When Riley chooses her clothes (which is almost every day) and when there are twirly skirts in her drawers (which is quite often), she will almost always emerge from her room, decked out in one of said skirts.
So as I was sketching out pirate costumes for all the cousins, I knew Riley would need to have a skirt... preferably a circle skirt for its amazing twirl-ability. So here's what I ended up with. It takes only a short amount of time (especially if you use knit that doesn't fray-- no hemming!!) and it's great for a classy, twirl-lovin' pirate.
** This tutorial is only for the overskirt and doesn't include the tulle underskirt (which is just tulle sewn onto elastic)**
Materials:black knit fabric
pirate stripes knit fabric (got mine at Jo-Ann's)
1-inch elastic, either red or black.
Instructions:
**My measurements are for a (skinny!) 4T skirt but can very easily be adjusted!**
Essentially, you just want to follow Dana's Circle Skirt tutorial, but one of your "circles" will be a square.
Fold your striped fabric in half horizontally then vertically. Measure 10 inches from each edge and cut a 10" square.
For your waist circle, consult Dana' s tutorial (from the link above). My radius was 3.5". Round out the corner of your square. I wish I hadn't rounded mine quite as much. Meh.
When you open it up, it'll look like this. Make sure you forget to crop your pictures so that people will see your iPhone and know you have street cred. Then mention how you KNOW you didn't crop your pictures, so everyone knows that you were way too lazy to go back and do anything about it.
Now make a circle skirt with your black knit. I measured mine out 14" from the center. Use the same waist measurement you used for the striped piece.
Stack your striped square on top of your circle.
Cut your elastic for your waistband (mine was 20"). Sew together and sew the seams down.
Pin your two layers together, just so they stay put. Then sew on the elastic how Dana taught you how! Just make sure you're sewing through both skirt layers!
Easy, right? And it's even better if you make a tulle underskirt, so it's twirly and full! :)
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