Friday, 23 August 2013

Mans shirt to cute skirt

FREE PATTERN
There will always be room in fashion for cute skirts and what's better than having the satisfaction of saying you made one yourself. Well here's a quick (30 minutes) skirt that you can make from an old mans shirt. I made my skirt out of an old stripy shirt of my Dads.

You will need:

  • An old, mans, shirt (the larger the shirt the more volume there will be in your skirt)
  • a sewing machine (although this can be done by hand if you are ok with sewing with jersey)
  • plain black, or any colour that matches that of your shirt, jersey.
  • thread that matches your skirts base colour.

Instructions:

  1. First cut the shirt to just bellow the arms
  2. Then sew down the button fastenings so that the skirt won't be able to be opened by the buttons.
  3. Next measure your hips (or waist depending on where you want the skirt to sit) and cut out a length of jersey material that is your hip measurement in width and is about 11cm (4 inches) in height.
  4. Finally attach your strip of jersey to your skirt/ cut up shirt. This yoga styled waist band is better explained in my active skirt pattern.
I hope this has inspired you!

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