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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.43,0:00:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a box, in the corner of my sewing\Nroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.62,0:00:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a box whose contents have not seen the\Nlight of day for many a month.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.42,0:00:10.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many crafters will be familiar with this box,\Nin all of its forms:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.70,0:00:14.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s the ever-growing amorphous lump\Nthat lies underneath your desk…
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.59,0:00:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The monster underneath your bed…\NThe stuff you vacuum-packed in a fit of organization
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.73,0:00:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stuffed into your garage in the hopes\Nthat you’d never have to deal with it again…
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.11,0:00:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This, my friends, is the UNFINISHED SEWING\NPILE.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.52,0:00:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is the third and final installment\Nof this mini 3-part series-within-a-series
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.66,0:00:43.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– check out episodes 6 and 7 to see how\NI upcycled this top and cardigan!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.22,0:00:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But today’s episode will show you how I\Naltered this skirt.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.77,0:00:50.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got this skirt back in 2013, and while it\Nfit me perfectly back then – I’m a little
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.55,0:00:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bit rounder on the waist aaaaand it doesn’t\Nfit me anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.72,0:00:58.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can still pull it on, but I also feel like\NI’m being strangled to death when I do so.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.57,0:01:02.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, my plan to save this skirt is simply to\Nreplace the elastic.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.25,0:01:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With my unpicking tool, I start removing this\Nexposed elastic waistband from the fabric.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.42,0:01:11.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I first looked at it, it seemed like\Nthe elastic was attached with a 3-thread overlocking
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.39,0:01:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stitch, which would mean I’d need to snip\Nthrough THESE threads in order to unpick it
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.36,0:01:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– but upon further assessment the two only\Nappeared to only be connected with a straight
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.86,0:01:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stitch, and the overlocking threads up the\Ntop here were only on the skirt fabric.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.28,0:01:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And seriously – this is sewn on SO badly.\NThis piece is actually something that I got
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.40,0:01:32.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from an online fast fashion store, and this\Nwas before I swore off fast fashion.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.67,0:01:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, in order to remove the elastic I first\Ncut through every 5th stitch or so, and then
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.66,0:01:43.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was simply able to pull the elastic away\Nfrom the fabric like this, occasionally needing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.51,0:01:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stop, cut through a stitch, and then keep\Npulling, until the waistband was removed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.40,0:01:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next, with a new piece of fairly thick elastic,\NI wrapped it around my waist so that it was
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.22,0:01:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,slightly tight, but not uncomfortable. Then\NI cut it to this length and I sewed it into
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.07,0:02:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a loop by sewing the ends together here. For\Nthis I used a zig zag stitch, and I went back
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.25,0:02:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and forth a couple of times. Then, I cut off\Nthe excess elastic at the ends as close to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.16,0:02:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the stitches as possible, and then I did another\Nzig zag stitch right over the edges to prevent
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.62,0:02:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fraying. Then, to flatten the waistband down\Nas much as possible, I pressed the ends to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.56,0:02:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one side, and then I stitched over it on the\Nright-side like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.72,0:02:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just for comparison, here’s the old\Nwaistband next to the new one – you can
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.89,0:02:23.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really see here why the skirt didn't fit before!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.49,0:02:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, it’s time to attach the elastic to\Nthe skirt, and as you can see I’ve got a
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.04,0:02:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lot more skirt than waistband – but that\Ndoesn’t matter. I simply divide both the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.49,0:02:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,top of the skirt and the elastic waistband\Ninto 4 quarters – so I put pins
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.11,0:02:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here, here, here and here.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.34,0:02:43.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, to sew them together, I slide the waistband\Nonto the machine first, right sides down,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.99,0:02:48.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I slide the top of the skirt underneath\Nit, right sides up. So, right sides together.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.41,0:02:53.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, I do a backstitch, to hold the two together\Nsecurely, and then, sewing with a straight
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.26,0:02:58.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stitch along the top, I pull the elastic so\Nthat the next set of pins matches up, and
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.29,0:02:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sew the elastic onto the fabric.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.97,0:03:02.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I simply continue this all the way around\Nthe skirt.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.39,0:03:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, there is another, “cleaner” way of\Nsewing this kind of exposed elastic waistband
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.24,0:03:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on, where you sew it wrong sides together,\Nflip the elastic over and then top-stitch
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.02,0:03:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it, and I’ll leave a link to that technique\Nin the description box, but I am using this
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.87,0:03:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simpler technique, mainly because I didn’t\Nwant any visible stitching on the waistband.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.64,0:03:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I know I’m showing you how to replace\Nan old waistband with a new one, but you can
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.39,0:03:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also use the methods that I show here in order\Nto make a skirt with an elastic-waistband
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.28,0:03:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with any rectangle of fabric that’s bigger\Nthan your waist, as long as that rectangle
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.06,0:03:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is first sewn into a loop!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.50,0:03:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I just unfold the waistband, and here’s\Nhow it looks – and now it fits!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.86,0:03:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very comfortably so, might I add.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.41,0:03:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is awesome because I don’t know if\Nyou noticed but this fabric is great – BAMBI!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.97,0:03:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make sure you also watch episodes 6 and 7\Nof the Style Pile to see how this complete
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.78,0:03:48.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outfit came together!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.14,0:03:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope you’re all having a great day and\NI'll see you all in my next video. Bye!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.23,0:03:56.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you to all of my supporters on Patreon\Nwho helped to make this video possible. To
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.99,0:04:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,become my Patreon supporter, go to patreon.com/annikavictoria
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.04,0:04:05.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also protip for anyone looking to become a\Nyoutuber - NEVER change your hair colour.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.35,0:04:07.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s just too much for some people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.46,0:04:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just kidding most of you were so nice about\Nmy new blonde hair and I freaking love it
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.08,0:04:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so much, so thank you.