Dress to skirt

Here is our guest/craft room.


I figured since I was going to be taking pics of the skirt in here, I would show you where I was working.

Ok. So I have had this dress for years, and this is a terrible pic. I only just noticed, and the skirt is done, so there ya go. It was long, shapeless, and out of date but had a cute print. I wanted some new springy skirts to I raided my closet for possibilities. This made the cut!

I measured where I wanted the skirt to hit, leaving an allowance for a ruffle on the bottom. I cut the top off the bottom.

With the top, I cut lengths of fabric 4 inches wide for the ruffle. I didn't know how many I would need, so I just cut up the whole top.

I sewed the 4 inch strips together, guessing at the length I would need. I think I did about 1 1/2 the width of the skirt.

Then I did a gathering stitch on the end. Oh, first I hemmed one rough edge. I gathered the other rough edge. I don't have a pic of this, but then I pinned and sewed the ruffle to the bottom of the skirt.
With the left over strips, I decided to put a ruffle on the skirt. I cut them in half, then zigzagged the edges in blue thread. This would have been easier with a serger!

Then I pinned the ruffle on the skirt. I put it on one side.

I sewed the ruffle down both sides with the same blue thread I edged it with.

Made a place for elastic.


Here is the finished product. I am so happy with it! The ruffle I put on it is hard to see in the pic, but it is super cute. I like how the ruffle on the bottom turned out too. This was only $1.29 for the elastic. Pretty thrifty! And now I have a new skirt for spring and summer!