I had been so immersed in making Christmas presents for other people that I felt like I needed to create something for myself (yes deep down I'm a selfish seamstress too! ;-). I looked into my to-be-refashioned stash and found this thrifted green suede midi skirt that I bought earlier in the year. It was too tight on me - I wasn't able to zip up the top 2 inches of the zipper. I was going to make a purse with this skirt. However, I like the a-line shape of the skirt and I read that midi suede skirts are on trend this Fall/Winter. So I decided to do a quick and easy refashion with it!
First, with my trusty seam ripper, I took off the too-tight waistband:
Then I cut off about 2 inches from the top of the skirt and bound the top edge with some remnant black knit from my stash:
Now I can comfortably zip up the skirt. Voila! A quick and easy refashion!
And this is how it looks on me:
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| I look like a Christmas tree with the red sweater and the green skirt! LOL! |
I'm very pleased with this quick and easy refashion. The skirt now fits and the knit binding at the waist makes the skirt really comfortable to wear. The suede skirt is very warm and blocks the bitter cold wind we have here in the winter. And most important of all, I made something for myself after concentrating on making stuff of other people! Yay!
What a Great refashion and looks good with the sweater.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sheila! I hope I'll be wearing this frequently this Fall/Winter season!
DeleteGreat skirt - and when you do get tired of it, or it gets shiny in places, you can still make a bag out of it!
ReplyDeleteThanks! You are right. It can always be made into a bag one day. ;-)
DeleteGorgeous! I made a shirt for somebody once and after 3 times pulling it over and off his head!! (we were at the beach) one of the buttons popped off... so much for handling with cxare though, it's a buttonup shirt not a tshirt
ReplyDeleteThanks Renata Laura! Making stuff for someone else can be tough! ;-)
DeleteGorgeous! I made a shirt for somebody once and after 3 times pulling it over and off his head!! (we were at the beach) one of the buttons popped off... so much for handling with cxare though, it's a buttonup shirt not a tshirt
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! I have a gorgeous lined wool skirt from a consignment shop which is much too tight in the waist, so this is its future. Question: Was this a knit bias tape that you used or a strip of knit material?
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment! What I used was just some remnant scuba knit that I had in my scrap box from another project. Not a bias tape. But I'm sure you can use a knit or woven bias tape for the edge as well.
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