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DIY, diy dress from a skirt, diy project, dress, goodwill, project, sewing, skirt, skirt to dress, thrifted, thrifting
I saw this project on Pinterest and knew that I had to try it. Refashioning, turning some piece of clothing into another, is really popular right now and I’ve been wanting to try it out for myself for a while. Unfortunately I’m lacking in the sewing skills department so forgive me! Anyway, here is the step by step process!
1. Find a skirt. It should be a floor length skirt to allow enough length to be a dress. I chose a skirt made from Rayon, but other fabrics would be fine! Also make sure that it has enough room to fit your body in it.
2. Cut the top hem/elastic/whatever off. Try to do it as evenly as possible.
3. The original project tells you to measure 10 inches down the side seams to create a 9 inch arm hole. I found that arm holes this size were way too big and I had to make them smaller in the end. So I would say measure down 7 inches or so.
4. Cut the seams down the sides however many inches down you measured. I couldn’t find a seam ripper so I used scissors and it was fine.
5. Sew up the arm hole seams.
6. You want to make a tunnel for the ribbon to go through. Fold down the top hem 1/2 inch and pin it. Then fold it down another 1/2 inch and repin it, taking out the original pins as you go. Do this for the front and back of the dress. Then sew it up!
7. Attach a safety pin to a ribbon and inch worm it through the tunnel. How you want your final ribbon straps to end up is up to you. Originally I had them become bows on the shoulders but I didn’t like the way that looks so I just sewed them together and put the hemmed parts inside the tunnel so that you couldn’t see them.
TADA! that’s it! I put a ribbon around the waist to avoid the potato sack look. What do you guys think?
Piper Alexander said:
So cute! Nice job.
niftythriftygoodwill said:
thank you!
Sharon said:
very very cute – and something about the photos seems so familiar. You did good!
niftythriftygoodwill said:
aw maybe because your wonderful son took them with your wonderful camera! couldn’t have done this post without you <3 thanks sharon
Dana said:
This looks amazing! Well done.
niftythriftygoodwill said:
thanks so much :)
Alison said:
Your too cute !
niftythriftygoodwill said:
aw haha thank you :)
chicenvelopements said:
That turned out really cute! Sometimes you can even keep the top and just slide it up and put a couple of small shoulder straps on. I just did one on my blog too. I love how easy it is and how cute they turn out! http://www.chicenvelopements.wordpress.com
Beth
niftythriftygoodwill said:
that’s a good idea! to be honest i didn’t even think of it. this was a size 14 so it probably wouldn’t have worked out but something more my size could have worked with just straps! thank you beth :)
alexae67 said:
Love how this turned out! Looks great :)
niftythriftygoodwill said:
thanks girlie <3
hilldalehouse said:
cute! much better than the drab skirt!
niftythriftygoodwill said:
glad you think so! totally agree
Dee said:
That is so cute! Thanks for sharing!
niftythriftygoodwill said:
thank you! it was too easy :)
OLEYA said:
Great idea. Like your new dress ;)
Greetings from Germany
http://oleya.blogspot.com/
niftythriftygoodwill said:
thanks!
Crystabel said:
love it..so cute:)
niftythriftygoodwill said:
aw thank you!
Julie Van Huizen said:
Wow! It’s adorable! Makes me wish I could sew.
S. Singh said:
Huge improvement! Love it.
~S
Rachel Jay said:
Super cute, and what a great idea! I may have to start hunting for the perfect skirt to do this to! I’ll shortly be pinning THIS so I can remind myself. And your dog looks a LOT like mine–weird!
Also, I nominated you for a Versatile Blogger Award (which was my initial reason for commenting haha). Check out the details here: http://racheljay.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/versatile-blogger-award/
Cara Olsen said:
Seriously?!? You turned that skirt into that adorable sun-dress? Wow. So, since I can’t use a sewing machine to save my life, when would you like to come over and help me make one? :)
This is too cute, and really, what I love most is how WELL it fits your body. The colors and fit are both incredibly flattering. Inspiring to say the least. I may even have to give this a shot! Thank you for the in depth tutorial with pictures!
Blessings,
Cara
Sandra said:
Great job! I agree with above comments… its super cute and will be great for Spring.
chicenvelopements said:
Good Morning!
I nominated you for the Sunshine Award!
Here is the link:
http://chicenvelopements.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/the-sunshine-award/
Beth
stylerealist said:
Wow, I’m actually pretty impressed. Good job!
http://www.stylerealist.com
stopurselfcandi said:
Very cute! I love it.
blaanca said:
great work. thank you for the inspiration!
warm regards
http://www.kleinekleinigkeiten.wordpress.com
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Janr said:
You’re adorable, cute dress.
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Constance Bruns said:
Great idea! I’m going to follow the same steps using a gorgeous gatheted skirt that is too big for me now that I’ve lost weight. This means I can keep readjusting the side seams with each weight drop milestone. Cheers, you look delightfully comfortable and breezy in your renewed outfit!