Summertime is officialy over now, but a maxi dress with a nice jacket is something you could still wear right? No? Well, I needed an excuse to finish this dress that has been sitting on my desk for over two months (it was a really hot summer -don’t judge! )
DIY Maxi dress
Anywho, this dress is completely diy, no pattern used except from clothes I already own and love how they fit.
I just followed the outline of a t-shirt that fits well (the fabric for the dress is folded in half), and cut a bit deeper for the neckline. Leave some fabric below you will need it in order to attach the skirt! There are thousands of articles out there on how to make patterns from store- bought clothes so I don’t feel I should explain this any further or maybe sound like I actually know what I’m doing here (though since it is done a bit sloppy maybe I should apologise ^_^ )
Now that you have your pieces, pin and sew! Jersey is my favourite fabric now that I found out the tricks to sew it ^_^
Same goes for the skirt- you can use a skirt you already own or maybe use one of these tutorials?
Notice how I just used my pinking shears as the fabric will not fall apart if you don’t hem!
Next thing is attaching the skirt to the shirt. Just mark first where you want your skirt to start and make sure you leave some extra fabric if you want a casing for your elastic. Since the skirt is a bit wider than the shirt, I also did some gathering to match that width. Press, pin and sew!
Close the casing and place the elastic (your waist measurement) inside (you could just sew the elastic on the fabric, but then you would need the length of the elastic stretched to match the width of the skirt- this is easier I guess!)
Now, you don’t need to hem but I like attention to details so maybe hem? ^_^ And maybe use a matching cord also? ^_^
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