Make It Monday November 25
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This week I thought it would be fun to show
you an easy way you can sew a
holiday skirt for your dolls. If you can sew a straight line with a machine or
by hand you can create fun and full skirt for your dolls.
To create your own skirts for your dolls
you will need:
-2 safety pins
-10 inches of ¼ inch thick elastic
-A strip of fabric that is at least 9
inches wide by 18 inches long
-An iron and ironing board
-A measure tape
-Sewing Scissors
-A Sewing Machine or Needle and thread if
sewing by hand.
Step 1- Assemble your supplies, plug in
your iron and set up your ironing board.
Step 2- Use your measuring tape to measure
and cut your skirt material to 9 inches wide by 18 inches long.
Step 3- Fold one of the long edges of your
fabric in towards the “wrong” side of your fabric as shown in the photo above
to ¼ inch. Use your Iron to keep
it in place.
Step 4- Fold that edge you just created
towards the “wrong” side of your fabric at 1 inch. Iron it in place. *You can
use sewing pins to hold your fold in place but the iron should do this easily
for you.
Step 5- On the opposite edge which will be
the bottom of your skirt fold and iron your edge at ¼ inch and then repeat.
Step 6- Take your fabric to your machine
(or hand stitch) along the bottom edge you just ironed. Use your machine or
hand stitch.
Step 7- Now create the casing that the
elastic will go through at the top of your skirt. To create this casing or
tube, sew along the folded edge that touches your “wrong” side of the material
as shown in the top photo above.
Step 8- Cut a 10 inch
piece of elastic and place a safety pin through each end of the elastic you
cut.
Step 9- Feed one end through one side of
the casing you created.
Step 10- Bring the top edge of the casing
together so that the casing top and skirt bottom are equal. Place the Elastic
and Casing edge under the foot of your sewing machine. Sew and secure (back
stitch through he elastic) then sew a straight-line down the raw edges of the
skrit. Secure at the bottom of the skirt with a back stitch as well.
Step 11- Trim away the excess from the seam
you have just created.
Step 12- Turn your skirt right side out and
your skirt is ready to wear!
I hope you enjoyed today’s Make it Monday
craft and I look forward to sharing more doll play ideas with you soon.~ Karen
Owen aka Karen Mom of Three
