Posts Tagged ‘ Skirt

Circle Skirt turned Dress

SURPRISE! I ended up making something to wear this week :] I also got bored last night and decided to make my name tag out of scrap fabric! Who wants to blend in with a name tag made with markers and a piece of folded paper?

But, on to the main piece. Prior to starting this Thesis project, I’ve always kept an eye out on different DIY projects and tutorials. I have a whole bookmarks folder dedicated to tutorials I found interesting or simple enough for me to complete. This week, I decided to make a circle skirt.

The person who created the tutorial said she used a bed sheet to make the skirt and I realized I had tons of bed sheets laying around the house so I hastened to my closet and pulled out this beauty from back in the 90s…

Please excuse the kitty...

…and I made this!

The bed sheet I used had a wide strip of solid fabric at the top, which I found could be used to convert the skirt into a dress. It’s a two-in-one! However, today’s forecast was cold and rainy so I decided to wear it like a long shirt with a pair of skinny jeans. Coincidentally, this is my 3rd post and I tend to park on the 3rd floor of a certain parking garage on campus so….

TA-DAAA!!!
P.S. I make a lot of funny faces >.<
Happy Friday!!

Argh! I’m a pirate!

Today is a “reconstruct a super small tee” kind of day. This time, I made a skirt using one small tee and one XL tee based on this cool skirt I found when looking up reconstruction ideas: Lekkner Reconstruction.

I took out 3 shirts to begin with, but then decided to just use two.

Basically, I cut the red shirt at the sides and made a long rectangle from the front, printed side. I cut out two panels and the skirt waistband from the black tee. I sewed the three panels together [two black and one red] and then sewed that to the waistband. I ended up overcompensating so the skirt was a little loose. Since I used the bottom of the shirt as my waistband, I cut a couple slits and made that a casing for drawstring! I made my drawstring by cutting off the seams of the red shirt and sewing them together. Looping it through the casing, I finished my T-shirt skirt.

I wore this to class today and it was a bit chilly [next time I'll check the weather before I leave] and, as it was the first week of classes, there was an event to showcase some clubs and…FREE FOOD! Coincidentally, there were several pirates roaming around the area and they happily obliged to take a photo with me as my skirt matched them so well :]

Side Note: Even though you can’t see from the picture, I wanted to mention that I wore were these amazing hand-crafted gauge earrings from Etsy. Unfortunately, the seller no longer has an active account :/