How to Make a Dress Into a Skirt and Top

How to make a dress into a skirt and top

YOU WILL NEED DIFFICULTY

A dress Scissors Matching thread Sewing machine EASY Wide elastic to fit your Iron and ironing board waist measurement Pins

METHOD

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Take the dress and cut it in half at the waist seam. Cut out the whole seam. If it’s got an elasticated waist, try not to Pin the edges you’ve just pressed in place, then sew the create too many jagged edges if possible. hem using a medium to long-length straight stitch and matching thread. 2 You’ll need to be careful to hold this flat and straight while you sew.

Take a length of wide elastic and put it around your waist to determine the right length, then cut the elastic to size.

Sew the elastic ends together using a straight stitch - Fold and press the cut edges of the top in on themselves reverse back and forward a few times as it will need to be by about 0.5cm, then 1cm, to create a nice even double- a strong join to withstand stretching. folded hem edge.

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Fold the top edge of the skirt over to the wrong side in by 1 cm and press it flat. Sew it down using a long straight stitch.

Sew in a straight line. Go slowly, constantly checking that you’re not about to sew over the elastic. Finish with a few reverse stitches and cut the loose threads off.

10 Place the elastic at the top of the skirt, on the wrong side. Stretch and adjust the elasticated waist until the gathers Fold the hemmed edge you’ve just done over the elastic, are evenly distributed. completely encasing it. Place the hemmed edge 1cm below the bottom of the elastic.

Using a matching thread, and with your machine set to a zig-zag stitch, lower the needle into the fabric just below the elastic so that you sew along the hemmed edge without sewing the elastic itself.

Lower the presser foot. Slightly stretch the fabric until it’s flat and ready to sew.