Made By Lex

There was a lot o interest on the bubble skirt so I’d love to share my way of doing one with you. You can use any fabric you have, but I used a men’s shirt for this one. You can also use a pillowcase!

Cut off the ends of the shirt so you have it in a nice sized square. At this point, if you don’t want the pocket there, you can remove it with a seam ripper.

Next, I took the front piece of the shirt and stitch the flap down on one side so it wouldn’t open.

Now take the front and back of your shirt and sew, right sides together.

After you sew that, take the end that you will be tucking under the skirt and gather the edges. You can do this by doing a basting stitch and hand pulling it, bu doing a running stitch by hand or my favorite way: set your tension to the tightest(the highest) number and the length to the longest.

Here’s how it will look now.

Now you’re going to get the lining piece. I’ve been using flannel for the winter, but I had this soft brown jersey so I’m using this. You want to cut it so it’s about 50% shorter than your main fabric and about 25% more narrow. It will look something like this.

Pin the gathered edge to the lining piece inside out, and sew together. Here’s how it will look now.

Now bring the two side ends together.

Pin them together.

Sew them together. It will now look like this.

Now pull the lining piece under the skirt. And pin it to the main fabric. The main fabric is bigger than the lining piece.

So make small little folds to meet the lining piece and pin in place.

Do a basting stitch to keep it in place before attaching the waistband.

Now for the waistband. I had some leftovers on the shirt so I used that, but you could use any other fabric if you don’t have any extra. Get one long piece, your desired length, and about 3- inches wide, depending on your elastic.

Sew the end together so you have one circle. Then fold the band over in half.

Attach it to your skirt and pin in place.

Sew it together leaving an opening for the elastic.

String your elastic through. The do a zig-zag stitch to attach the elastic, and close the open spot of the wasitband.

Voila!

I L-O-V-E how you can see the button strip at the bottom! I think it’s so neat!

I also did this one out of a garnet crinkled pillowcase.

It’s so textured and voluminous!

Perfect for the holidays!

Hope you enjoy the tutorial! And enjoy this beautiful day!