“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…”
yup, there’s that foolishness…
Here’s how to whip up your own salute to Dickens leaf-jumping skirt in minutes!
Grab a couple of funky, stretchy knits
decide which you prefer for the bottom of the skirt & chop it in half under the arms
take the other sweater & slice it 15 – 20cms from the bottom hem (this will soon be your waistband)
Measure from one side of your waist to the other, subtract a few centimeters to allow for stretch & cut your nearly done waistband to size. Stitch the ends together…and you’re done!
pop it over the almost-a-skirt right sides facing, raw edges lined up & sew together
as always zigzag over top of the outside seam for extra strength
and you’re done!
Pop it on & enjoy the crisp autumn air in your cozy new skirt!
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OMG…I have been hoarding a sweater that I wanted to cut the sleeves from for two years, but haven’t because I couldn’t face being stuck for an idea for the rest of it. I have a plan for my anticipated rainy Sunday…thank you for putting me out of my sad sweater dilemma!
You are very welcome Steph 🙂 …it’s always a pleasure to know I’ve helped out a fellow (Canadian) Refashionista 😉
Beautiful project, especially worn by you! I’m curious…what did you do with the sweater scraps…? 😉
Grazie Mille Anna! 😀 I shall be sharing my fabulous sweater scrap projects in the near future 😉
feine idee. das wetter für den rock ist inzwischen passend.
ich bin auch gerade dabei, pullover zu refashionen. mal sehen, was mir so einfällt.
hab ein wunderbares we
herzlich
blanca
p.s. steht das angebot mit dem gastpost noch, dann würde ich was vorbereiten?
Danke sehr! Ja, der Rock ist für unser Berliner Wetter jetzt toll 😉
*Natürlich ist dein Gastpost willkommen! Brauche ich ein kurzes ‘step-by-step tutorial’ mit den original/ungefilterten Fotos von dir + deine ‘Einfürung’…
oder Klick “Be My Guest” für ein Refashion Feature…
You’re just awesome, you know that? 🙂
…it takes awesome to know awesome my daaarlin’ 😉
Ahhh! I love sweater skirts but always have issues finding patterns I like. And here’s the solution! Great refashion – I am going to start thrifting and chopping, getting inspired by the changing leaves here in NYC!
Whoo hoo! 😀 I’m always thrilled when I can help someone avoid wasting money on a pattern and refashion groovy thrifted gear at the same time!
*the gorgeous Autumn leaves are something I definitely miss from my time in NY 😉
Can we please, pretty please, see a pic of the whole thing, waistband and all?
…request granted my dear! 😉
Awesome(sauce)! Thank you! I wish you could jump into my house and help me conquer my stash…..
Too eye-popping cute! I need to have one of these!!!!
Thank-you Linda…it’s so easy to create you can even have more than one in minutes! 🙂
Loving this idea! I am going to pull out all my autumn/winter jumper collection right NOW!
Thanks very much Anna 😀 I’d love to see your result…upload a pic to my facebook page & I just might feature it on my little corner of blogland 😉
Love that, so simple and so much fun!
I’m all about the simple & fun! 😉 (this tute also works great with t-shirts for warmer weather…)