Sew an Elastic Waist Skirt
Supplies
- Fabric (I used an old dress but you could also use a bed sheet)
- Elastic (I upcycled one from some old workout leggings)
- Needle and Thread or a Sewing Machine
- Pins
- Seam Ripper
- Scissors
Step 1
Use your seam ripper to unpick the elastic from your old garment (skip this step if you bought elastic)
Step 2
Cut your fabric to size. I removed the top of the dress.
Step 3
My lining fabric was smaller than the main fabric so I placed the lining inside the skirt and matched up the side seams and the half way mark between, then randomly gathered until they matched.
Step 4
Sew both layers together, you can baste these together by hand if that is your preference.
Step 5
Pin the fabric to the elastic waistband.
The easiest way to do this is to mark out the half way points in both and match those up, then the half way points between those until your sections get smaller and smaller.
To avoid rolling you want to pin your fabric to the middle of the waistband.
Step 6
Sew the elastic waistband to the fabric. Stretch the elastic until the fabric lays flat and using a zigzag stitch slowly guide all the layers through your machine.
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