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Hello and welcome to Get Thready With Me episode #7. Now I am *so* excited about today's project.
Even though more than half of my audience are in summer at the moment, it is winter
here in Australia, so if this isn't one that you can do at the moment, then just save it
away for autumn or winter - because I promise, it is so worth it.
So I'm going to shut up now, and let's get started.
Okay, so I thrifted this AMAZING sweater a couple of months ago. But, it’s a little
bit too small, so unfortunately I never wear it. But the dog print is just adorable, so
I thought that I would try and turn it into something wearable!
So the first thing I did was turn the sweater inside out.
I put a bunch of pins through both layers to hold them together, and then decided on
the shape of my skirt. My waist measurement is 30 inches, but because
this material STRETCHES, I’m going to take 2 inches off that measurement.
I’m also going to allow a bit more room across here for my hips and butt.
So I’m going to draw something like this in pen onto my inside-out sweater.
Of course, if you’re using a more oversized sweater, then you’d draw something like
this instead.
Now, I’m going to use my overlocker to both cut and sew the sides of the skirt at the same time.
So I’m going to run my overlocker down both the sides of the sweater like this.
So first, I’ve set my overlocker's differential feed to its highest (positive) setting, so
that it'll get a waver-free seam. This will just mean that hopefully, the seam will be
as flat as possible. And then, I sew.
And, that’s a pretty alright seam! I’m pretty happy with that!
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.
Then I turned it the right way around again.
Now, for my waistband I am using this navy blue ribbed jersey material – but any kind
of jersey material, or even an old t-shirt, should do.
So, I folded this fabric in half. I then stuck some pins in it to keep the two layers sandwiched
together in place. I then measured a rectangle that’s 5 inches by 14 inches, and then cut
this rectangle out, on the fold. Which I then unfold, and so I have this strip, which is
28 inches by 5 inches.
So then I place this waistband fabric down onto the front of my skirt like this. And
then I start putting in pins, pinning this bit of fabric onto my skirt all the way around.
Once I’ve pinned it on all the way around, I join the two ends of the waistband together like this.
And then, I’m going to sew the waistband to the skirt. So because I have an overlocker,
I’m going to first sew the waistband in place using a very long straight stitch – also
called a “basting” stitch. Then, I removed all the pins, and use my overlocker to again sew all the way around.
The next step was to measure a piece of elastic. The elastic I got is 1 and a half inches wide.
I wrapped a piece of elastic comfortably around my waist, and then pulled it just *slightly*
tighter, to measure the correct length.
Then, I unfolded the waistband, and again turned everything inside out.
Then, with the waistband material, I folded it down, in half so that the raw edge lay
just on top of the seam that I made when I attached the waistband.
Then, I started putting in pins to hold it all together!
Now, I’m going to sew across this, to make a kind of tube out of the waistband, attached
all the way around the skirt. I'm going to use zig zag stitch, but I’m also going to
leave a small gap, because that’s where I’m going to insert my elastic later on.
So, with that done, I put a safety pin in the end of my elastic to help guide it through
the tube, inserted it through the hole in the waistband, and threaded it through the
skirt until it came out the other end, and then I sewed the two ends of elastic together
like this.
Then I popped the elastic back through the hole, and sewed over the top to close it up,
and, I’m done!
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How easy was that!? I'm now planning to visit the thrift shop and get myself as many oversized
kitschy jumpers as possible, and turn them all into super cute pencil skirts.
It's going to be amazing.
Thank you all so much for watching! Don't forget to check out my last episode, episode
#6, and I'll see you all for my very next video. Bye!