1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,009 [music plays] 2 00:00:12,009 --> 00:00:16,430 Hello and welcome to Get Thready With Me episode #7. Now I am *so* excited about today's project. 3 00:00:16,430 --> 00:00:20,250 Even though more than half of my audience are in summer at the moment, it is winter 4 00:00:20,250 --> 00:00:23,630 here in Australia, so if this isn't one that you can do at the moment, then just save it 5 00:00:23,630 --> 00:00:26,500 away for autumn or winter - because I promise, it is so worth it. 6 00:00:26,500 --> 00:00:29,289 So I'm going to shut up now, and let's get started. 7 00:00:29,289 --> 00:00:33,620 Okay, so I thrifted this AMAZING sweater a couple of months ago. But, it’s a little 8 00:00:33,620 --> 00:00:38,550 bit too small, so unfortunately I never wear it. But the dog print is just adorable, so 9 00:00:38,550 --> 00:00:41,470 I thought that I would try and turn it into something wearable! 10 00:00:41,470 --> 00:00:43,910 So the first thing I did was turn the sweater inside out. 11 00:00:43,910 --> 00:00:47,649 I put a bunch of pins through both layers to hold them together, and then decided on 12 00:00:47,649 --> 00:00:51,750 the shape of my skirt. My waist measurement is 30 inches, but because 13 00:00:51,750 --> 00:00:55,649 this material STRETCHES, I’m going to take 2 inches off that measurement. 14 00:00:55,649 --> 00:00:59,590 I’m also going to allow a bit more room across here for my hips and butt. 15 00:00:59,590 --> 00:01:04,089 So I’m going to draw something like this in pen onto my inside-out sweater. 16 00:01:04,089 --> 00:01:08,289 Of course, if you’re using a more oversized sweater, then you’d draw something like 17 00:01:08,289 --> 00:01:09,440 this instead. 18 00:01:09,450 --> 00:01:14,530 Now, I’m going to use my overlocker to both cut and sew the sides of the skirt at the same time. 19 00:01:15,090 --> 00:01:19,350 So I’m going to run my overlocker down both the sides of the sweater like this. 20 00:01:19,350 --> 00:01:23,390 So first, I’ve set my overlocker's differential feed to its highest (positive) setting, so 21 00:01:23,390 --> 00:01:26,820 that it'll get a waver-free seam. This will just mean that hopefully, the seam will be 22 00:01:26,820 --> 00:01:29,420 as flat as possible. And then, I sew. 23 00:01:35,020 --> 00:01:38,500 And, that’s a pretty alright seam! I’m pretty happy with that! 24 00:01:38,509 --> 00:01:46,630 Okay, so now I’ve done this on both sides, I’m going to cut all along this line, through both layers of the sweater. 25 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,980 Then I turned it the right way around again. 26 00:01:50,990 --> 00:01:55,299 Now, for my waistband I am using this navy blue ribbed jersey material – but any kind 27 00:01:55,299 --> 00:01:58,200 of jersey material, or even an old t-shirt, should do. 28 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:03,009 So, I folded this fabric in half. I then stuck some pins in it to keep the two layers sandwiched 29 00:02:03,009 --> 00:02:08,479 together in place. I then measured a rectangle that’s 5 inches by 14 inches, and then cut 30 00:02:08,479 --> 00:02:12,619 this rectangle out, on the fold. Which I then unfold, and so I have this strip, which is 31 00:02:12,620 --> 00:02:14,880 28 inches by 5 inches. 32 00:02:14,890 --> 00:02:20,200 So then I place this waistband fabric down onto the front of my skirt like this. And 33 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:25,440 then I start putting in pins, pinning this bit of fabric onto my skirt all the way around. 34 00:02:30,740 --> 00:02:35,120 Once I’ve pinned it on all the way around, I join the two ends of the waistband together like this. 35 00:02:38,569 --> 00:02:43,810 And then, I’m going to sew the waistband to the skirt. So because I have an overlocker, 36 00:02:43,810 --> 00:02:48,090 I’m going to first sew the waistband in place using a very long straight stitch – also 37 00:02:48,090 --> 00:02:56,090 called a “basting” stitch. Then, I removed all the pins, and use my overlocker to again sew all the way around. 38 00:02:59,030 --> 00:03:03,420 The next step was to measure a piece of elastic. The elastic I got is 1 and a half inches wide. 39 00:03:03,420 --> 00:03:07,879 I wrapped a piece of elastic comfortably around my waist, and then pulled it just *slightly* 40 00:03:07,879 --> 00:03:10,569 tighter, to measure the correct length. 41 00:03:10,569 --> 00:03:15,799 Then, I unfolded the waistband, and again turned everything inside out. 42 00:03:15,799 --> 00:03:21,049 Then, with the waistband material, I folded it down, in half so that the raw edge lay 43 00:03:21,049 --> 00:03:23,969 just on top of the seam that I made when I attached the waistband. 44 00:03:28,740 --> 00:03:33,140 Then, I started putting in pins to hold it all together! 45 00:03:33,140 --> 00:03:38,580 Now, I’m going to sew across this, to make a kind of tube out of the waistband, attached 46 00:03:38,580 --> 00:03:42,689 all the way around the skirt. I'm going to use zig zag stitch, but I’m also going to 47 00:03:42,689 --> 00:03:47,629 leave a small gap, because that’s where I’m going to insert my elastic later on. 48 00:03:47,629 --> 00:03:54,379 So, with that done, I put a safety pin in the end of my elastic to help guide it through 49 00:03:54,379 --> 00:03:58,939 the tube, inserted it through the hole in the waistband, and threaded it through the 50 00:03:58,939 --> 00:04:05,250 skirt until it came out the other end, and then I sewed the two ends of elastic together 51 00:04:05,250 --> 00:04:06,170 like this. 52 00:04:06,170 --> 00:04:11,920 Then I popped the elastic back through the hole, and sewed over the top to close it up, 53 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:14,820 and, I’m done! 54 00:04:16,780 --> 00:04:19,280 [music plays] 55 00:04:31,180 --> 00:04:36,200 How easy was that!? I'm now planning to visit the thrift shop and get myself as many oversized 56 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:39,520 kitschy jumpers as possible, and turn them all into super cute pencil skirts. 57 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:41,240 It's going to be amazing. 58 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:45,280 Thank you all so much for watching! Don't forget to check out my last episode, episode 59 00:04:45,289 --> 00:04:48,750 #6, and I'll see you all for my very next video. Bye!