0:00:00.440,0:00:03.630 There is a box, in the corner of my sewing[br]room. 0:00:03.630,0:00:07.410 It is a box whose contents have not seen the[br]light of day for many a month. 0:00:07.410,0:00:11.909 Many crafters will be familiar with this box,[br]in all of its forms: There’s the ever-growing 0:00:11.909,0:00:14.579 amorphous lump[br]that lies underneath your desk… 0:00:14.579,0:00:16.760 The monster underneath your bed… 0:00:16.760,0:00:20.230 The stuff you vacuum-packed in a fit of organization[br]and stuffed into your garage in the hopes 0:00:20.230,0:00:22.120 that you’d never have to deal with it again… 0:00:22.120,0:00:25.800 This, my friends, is the UNFINISHED SEWING[br]PILE. 0:00:33.640,0:00:37.499 So the item that I pulled out of the Style[br]Pile box today was… 0:00:37.499,0:00:42.269 Lol, joke, this second pile over here is the[br]REST of the Style Pile, an extension of the 0:00:42.269,0:00:44.829 box that’s flowed out into the corner of[br]my studio. 0:00:44.829,0:00:49.329 Anyway, the item that I pulled out of the[br]depths of this mess is… this dress! 0:00:49.329,0:00:54.109 This dress is originally from a store called[br]Mod Dolly from about 2012, HOWEVER I don’t 0:00:54.109,0:00:58.639 really wear short dresses right now, they’re[br]a little bit too cutesy for me – so, I thought 0:00:58.639,0:01:00.739 that I would turn this dress into a ROMPER! 0:01:00.739,0:01:04.760 By the way, thank you to all of the people[br]who suggested that I do this DIY! 0:01:04.760,0:01:09.050 And just so you all know I have an older video[br]on doing exact the opposite, which is turning 0:01:09.050,0:01:10.800 a jumpsuit into a dress. 0:01:10.800,0:01:14.470 ANYWAY back to the project at hand, you need[br]to cut your dress to the length that you want 0:01:14.470,0:01:15.980 your romper to be FIRST. 0:01:15.980,0:01:19.160 My dress didn’t need any cutting because[br]it’s already short enough and I wanted the 0:01:19.160,0:01:23.170 romper to be about this length, but if you[br]have a longer dress and you want to make it 0:01:23.170,0:01:27.890 in a shorter romper, then cut it to the desired[br]length with a pair of scissors FIRST. 0:01:27.890,0:01:31.860 Next I turned my dress inside out and I laid[br]it down flat so that the front of the dress 0:01:31.860,0:01:33.140 was facing up. 0:01:33.140,0:01:37.880 Then I folded the dress in half, down the[br]middle of the front, like this, making sure 0:01:37.880,0:01:42.740 that that side seams of the dress matched[br]up here, and that THIS fold was EXACTLY at 0:01:42.740,0:01:44.300 the centre front of the dress. 0:01:44.300,0:01:49.630 Next, I put pins into the centre-front fold[br]to make sure all 4 layers of fabric - the 0:01:49.630,0:01:52.229 front and the back of the dress - were going[br]to stay in the same place. 0:01:52.229,0:01:57.020 Then, I drew a little curved line like this[br]onto the inside of the fabric, that was about 0:01:57.020,0:01:59.500 1 and a half inches high and ¾ of an inch[br]wide, 0:02:00.200,0:02:03.540 and then I cut on this line through all 4 layers of fabric. 0:02:04.200,0:02:06.860 Then I unfolded the dress and I ended up with[br]this. 0:02:08.200,0:02:12.420 The next thing I did was to simply sew along[br]this new “crotch” part like this. 0:02:12.420,0:02:17.540 I used a straight stitch and I sewed along[br]the seam twice for extra reinforcement around 0:02:17.540,0:02:19.000 the crotch. 0:02:19.000,0:02:23.120 I finished off the seam by clipping the raw[br]edge with a pair of pinking shears to prevent 0:02:23.120,0:02:26.060 fraying, you could also serge this seam to[br]finish it off neatly OR you can just leave 0:02:26.060,0:02:27.340 it as it is. 0:02:27.520,0:02:32.280 Now, this is the basic romper DONE but you’ll[br]notice that if you leave it here, and depending 0:02:32.280,0:02:36.620 on the fabric and width of your original skirt,[br]you’ll probably get a lot of “bunching” 0:02:36.620,0:02:39.340 at the crotch area… which doesn’t look[br]so good. 0:02:39.340,0:02:43.420 SO, to get rid of that, I folded my new romper[br]back into this position. 0:02:43.420,0:02:48.370 Then, I grabbed a pair of slightly loose-fitting[br]shorts that I already owned, and I folded 0:02:48.370,0:02:51.600 them in half the same way I did for the dress,[br]so that they looked like this. 0:02:51.600,0:02:55.880 I then placed the shorts on top of the romper,[br]matching up the crotch seams. 0:02:55.880,0:03:00.710 You can see that the front panel of the pair[br]of shorts goes inwards like this, which reduces 0:03:00.710,0:03:05.900 the “crotchal-bulk” (that’s not a term)[br]– anyway I traced this shape onto my own 0:03:05.900,0:03:11.320 romper using a fabric pen. The pen is kinda[br]hard to see on the video but the line is HERE. 0:03:11.320,0:03:15.520 Next, I pulled the back of the romper away[br]from the front – because I only want to 0:03:15.520,0:03:19.560 sew through 2 layers of fabric here, through[br]the FRONT of the romper only. 0:03:19.560,0:03:23.320 And then, I sewed straight up this line using[br]a straight stitch. 0:03:23.320,0:03:27.849 To finish this seam off, and get rid of that[br]extra fabric at the crotch, I cut away the 0:03:27.849,0:03:32.100 excess fabric from the seam using some pinking[br]shears so that the fabric wouldn’t fray. 0:03:32.100,0:03:35.660 Now, you’ll also notice that when I placed[br]the shorts onto the romper, the bottoms of 0:03:35.660,0:03:38.840 the shorts curved upwards away from the crotch[br]like this. 0:03:38.840,0:03:42.360 So if you don’t do this next step, your[br]romper’s shorts will curve down from the 0:03:42.360,0:03:43.600 crotch like this. 0:03:43.600,0:03:47.819 What I want to do is make the legholes more[br]“straight” across my legs. So to do this, 0:03:47.819,0:03:52.270 I traced around the bottom of the pair of[br]shorts, adding about 1 inch hemming allowance, 0:03:52.270,0:03:57.340 and then I cut along this line through ALL[br]4 layers of fabric – so through both the 0:03:57.340,0:03:58.430 front and the back of the romper. 0:03:58.430,0:04:02.230 I unfolded this and then I serged around the[br]bottom of both leg holes – this step is 0:04:02.230,0:04:06.319 optional, it just stops fraying, you can also[br]cut it with pinking shears – and then, with 0:04:06.319,0:04:10.170 the romper still inside-out, I made a hem[br]around the leg holes by folding the fabric 0:04:10.170,0:04:14.290 up, about a half an inch, like this, and sewing[br]all the way around the leg. 0:04:16.250,0:04:17.770 AND…. 0:04:18.500,0:04:20.040 This is my finished romper! 0:04:20.050,0:04:22.050 [Music plays] 0:04:22.190,0:04:26.270 It worked out so well and it looks fantastic[br]– I love it! 0:04:26.340,0:04:28.580 Here are the before and the afters! 0:04:31.560,0:04:35.840 NOW, before I go, it’s worth mentioning[br]that you can only use this method on a dress 0:04:35.850,0:04:41.590 that you can pull up over your hips and waist[br]– so on a dress that has a zipper or buttons 0:04:41.590,0:04:43.410 or a tie-up front like mine. 0:04:43.410,0:04:47.080 But next episode, I’ll be showing you how[br]you can use this method on a dress that you 0:04:47.080,0:04:50.560 pull on over your head, so... a dress without[br]zippers [or other ways to get it on]. 0:04:50.560,0:04:54.120 I hope you guys are having a great week, thanks[br]for watching, and I’ll see you all next 0:04:54.120,0:04:55.350 time. 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