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Hello! Today on Simply Saturday I’ll be sharing a quick little project I did yesterday: altering a skirt. Let’s get started!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Here is the skirt in question (pardon the wrinkles \ud83d\ude09 ). I liked the skirt, but it was an awkward length. The obvious answer to that? Alter it!<\/p>\n\n\n

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The first step of altering a skirt is finding out what new length you want it to be. I had tried it on the night before and stuck a safety pin at the place where I thought I should cut it, taking into account the extra length I would need for hemming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It turned out that I needed to cut off eight-and-a-half inches from the bottom edge. <\/p>\n\n\n

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I marked it all the way around using the ruler and chalk.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Then cut along the chalk line.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Which left me with this un-hemmed, shorter skirt.<\/p>\n\n\n

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For the hemming, I folded over the bottom edge at half-an-inch…<\/p>\n\n\n

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…then used the widest stitch on the machine to keep it in place.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I then folded that half-an-inch hem over again, so that now there were no unfinished edges of fabric.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Then stitched that in place using a standard size stitch and green thread.<\/p>\n\n\n

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And then I was done! A super simple little project, that makes an otherwise unflattering skirt rather more wearable! \ud83d\ude09 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being able to sew an alter outfits is also a good reason to take a second look at clothes (especially at the thrift store) that you may not have thought would be wearable. Many can be improved with just a few little changes. Such as this<\/a> dress. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, that’s all for now. do you alter your own clothing? ~ Emily<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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