The 95-year old woman I work for had cleaned out her closet, and I took her outcasts, which included the periwinkle cotton sweatshirt below. After discovering this great pencil skirt tutorial, I decided to make a fitted skirt out of the sweatshirt. Like one of those sexy, stretchy skirts you pay $50 for at American Apparel. I love the style of those skirts, but the price does not jibe with my thrifty tendencies.
Fortunately, as it turns out those skirts are incredibly easy to make! Even for someone who doesn't really sew much, like me. I just cut the sides of the sweatshirt, marked my measurements on the material, pinned it, tried it on and adjusted it a bit, then sewed it!
Et voilà! I used the bottom ribbing of the sweatshirt as the skirt waistband, which I like the look of. (also, I apologize for the terrible, I'm-taking-my-photo-in-a-mirror photos)
It turned out my skirt was a bit tighter than I expected, so I had to add a zipper in order to get it on and off.
Also, the raglan seams from the sweatshirt sleeves came together into these neat little triangles at the side bottoms of the skirt. Unfortunately I wasn't really paying that much attention as I was making the skirt, so they ended up asymmetrical, but when I make more of these skirts (which I definitely will, since it was so easy and so cool-looking), I'll try to make those more symmetrical.
Pretty sexy, huh? ;)
Now I'm hooked, I can't wait to make more clothes!
you are SO good!
ReplyDelete