Hello everyone!
I am so honored to be a guest here at Somewhat Simple today. Thank you Stephanie!!
My name is Disney, and I have a little craft and sewing blog called Ruffles and Stuff.
Today I want to share a simple design for a fun little skirt, with a punch of girliness! Crinolines look awfully intimidating, but they can be quite simple to create!
Let’s try it!
1: Using a skirt from your daughter’s closet, measure the waistband, and cut a length of elastic that length.
2:Then measure the height of the skirt, and all the way around the bottom of the skirt. This will be the measurement for your skirt liner piece.
Add about three inches to the height, and that will be your measurement for your outer skirt piece. (i.e.: a 2T skirt is about 12″x40″, with a 9″x40″ liner.)
3: Fold over the long edges of both your pieces about .5″, and press.
4: Hem one edge of each piece.
5: Baste (sew a long straight stitch) the raw edge of your liner onto the folded, raw edge of your skirt piece. Your liner hem should be facing downward, and your skirt hem upward.
6: After basting, fold your liner down onto your skirt piece, so the liner and skirt hems are both facing upward. Laying your elastic down as a guide, fold the basted edge over to make elastic casing, and pin.
7: Slide elastic out, and sew along pinned edge.
8: Cut 2-3 times your skirt length, of 6″ wide tulle. (it’s ok if the length is broken up in a few pieces), then fold the tulle over (width-wise), and sew a basting stitch down the length of the raw edge.
9: Pull the bottom thread to gather evenly, until your tulle matches the length of the skirt. Sew on to the under side of the liner, making sure your basting stitch doesn’t peek below the hem.
10: Put the two sides of the skirt together (right sides facing) and pin. Then sew up the side, stopping right before the elastic casing.
11: Safety pin one end of your elastic to one end of the casing for stability. Then put another safety pin in the opposite end of your elastic, and use it to slide the elastic through the casing. Then sew the two ends together.
12: After sewing the elastic, try the skirt on if possible to make sure the waist fits. Then fold one edge of casing over the other, and sew closed, over elastic.
All done!
Time to relax!
And enjoy the fruits of your labor 
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Thank you again for having me over, Stephanie!!
Have a great day, everyone!
Love,
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This skirt is on my to-do list for sure! I love it! Thanks for visiting my blog today Disney- you are so much fun! Have a great weekend everyone!
About Stephanie
It's just lovely, Disney.
LOVE your blog! Added it to my "favorites".
Meghan
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Disney! What a beautiful skirt! I love it:). Thanks for sharing with us all! And what a cute blog this is!
great skirt, love the little peeking out fabric detail
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this skirt!! I love that tulle peeking out from the bottom!!
I linked to your tutorial at Craft Gossip Sewing:
http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-simple-crinoline-skirt-for-little-girls/2010/02/12/
–Anne
Great job Disney. You are just tooo talented!
cute, cute, cute!!!! I am in love with this skirt…thanks for sharing how to make it Disney!
This is so great! Thank you for the tutorial!
you've done it again Disney! Was that an old pillowcase you used!? it looks great! And thanks for directing me over to this great new blog to follow!
Cheers
Karina
Project K
Love you Disney!!! Such a sweet skirt!
Love her site…I just found it yesterday. What great timing!
Another great one Disney and thanks for the link to an exciting new blog…can't wait to explore Stephanie! A perfect idea to add some length to a skirt that is getting to short, but still fits in the waist!
So gorgeous! I love it! I have to learn how to do this, haha.
That is absolutely adorable!!! I love it!
très jolie, belle idée, merci beaucoup