Turning a Long Skirt Into a Cute Summer Dress
- 1). Try on a cotton T-shirt or vest top in a color that complements the color of the maxi skirt. Use a pin to mark the empire line underneath your bust. Remove the top. Add a 1/2 inch seam allowance below where you placed the pin and mark the new measurement with a line of pins. Remove the first pin. Cut the T-shirt to the new marked length underneath and along the line of pins. Remove pins.
- 2). Cut underneath and along the line of the skirt's elasticated waistband to remove the waistband from the skirt.
- 3). Mark 1/4 inch from the top of the skirt and sew tacking stitches along this line. Sew a large gathering stitch all the way round the skirt by following the tacking stitches. Leave a long trail of thread for pulling the gathers. Remove tacking stitches.
- 4). Pin the top to the skirt by placing right sides and raw edges together and by pulling gathers to fit. Take a 1/2-inch seam allowance and sew a line of tacking stitches along the line of pins. Remove the pins and stitch along the line of tacking stitches. Remove the tacking stitches.
- 5). Trim the raw edges and then neaten raw edges together by using a zigzag stitch.
- 6). Turn the dress to the right side. Try the dress on and assess the desired length of the hemline. Place pins to mark the length required and cut underneath and along the line of pins, leaving a 1/4-inch seam allowance. Neaten the raw edge of the hemline by using a zigzag stitch. Press the hemline under 1/4 inch and then slipstitch the hemline.
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