It's All Gone Pete Tong.....

Hello :) I've just got a simple little D.I.Y to share with you guys. I have been seeing everywhere recently the appearance of hi/low or high/low or even high/lo..... anyways I really like the idea of this whether it be in skirt or dress form. But I haven't seen one that I like enough or can afford to splurge on so I decided to make my own from an old black maxi dress.


What you will need if you want to do this too :)

• a pair of dress making scissors or scissors that will cut through your material.
• fabric glue
• or a needle and thread
• a bunch of pins
• a clothes hanger to hang your dress up once you are done.

one plain black maxi dress

Excuse the crap in the background of this pic.

 1. Lay your dress or skirt flat on the floor folded so the side seems are in the centre on either side.

Sorry for the crappy quality the sun was streaming in and our lilac curtains made my pictures look pink :(

 2. Next mark of the garment a snake or an s shape in pins to mark where you want to cut. Making sure you try it on with the pins in first so you won't cut it too short at the front. Then all you have to do is cut along the pinned line.

 3. Next pin up a small hem onto you skirt edge to neaten it all up.

 4. Once pinned lay the skirt onto the floor to make it easier to glue.

 5. Glue or stitch the hem together.

6. Once the whole of the garment has been glued or stitched together hang it up to dry or to simply let the creases fall out.

And that should be that, a complete hi/low skirt or dress in 6 easy steps..... hopefully!! Now I would recommend stitching the hem of the dress as it will allow the skirt to have more movement but I did glue the hem together myself as we have left our sewing machine at uni digs, and mums sewing machine is one of those old ones which I don't understand :( but oh well I can stitch it once we go back to uni.

So this is the finished result, what do you think?

Peace

x