I found this dress on the clearance rack at Target & absolutley fell in love with the floral Hello Kitty print. Only problem is the dress is a 3T and Samster is barely a 2T. No worries though, the bottom was a perfect candidate for a skirt refashion. And oh so easy. Really, it’s almost silly…
1st step, cut off bottom. Done.
Next iron the raw edge down & then stitch into place so it forms a waistband. Leave a small opening and thread elastic the size of Sam’s waist through. Check.
That’s it! No seriously, that’s really all there is to it. Promise!
Now all that’s left to do is twirl away!
Oh, and push a rabbit in a stroller with a dishtowel on your head. Duh.
That's adorable! and I love it with the tights and boots combo. I need to get August some super cute tights
i can't believe you *almost* forgot the "push the rabbit in the stroller with dishtowel head" part. LOL
seriously cute skirt refashion!
I love all your crafty things that you post on here.. I have ran across your blog before and loved it and I just came acrossed it again.. So I am following you now because I think I could serch your blog for HOURS.. LOVE IT!!
SO CUTE!!!
cute!!!! Good job!
Super cute!! I love that idea. I am thinking I may need to try it on a dress that my 5 year old currently has. She loves it, but it has a little rip at the button near the chest/neckline. I think I could probably turn it into a skirt. Thanks!! I was going to throw it away, but might as well try to use the fabric!!
Super cute! Love the dishtowel look!
So cute! And it looks super easy! I think I can even do that… I'm a very beginner sewer and I seem to mess up even the easiest projects…Lol! 🙂
But I think I'm going to try this! Thanks!
So cute, so fast and so easy. That's my kind of project. I love it even more with the red and white polka dot leggings.
Super cute. If you slit the shirt up the middle you might be able to have a matching shrug/bolero jacket.
Cute outfit!
Oh I am going to be on the look out for too big sales now!
Very cute dress! Also your recipes look super awesome. I love easy and delicious! But don't we all. I actually just posted a recipe I kept meaning to write about. It's awesome and really easy. You should def try it! 🙂
lmao… of course the dish towel!! 🙂 sounds just like my 21 month old. 🙂 What a cute dress/skirt too!!!! I'm definitely going target hunting. 🙂
Do you get that lovely tingle up your back when slicing through multiple layers of clothing with a rotary cutter? No!? Oh, is it just me? 🙂
As for the serger! YAY for us! Serger sisters, if you will 😉 I felt like SUCH a complete dork…I mean such a complete INCOMPETENT dork when trying to thread the thing. And yes, it still scares me!
I'm slowly getting acquainted with it but we're still antsy around each other, you too?
As for the "serged finished edge down the middle" thingy…I too tried to figure that out. I lowered/deactivated (I have NO idea what word to use) the blade but when I tried to feed the fabric through it became a RATS nest of thread and I promptly broke a needle. THEN I had to figure out how to change a NEEDLE. Whew. Bout threw the whole thing out the window.
Sorry for the epic comment, would've emailed but didn't have your addy 🙂
Forgot to say, I did use my serger on my last project, a lace-trimmed T-shirt.
You can see the serged edge of the lace on the up close pics in the tutorial. I think it looks pretty good:
http://vintagedutchgirl.blogspot.com/2010/01/lace-trimmed-t-shirt-and-tutorial.html
Ohhh, I love that fabric too. My littlest one (2yrs) is a huge Hello Kitty fan, I must see if there are any of those dresses left at my Target! 🙂 Love how you made it a skirt.
I just finished making my daughter a cute skirt just like that. Great minds think alike!
HEy samster mommy,
just a thought, the top of the hello kitty skirt would make a cute bolero jacket just take in the side seams a bit and ….. yeah its done, I did this with dresses for my youngest daughter a very boho look.!!!!