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Hello! Today on Simply Saturday we’ll be talking about making skirts out of shirts. Let’s get started!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Well, in this case, it’s not a shirt, it’s the top part of a dress that was cut down into a dress and–you get the idea. And it’s not a skirt for myself, but for my two-year-old niece. I made another one for my four-year-old niece, using the same technique. Before I started, I took out the side seams and laid out the fabric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Making Skirts out of Shirts:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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I continued by making a pattern using my niece’s waist measurement and waist-to-knee measurement. If I had done this more recently, I would have curved the bottom edge of the pattern slightly. It didn’t matter too much, since I was hemming it and could make it straight then, but it would have been a little less hassle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As you can probably tell, I didn’t actually cut the pattern on the fold. I didn’t have enough fabric for that, so the back panel ended up having a seam down the middle. That wasn’t an issue though, since most store-bought skirts are like that anyway. The front panel was cut on the fold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I then served the edges, making sure the lace pieces matched up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
And so I ended up with this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Next was the waistband, which you may have noticed the pattern piece for earlier. I made that by cutting off the top inch or so portion of the original skirt pattern. Then I was left with the skirt panel pattern and a waistband that would fit perfectly onto it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then I pinned and serged the waistband onto the main skirt piece, leaving a hole in one side for the elastic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I then inserted the elastic, which was a little smaller than the waist measurement of my niece. Next I sewed up the hole that was left after placing the elastic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hemming and the Finished Product:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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I then hemmed the skirt, which involved a small bout of questioning as to why I ever thought I could sew anything, since obviously I didn’t know anything about it. That lasted until I realized that using tissue paper for hemming actually worked. I’m sure that won’t be the last time I’ll feel like that, however. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The end result looked like this! (The floral one is the second skirt I made.) I was pretty happy with how it turned out. Plus it’s just fun to make clothes for my nieces and nephews. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That’s all for now! I hope you enjoyed this post. Do you make clothes? ~ Emily<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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