In the midst of all of the sewing I have been doing over spring break, Lola needed a little green to wear for St. Patty's day and an idea came to mind last minute...use one of the t-shirts I just bought from Saver's {I bought a bunch of fun colors to use for the Sienna Dress pattern by lilblueboo}! I wasn't sure if it was going to work, but I did happen to snap pictures while making it, just in case! Good thing for me {and now you too}, it did! I can't wait to raid the house for more t-shirts to use on these super simple skirts for Lola!
What you will need:
an old t-shirt {I used an XL}
elastic
matching thread
Measure approximately 15 inches of the t-shirt and cut {adjust accordingly if you are making for someone smaller, but this worked perfectly for Lola}! Make sure you use the bottom part of the t-shirt, this eliminates any hemming later on, it is already done for you!
Leave it in one big piece, don't cut it!
While inside out, iron out any wrinkles.
Measure your child's waist {I wanna say Lola's was about 16-17 inches} and add one inch of elastic. Lay down the elastic to see how much you need to fold over to make the waistband. Iron and pin without the elastic inside {you just need to elastic for this part to see how much to fold your fabric over}.
Sew almost all the way around. Leave approximately 2 inches to pull the elastic through.
Put a safety pin on one of the ends of the elastic and pull through. Make sure to hang on to the other end so that it doesn't go through too while pulling. Pull out both pieces of the elastic and overlap them.
Sew the ends together. Tuck into the fabric and finish sewing the top closed.
It is seriously that easy! Ready for Lola to wear to our St. Patty's day dinner!
She loves it and it really is the perfect length for standing or sitting!
But especially for playing in! So comfy and all in about 10 minutes!
Ready. Set. GO make a few of your own!
9 comments:
This looks super easy! Great job. Stopping by via Sumos Sweet Stuff- hope to see you around www.bearrabbitbear.com soon!
so cute! I might have to go cut up some old tshirts now! ;-)
Adorable!! I have tons of old shirts:) I love Lola's hair, she is too cute!!
Stinkin' A D O R A B L E! The skirt AND my fave lil Lolita!
So proud of how patient/skilled you have become in the sewing department, my Frien.
P.S.-
P AAAAA L EEE AAA SSSSEE, can we add this to my list?? i have a whole bottle of treats for you (wink wink) in exchange. ; )
This is so adorable, Jenni!
Her skirt turned out great! I've made some of these very skirts for my daughter, too. They are so easy and quick to make. I love the bright green that you used.
Here is one of the ones that I made for L.G.
http://thelifeofjenniferdawn.blogspot.com/2010/08/simple-skirt-tutorial.html
turned out gorgeous! You daughter is super cute!
Found you on TT & J and would love for you to come by join us on our linky party and link this up! :)
http://www.littleinspiration.com/2012/03/create-inspire-party-features_23.html
Thanks!!!
Angie from ALI
No way! You make that look so easy! And it's totally cute on her. :) Thanks for sharing at Shine on Fridays! Hope you come back again this weekend!
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