Upcycled Summer Skirt

If you've been visiting a while, you already know I love to upcycle clothes, especially for my kids. Children grow too quickly and upcycling is a great way to make their clothes last a bit longer.

So this past weekend I managed to sew a new summer skirt for my daughter using one of my mother's old dresses.

From this:

To this: 
 

From the looks of it, it was some sort of halter dress that my mother started to modify and then never finished. It lived in her closet for a long time and finally she passed it on to me. Restyling the dress to fit would be too much trouble - and besides, I'm not a huge fan of dresses anyway.

 

So I took the easier route and cut it up to make a skirt. And when I say the easier route, I mean exactly that - I kept all the side seams and just cut the body of the dress off. I had to adjust the bottom edge a bit too, because it was to falling straight, but after that I just needed to hem it and add an elastic case on the top side.

Here it is, still in the making (and desperately needing to be ironed):

The the lacy ribbon at the bottom was an afterthought but my daughter liked it and in the end, it wasn't a that much of added trouble.

So here it its: one cute summer skirt that took me less than half a Saturday morning to make. Quick, inexpensive and a great addition to my daughter's summer wardrobe. Win-win all the way.

And if you want to have a look, here are some of my previous upcycled clothes projects:

A "new" skirt

Happy Tuesday!