But wait, Emily, it’s Dress Stashbusting month and last time I check skirts were not classified as dresses. Don’t worry! I made 12 dresses when I made this skirt! Hows that for a mind bender! I saw all these adorable dresses on Pinterest and really wanted to do something with them.
Since making clothing is my first instinct I immediately started brainstorming what to do with them. And since I couldn’t choose I needed something I could do with ALL of them.
Why yes, I am wearing 12 dresses at once. |
I saw my skirt hanging in the closet and some red ribbons I’d been “saving” in a bag and knew what I was going to do.
Part of my stashbusting goal was to make a conscious effort to use more of my ribbons and trims in projects and I’m happy to say I used up all but two tiny ends of these silky red ribbons.
At the beginning of this year I was given a large bag of fabric and lace yardage by a lady who was cleaning out her sister’s house. I think that is where this purple piece came from but I’m not totally sure. I used every bit of it up in this project so I’m counting it as a stashbust. The white fabric, waistband lining and zipper were all out of the stash too.
I cut the waistband from my altered jeans waistband, straightened the fabric edge, then folded the semi-sheer fabric in half lengthwise for the width of the skirt. Fully lined and fabric used up! I pleated the skirt to fit on the waistband and inserted the zipper in the serged side seam.
Can you see my invisible zipper? No, my work is complete. |
Before I did all that I cut a piece of white fabric the length of the skirt and evenly divided it. I ended up with 12 sections. I printed out the dresses roughly the same size and since there was NO WAY I was going to embroider on a fun summer skirt I traced them on the fabric with a permanent red pen we had lying around the house. I ironed it to help set the ink. According to my test swatch this should keep the ink from running.
I measured and drew a line across the bottom of the skirt to line the fabric up on. Then I sewed the ribbon over the raw edges of the white fabric and my “border print” was done.
I love your fun skirt, and how satisfying to use up every scrap of the fabric and the ribbon.
ReplyDeleteYou climbed that thing?! That looks rather tricky!
Thanks! It was satisfying in many ways. Climbing up was much worse than coming down. The coming down was actually kind of fun...
DeleteI love that skirt, oh wait, I mean dress! ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks, which dress is your favorite? :)
Deleteso cute! I love it!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'm enjoying it!
DeleteLove it!!! I am such a fan of drawing on clothing :) Brilliant use of those scraps -- the red really adds a nice border pop with the white!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I really like redwork embroidery and wanted to mimic that with the red and white. Plus, red is my favorite color so anytime I get to use more of that is a good day.
DeleteGreat skirt! I love the band of retro dresses you added to it.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I thought those dresses were TOO CUTE and deserved to be used.
DeleteOooh, I love it! What a great idea to decorate your skirt with pretty pretty dresses :)
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteSuch a great skirt... and that slide thingy looks like awesome fun!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Carolyn. The iceberg slide was more fun going down than climbing up but I did it and had a great time.
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