Sunday, September 25, 2011

T-shirt skirt

I'm sure t-shirt skirts have been done a million times in a million ways, but I'll show you what I did.

I started with 3 t-shirts that I have had for 10+ years, but stopped wearing awhile ago.

I loved and still love the "crinkle tie-dye" pattern on the shirts, but didn't see much point in wearing large animal faces from trips I took in 8th grade.... I always thought I would do something with the fabric (before I had even heard the term refashion) so I saved them.

I decided to do a basic 6 panel skirt
I had hoped to make it a circle skirt, but there wasn't enough fabric to make the skirt long enough. (this is why the triangles don't lay flat nicely)

I used the inside face of each shirt and the existing bottom hem, so the hem of the skirt is the inside of a regular t-shirt hem, but it looks fine I think.
I found after I sewed the panels together that there was not enough elasticity in the existing t-shirt material (and I measured poorly) so the skirt was way to wide. I added a strip of fabric for a draw string and made the "string" out of some stretched scraps from the t-shirts (like t-shirt yarn).

Its hard to tell from the photos, but its just slightly longer than knee length.
It has a nice twirl to it.

Since its t-shirt material, its super comfortable. Of my refashions so far, this one will probably get the most use.

2 comments:

Refashion said...

Looks cozy!

-ErikaH
EOD

Becky said...

I like the mixed tie-dye prints!