12 Nov 2010
Skirt Refashion: How to make a button skirt
I made this skirt one afternoon last week and it's already become one of my favourites as it hangs so nicely is comfy to wear. I refashioned it from a longer skirt that I found in a charity shop (it was originally from Precis, so it's a really nice quality and was worth salvaging). The fabric is a thick, silky polyester with a sheen. I don't tend to wear brown, but the weight and texture of the fabric is just lovely.
The basic idea when making this skirt is to salvage the waistband and reattach it to a shorter length skirt, whilst creating a button front. It might sound like a long-winded thing to do when I could just cut the skirt shorter, but the original pleats were ripped and I like my pleats more ruffly. You could add in a side zip instead of all the buttons down the front, but I just love this look, and it's an excuse to use some of the pretty buttons I have in my stash.
Here's a quick 'how to'...
Thank you. It is such a good idea! I will try to recycle my old shirt on this way.
ReplyDeleteoh cool going to have to give this a try one of these days!
ReplyDeletelove it!
ReplyDeleteI adore !
ReplyDeleteGosh that's brilliant!
ReplyDeleteMy sewing isn't up to much, but I might try that out!
Fabulous!
ReplyDeleteOh wow- absolutely lovely!!! and you made it sound so easy!!! Those pleats look a little tricky and I have yet to figure out how to do the button holes with my machine! I would have never thought to use the bottom of the skirt, thought you'd just hem the bottom after cutting it shorter! Thanks for the ideas
ReplyDeleteThank you, thank you, thank you! A zillion times, thank you! This is a great tutorial and I'm definitely bookmarking this to try later!
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Lovely. Thank you so much for sharing your workproces with us.
ReplyDeleteThis is so nice. Thank you
ReplyDeleteThe skirt looks fantastic! You are so talented and have a real eye for detail! Have a happy weekend.
ReplyDeleteWow I love this skit. It's so perfect.
ReplyDeleteI love your blog. I ran into it a few days ago and it has already soaked up quite a few hours.
Can I post a link to this tutorial?
so cute! and whata great tutorial :) many thanks.
ReplyDeleteLove it! Great tutorials! I'm going to link to your blog in a post about sewing tutorials; if that's not ok just email me from www.sewhappygeek.blogspot.com and I will take it down! Cheers!
ReplyDeleteOh goodness. This one is beautiful! Love it!
ReplyDeleteLOL
ReplyDeleteThis made me laugh seeing the cat on the fabric, I've got a cat that does exactly the same.
If you're using a cross stitch chart...she'll lay on it
If you're cutting fabric...she'll lay on it
Very cute skirt! :]