Thursday, March 7, 2013

Bubble dress from skirt


Here we have your typical skirt.  A blurry picture so let me describe.....cotton, some simple embroidery detail, a sequin here and there.  



A white cotton lining.


First things first, lets use what is there.  A nice zipper in the back so lets make use of that and leave the back flat.  A piece of trim in the front that will make a nice casing for a piece of elastic to gather the front up, so lets use that.  You can see the untrimmed end of elastic in the picture.


Once I got the elastic in, I trimmed those ends off.


If I shorten the underskirt....



and attach it to the outerskirt on the rightside of the fabric....





leaving a little hole so I can pull it rightside out....
(no need to serge since it will never be seen)







like this......





I am left with a bubble skirt!


Add ribbon straps as a little embellishment and you have a bubble dress.











Nice huh?


1 comment:

  1. :). You are a sewing diva! I am getting reedy to Try my hand at some spring improvements in a few weeks, new and up cycled...wish me luck!

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