Friday, November 23, 2012

Fall Skirt Tutorial

Thrift shopping led me to a fabulous find this fall.  When I saw the print of this dress my mind starting spinning. 

Photography on the right courtesy of my 4 year old ;)
The dress itself is kind of dated. Needs some work. The collar leaves something to be desired. So I decided to convert it into a maxi skirt for the fall!



I started by cutting of the top part of the dress. Luckily, this dress already had elastic in the waist so it saved me the step of sewing one in.  I cut about an inch or so about the elastic to give me a little space to work with.  I then pinned the extra fabric down the the existing elastic and sewed around the perimeter of the elastic attaching the extra fabric.  Because I cut an inch. I had a lot of extra inside once sewn, so I trimmed that down so it wouldn't poke out when wearing it. 


Then rock it out!!



2 comments:

  1. Nikki,

    Rock it out you did with this refashion. It's a perfect new skirt for fall. What's not to love?! You look awesome it your "new" skirt!

    ~Kelley
    http://kelleyhighway.blogspot.com/

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  2. Congrats on the launch! I LOVE this skirt. Good work. Now it's a one of a kind :-)

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