My 5 year old niece asked me to make her a skirt. I had a good amount of fabric to choose from, but she went for this which was really not much more than a scrap:
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Not quite enough for a skirt -- even for a 5 year old.
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But, it had kitties on it so she was not changing her mind.
I reached for my trusty white sheet (which has served me well providing practice material for a skirt with a zipper, and as a pattern for
my rounded collar shirt.)
I decided to do a paneled look skirt with a draw-string waist. To start, I cut the kitty fabric in half and cut the same sized pieces from the white sheet. Then, with right sides facing, I sewed the kitty fabric to the white fabric to create one long piece.
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Right sides facing.
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Now we have enough to make a skirt. I trimmed that bottom so it was all even.
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I folded the top over twice and stitched it down to create a tube for my drawstring.
This drawstring requires 2 pulls -- one on each side.
Here's the tutorial I based this on -- I've made these drawstring bags several times now and I love them. If you follow the tutorial above, you won't need my instructions below -- I did it her way and it was good, but I redid it because I wanted to move my drawstrings and need to improvise.
Once it's sewn, find the middle of the side -- this is where your drawstrings will come out. Snip a little hole in the fabric to thread your drawstring through. I used a satin ribbon and a large safety pin to thread it. Once that's done, snip a hole on the other side and do the same thing.
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Thread the ribbon through the casing.
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In one side, out the other. Repeat.
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Now, you don't want those ribbons to get pulled back into the skirt, so you should tie the ends off. I added a large wooden bead 'cause I happen to have them in my draw o' stuff. So, the skirt is now adjustable in size around the waist -- just pull the ribbons and there you go.
Oh yeah -- I hemmed the bottom and gave it a good press all around and here's my cute scrappy skirt for my niece -- I'll try to get a pic of her actually wearing it next week:
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It's Kitty Cute!
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