Being modest in dress is something that I think we’ve lost as a society. People seem to think that modest dress equals frumpy. Not so! I recently bought two skirts (one free, one for a dollar) from my local facebook flea market. Pretty good deal if I do say so. I knew that the two skirts were going to need a little work. The just-barely-covers-your-butt look is not something I want my almost ten-year old sporting! Just for the record – I don’t want her sporting that look at 19 either!
She picked out some material that coordinates with each skirt. The turquoise skirt is going to be unique! I told her I thought a solid color shirt would be a must! The jean skirt is so pretty and it has shorts under it. I think with a couple purple ruffles, it will look even prettier!
For the turquoise skirt, the material she picked out is actually from a fat quarter group. I cut each piece into quarters so I had four strips of material the length of the fat quarter. Then I sewed them together to make a loop. I sewed the two loops together and hemmed one edge. I used my serger and did a rolled hem, but you could just turn the edge under twice and sew it with a regular machine. I gathered the other edge and sewed it to the lining of the skirt.
A much better length and such a fun skirt!
Of course, ruffles were made for twirling!
I was going to do the second skirt in a similar fashion. Then I found this butterfly material and thought it would be perfect for a ruffle.
I made two ruffles and stacked them. I cut the purple material almost two times the distance around the hem. The light pink material is almost four times so it gathers more. I did a rolled hem on both layers (I love my serger! It makes hemming so easy!).
It’s a much better length now. Not too short but not too long.
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