A Skirt for the Whole Family

I couldn't get her to sit still or pose. She just wanted to look at the pictures on the camera. But here is Mary's new skirt.

It all started with this:

Dad's pants, salvaged from the charity bag.

Cut off the legs. I did it about 2 or 3 inches below the crotch. Then...


... cut off the crotch!

Come on, admit it. You've always wanted to do that.


Turn skirt inside out and pin crotch pieces together, front and back.


Attempt to distract your toddler from repeatedly climbing on the table by giving her your keys and wallet.


Now sew a straight line from the existing seam down to your new hem. Do this front and back.


Hem the bottom to desired length. I left it long (well, long for a toddler).


Et voila! The skirt in this form will be a nice short sexy skirt on your average 38-inch waisted man or woman.

What's that? You want to make it smaller?


I cut two holes on the inside waistband on either side of the zipper and fed the elastic through there (actually, I fed a piece of ribbon through first, then pinned it to the elastic and yanked the elastic through.

Now, before I cut and sewed the elastic on, I tested out a longer piece on myself. Fit great! I modeled it for Scott. He liked the leg. And HE's the one who pointed out that it would fit him just fine, too. And with the elastic with button holes, like they make for kids' adjustable waist pants, you could easily achieve this. They just didn't have that at the store I went to.

All done!