The Sweatshirt Skirt

 Hello Readers. It is time for the annual Dressember Fundraiser. What Is Dressember? They are an organization that works to fight human trafficking and forced labor in the U.S and all around the world.   Since 2013, Dressember advocates have raised over $20 million to support International Justice Mission (IJM) and its partners. I will be wearing and refashioning dresses all month in honor of this mission. You can learn more at Dressember.org

  This fun sweatshirts seemed to match each other. I loved the candy colored stripes and how the colors went with the lettering of the other sweatshirt. The "Holly Jolly" was Christmas-y but the colors were a change from traditional basic red and green. 

Before and after. Yes, this is a skirt in a month of dresses. I realize that might bend the rules a bit, but its so cute!!!

This sweat shirt would make a fun colorful skirt. This would be a fun Christmas outfit. 

 

I cut the sleeves and shoulders off the sweatshirt off the shirt. 

 

I threaded elastic through the waistband of the sweatshirt. The waistband will make a great waistband of my new skirt. 

 

The sweatshirt skirt tuned out just as I planned. Things don't always turn out they way we think they will. Life is like that.

 

I think Christmas is worthy of a fun holiday outfit. Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself. 
 

 

 

 

Sweatshirt to Skirt Refashion

 Hello Readers. I love soft, cozy casual clothes and when I found 2 matching sweatshirts in my hand-me-down pile I thought I could make a whole outfit out of them.

Before and after.

I folded the sweatshirt in half to cut it, This way one side would be the same as the other. I marked the sweatshirt with soap where I wanted to cut it. I cut the sides higher to avoid the sleeves.

I cut the sweatshirt in a curved shape. 

I had a nice skirt with a curved hem. The waistband of the sweatshirt is now the waist of my skirt.

 

I cut a small slit in the inside of the waistband.

 

I pushed elastic through the opening I made. I had attached a safety pin to the front of the elastic so I would have something to push through the waistband.

 

When I got the elastic all the way around the waistband I stitched the ends of the elastic together. 

 

The elastic would keep the skirt up at my waist. It was in place and now I wanted to sew that opening closed. 

I used a zigzag stitch to closed this. I wanted the ugly tan elastic hidden. 

This is a look at the zigzag stitches from the outside. You can see the stitches but it is fine with me. 

 

This is a really soft cozy outfit. This might be my Thanksgiving Day outfit. It is so comfortable and elastic waistbands are good for a big dinner. Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself. 

***Year End Update- This is casual and cozy and I love it. I have worn it together and separate.