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Jumper Skirt Out Of A T Shirt

Make that big baggy shirt into a cute stylish jumper skirt.

While flipping through "Generation T" I noticed how not many of the t-shirt projects interested me. So I made my own t-shirt reconstruction project that I liked a lot :D

NOTE!!*** Each step that instructs you to "sew" use a number 2 zig-zag stitch to retain stretch in the t shirt. ***

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Okay lay out your shirt, we are going to divide the shirt into three pieces: the skirt, the straps, and the waistband.
The straps will be the first to be cut.

First, you will need to remove the stitches from the bottom hem of the shirt. Do this by using either your scissors, nail cutter, or cuticle remover, seam ripper. (my weapon of choice will be the cuticle remover.

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Once you have removed all the stitches, it will look like this.

Press open the unstitched hem with your iron.

It should look something like this when you are done:
Measure and mark 5" from the bottom of the newly opened hem and measure and mark 14" across.

Cut this rectangle out from both sides of the shirt.

Do not cut the fold.

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Fold in half, pin, and cut.

Now fold each piece in half, pin, and sew raw edges together.
When finished cut off the excess.

It should look like this so far.
With the straps you can do one of three things:
1 You can leave them as they are and not turn them inside out.
2 Press the straps with the hem in the middle
3 Turn the straps inside-out and press seam on one side.

If you decide to turn the straps inside-out:
Attach a safety pin to one end of the straps.
Guide the safety pin inside of the strap as if it were a casing for elastic.
Keep guiding it through until the entire strap has the seam on the inside.

Pin down with glass tipped pins and press flat with iron (starch is recommended) with seam on one side.
Right now your shirt bottom should look something like this.

Next is the waistband.
You cut two separate parts from the shirt, one from the bottom of the shirt, another from the top of the shirt.

First measure and mark a 5"x10" (the 10" should be what is left of the bottom)

Cut that square off, do not cut the fold.
After the cut you should have a 5"x20" rectangle.
For the skirt measure and mark an 18"x21" rectangle from the new bottom of shirt, cut.
Reverse the rectangle and pin only the sides together.

Sew the pinned sides.
For the waistband cut off sleeves from the left-over of shirt, open at seam.
Lay your first waistband piece on top, pin and cut around.
*Each person's size is different so "pinch and pin" sides of waistband to get desired fit, mark and sew.*
Pleat the skirt to the waistband, remember to pin the side seams of the waistband and skirt together first, to get an even match of pleats.

Pin pleats, and sew.

To finish the raw edges, sew a 1/2" hem at both ends (bottom of skirt, and top of waistband)
Attach straps to waistband: about 3" from side seam at the front.

Adjust the strap length to your desired fit, pin straps ends to the back of waist band 3" from side seam, pin.

Sew each strap end at top of waistband seam with a box stitch (a continuous stitch that creates a box with and X on the inside)
Try on, make any size adjustments, as needed. (since this is made from a t shirt, there should still be stretch when fitting on the jumper skirt, if not, adjust waistband with an elastic band or a zipper)

Enjoy!

(The black jumper with white shirt seen on the front page is the first attempt)

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Cat Morley

January 9th, 2008 10:59

This looks fantastic, you did a really good job.

FoxesinBoxes

January 9th, 2008 12:47

I saw this on a traid thing once, always wondered how it was done. Looks good.

Darling Niki

January 9th, 2008 13:26

This is too cute for words!!!

Moe

January 9th, 2008 14:45

So digging this...I am about to have 7 of them...thanks so much for this project!!

queenfairypants

January 9th, 2008 15:46

thats amazing!

Roma

January 9th, 2008 15:54

If/when I try this I'm going to try and add a coupla pockets. This is so cute.

mlc1803 m.

January 9th, 2008 20:01

so cute! if I only knew how to sew!

Heather P.

January 9th, 2008 20:43

I can't wait to try this!

Brandi B.

January 10th, 2008 03:55

I soooo Love this!

Lizz R.

January 10th, 2008 17:42

This is so cool!

Alex F.

January 10th, 2008 20:40

SUCH a cool project. Thank you :)

katie

January 13th, 2008 05:45

I am making this as soon as a sewing machine comes into my possession.

PJ F.

January 17th, 2008 20:52

That is really cute! I am sure everyone has a cool tee shirt that would make an amazing skirt jumper!

Great job!

Marie S.

January 20th, 2008 00:14

that is so awsome

Stephanie N.

January 20th, 2008 02:01

So cute! I'm going to try this!

Lauryn S.

January 20th, 2008 18:44

Thats amazing! I'm going to make this! And its cheap! I love cheap! ^-^ Thanks!

rtduertytuy y.

January 21st, 2008 23:29

Im making one of these for my school dance! Im gonna wear it with grey leggings and a pair of black steve maddens

K@TE K.

January 22nd, 2008 00:01

OMG I LOVE THIS DRESS!!!!!!!!! :-D

K@TE K.

January 22nd, 2008 00:01

OMG I LOVE THIS DRESS!!!!!!!!! :-D

Needle~n~thread

January 23rd, 2008 04:33

i'm lovin ya right now! i've have tried to make this several times but i never thought about making it out of a T-shirt!

Joni

January 29th, 2008 21:20

woweeeee excellent xx

Queen.Of.Dorks

February 5th, 2008 13:43

this is absoloutely awesome,
i am off to raid my drawers for an old t-shirt now!
:]
xx

Sara A.

February 6th, 2008 02:17

this is so bloody amazing!
can't wait to try it out!

thankyooouuu

lots of looove!

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Surf jewels

February 9th, 2009 18:51

This is a cool idea, I made a top from an old t-shirt, looked cool and wore it los on holiday.

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Surf jewels

February 9th, 2009 18:51

This is a cool idea, I made a top from an old t-shirt, looked cool and wore it los on holiday.

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Handmade Ethical Jewellery
http://surfjewels.webhosting-for-free.com

Now I need a t-shirt to make one.
xD

Beatriz L.

June 25th, 2009 14:41

oh, very very good idea

'affecktion

July 1st, 2009 02:14

This has been one of my favourite clothing projects for a long time. Finally made it, looks great, will post version soon!

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