It turns out, they are so easy and fun that I've made 3 so far and have material and supplies to make even more! I bought some men's 2XL shirts on a super-cheap clearance rack and made a couple following the directions (although, I found out I had to take in the sides of the top of the skirt about 4 inches BEFORE shirring).
I also had some cute fabric that I wasn't sure quite what to do with, so I whipped up another skirt using plain old fabric. I took a skirt I already had to use as a pattern, cut 2 pieces of fabric the width of the bottom of my pattern skirt, and cut a slight A-line to the top (but made the top much wider because the shirring takes in several inches). Then I sewed the sides together and hemmed the bottom, and did a very simple hem on the top before shirring. At first it was a little loose around the waist, but I was thankful later because washing and drying the skirt shrunk it to a perfect fit. It took less than an hour, and the ones I made using t-shirts took even less--about 20-30 minutes! So fun!
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| Excuse the bad picture--It's a self-timed shot! |
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