So the monkey girl has decided that she wants to dress up like Fiona from Adventure Time this Halloween. This means we need a teal shirt, blue skirt, bunny hat and green backpack. We found a teal tshirt on clearance. The other items we are going to make.
The first item is the skirt. I bought 1/2 a yard of royal blue knit material and 1-1/2 inch wide elastic. The material was about 18 inches wide so I decided that would work for the length for now (I can hem it later). I cut the material twice the size of the little one's waist (42 inches). I cut the elastic to 21 inches. First, I folded down the top about a 1/4 of an inch and pressed that in place. Then I folded it down a little more than 1-1/2 inches to make a casing for the elastic. I pressed and pinned this in place. I top stitched around with a zig zag stitch. I hooked a safety pin to the end of the elastic and used that to help me guide it through my casing.
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| Top of Skirt with top folded down and top stitched in place |
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| Side of Skirt - Wrong sides out, elastic in place |
Once I had the elastic completely through, I pinned the end together. Then I put the right sides together and pinned it the material in place close to the unsewn edge. I stitched the side with a zig zag stitch and went over the elastic a few times to make sure it was secure. And viola! One Fiona skirt.
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