Upcyling a Pleated Skirt With Side Splits

You will need: 

Scissors

Pleated

Ruler

Pins

Tape measure

Iron 

To begin start with laying out your skirt, measure the distance you would like your side split to be. Mark with chalk your split point.

Place the skirt onto a Mannequin or willing model. Measure the distance up from the hem to your desired length. 

Once you have done both sides, lay your skirt on the table and unpick the hem & waistband to as far as u need.  Then cut vertically, from the hem to the waist. 

Turn inside out and sew to the point you marked with the chalk. 

Your skirt should still be inside out, sew down, each side of the split. 

Bar tack across the split opening on the right side up. 

Style as desired, for more details on how to style this skirt see our style tips, available on tuesday. 

Sincerely Madia & Matilda

Creating an Effortless Upcycled Crop Blouse

Creating an Effortless Upcycled Crop Blouse


You will need:
Blouse
Fabric Strip x2
Scissors
Tailors Chalk
Pins
Sewing Machine

How to upcycle a blouse into an effortless box crop top.

1. Firstly measure the top to the length you would like, including 1 cm hem. Lay the top flat on a clear surface ready to cut.

2. Using tailors chalk or pins to direct where you cut. Cut along the line you drew, with a good pair of scissors. 

3. Hem bottom edge with your sewing machine, with a seam allowance of 1cm.

4. Next fold the shirt in half, matching up both sleeves with a pin.

5. Doing the same as Step 2, only for the sleeves.

6. As for the edge of the sleeve, measure the length of the sleeve and times that by 2, as you will need two  of these for each sleeve. Make each fabric strip a 5cm wide.

7. Fold strips in half and place to sleeve edge with 1cm seam allowance, straight stitch with your machine.

Where with high waisted jeans or a fitted skirt; to find out more of my upcycled pieces see here or for croptop styling tips, click here for summer styling. 

Sincerely Madia & Matilda