New Skirt

It's been lovely weather here lately so instead of crafting and blogging I've been outside enjoying the sunshine :) But now it's grey and miserable again so I'm back on the computer!

I did do a little bit of crafting - When the sun came out I decided I wanted a new skirt so made this out of a granny nightie I bought for £5 at a charity shop.

This is how I made it!

I've lost most of my pictures for this tutorial but it was quite simple to do.

Basicly I cut off the bottom part and added and elasticated waist - done!

More detailed instructions:

1. Measure from the hem to the length you would like the skirt (the top part will sit around the waist) plus about 3 inches and cut from the nightie.
2. Measure around your waist and cut a piece of elastic this length plus an extra half inch and stitch the two end to make a circle.
3. Hand wind your bobbin with elasticated thread.
4. Turn over the top of the skirt like you're making a hem with the elastic in side. Like this:

This can be a bit tricky because the elastic should be smaller than your skirt but go with it!

     5. Sew this together - make sure you don't sew the elastic to the fabric!

         

And this is what you're left with . .  .

Elasticated waists are great but not the prettiest things so I covered mine with a thick waist belt.

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Pockets and Puff Ball (Skirt Refashion)

I've had this skirt in my wardrobe for years . . . 

There's nothing particularly wrong with it but I was getting a bit bored of it so decided to jazz it up a bit.

The first thing I did was add pockets (because pockets in skirts are awesome).

To do this, cut out four pocket shapes using your hand as a guideline.

Pin two pairs together.

Stitch and trim.

Turn them inside out and you will have two pouches that look like this . . .

Unpick the side seam in your skirt where you want your pockets to be. Turn inside out and poke your pouch through as shown below.

Sew the pocket to the skirt and when you turn the skirt around it will look like this . . .

Push the pocket in and it will look like this . . .

Voila - you have a skirt with pockets!!

I wanted a bubble skirt so I ruffled the hem of the skirt. To do this I did a running stitch around the bottom edge - it took FOREVER - then pulled the thread to bunch up the fabric.

I then sewed the outer layer to the under skirt and it was complete! :)

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Ballet Skirt

The first item in my repurpose box to have a make over is a skirt my mum bought me from the Next sale for £5 . . .

At first I loved it because it was floaty and elegant. However, when I got it home I realised it looked terrible on!

The way the netting stuck out at the hips made me look out of proportion and bigger than I am so it lived in my wardrobe, untouched, for around 4 months . . . until I decided to repurpose it!

I noticed that the under skirt was actually really nice on its own and well made (I guess these are the details you pay for in a place like Next).

So I cut all the netting off to reveal a great skirt underneath. It was actually quite tricky and I cut the underskirt a couple of times but nothing a few stitches couldn't fix.

I was left with a skirt I can wear all the time :)

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