with it. Then, a few days ago, I was looking through that pile and found this skirt. A solution immediately popped into my head.

I decided that though it was a bad length as it was, I could cut it at the right place, add a waistband at the new top, and there you go, a new skirt! Here’s a little more detail into how I did that:

For the first step, I cut through the middle of the first tier. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to use wide elastic or just some cotton cord for a drawstring at the waistband (both are pictured) which is why I made the new waistband so wide.

Next, I folded over and pinned in place the fabric for the new waistband next to the seam of the second tier, leaving space for elastic or a cord. After I sewed it, I decided on elastic. I’m now glad that I did, since it is a lot less fuss not to have to tie the cord every time I wear the skirt, and there was also the possibility of the cord being pulled back into the waistband itself, which would have been difficult to pull out again. 🙂

This is how it turned out. All in all, it was a pretty quick project, and I like how it looks. If I was going to do anything differently, I probably would have paid a little more attention to the inside stitching. It turned out alright, though, and I figured nobody but me would see it anyway.

For future outfit combinations, I would wear a longer shirt with this skirt. These pictures were just meant to show the skirt, so not a lot of time was put into the outfit as a whole. 😉

Anyway, I hope you liked this first installment of Simply Saturday! Have a good day ~ Emily