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How to sew a girls skirt from a bandana
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Bandana Skirt

Learn how to make a bandana skirt in a few simple steps! This cute sewing project is easier than you think.
Course Sewing Crafts
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 1 skirt
Cost $2

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 1 Bandana(s)
  • Elastic 1/2-inch wide
  • 1 1/2 yards Eyelet lace trim
  • Thread

Instructions

  • Fold your bandana in half and cut along the fold to get two equal pieces.
    Cut a bandana in half with a pair of scissors
  • Put the bandana pieces right sides together, with the cut edges on the top. Pin and sew a 1/4" seam down both sides.
    Two halves of a bandana pinned around the edges with straight pins
  • Fold the cut edge over 1/4" and press it with an iron. Fold it again about 3/4" and press again. This will be the casing for your elastic.
    Fold the cut edge and press
  • Sew around the top of the skirt, close to the bottom of the fold. Leave an opening a couple of inches wide to thread your elastic through later.
    Sew the cut edge down
  • With your skirt still inside out, pin and sew the eyelet lace trim to the bottom.
    Pinned lace on the edge of a DIY girls skirt
  • When you get to the ends, trim and fold the raw edges under.
    Sewn lace on the edge of a girls fourth of july skirt
  • Put a safety pin through one end of the elastic and use it to help you thread the elastic through the casing. Sew the ends together with your sewing machine and then sew the opening closed.
    Thread elastic through the cuff of a girls skirt
  • Turn the skirt right side out to finish.
    How to sew a girls skirt from a bandana

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Notes

And if you Want to Make the Matching Shirt
Just iron some Wonder Under or thin interfacing onto the back of the bandana, cut out the star, iron it to the shirt, and sew around it. Standard appliqué process. So cute, right?!