Fourth of July Kids Outfit
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Step 1: Cut a 45x12 size piece of fabric as your starter piece for the skirt.
Step 2: Cut two strips of decorative fabric or wide decorative ribbon the length of your rectangles, these will form the bottom edge of your skirt.
Step 3: Sew the two pieces of decorative fabric together using your Pacesetter Machine (Opens in a new tab)
Step 4: Sew your decorative sections to the bottoms of your main fabric pieces.
Step 5: Put the two fabric sections together so the decorate edges match up. Sew together to make a tube.
Step 6: To make a casing for the elastic waistband, first, fold over around ½ inch of the top and iron. Then fold over one more time and iron.
Step 7: Sew as close as you can to the bottom open edge of your casting. Go around the whole skirt and leaven open around 1 inch so that you can insert your elastic.
Step 8: With a safety pin slide in your elastic.
Step 9: Once elastic is inserted, cut off the excess and go back and sew the hole left open to insert the elastic.
Done!
Materials Needed:
- Fabric for the body of your skirt
- Decorative fabric or ribbon
- Brother Sewing Machine: Pacesetter (Opens in a new tab)
- Scissors
- Brother thread
- Elastic
- Iron
Instructions:
Tip: Iron each fabric block so they align better.
Step 1: Cut a 45x12 size piece of fabric as your starter piece for the skirt.
Step 2: Cut two strips of decorative fabric or wide decorative ribbon the length of your rectangles, these will form the bottom edge of your skirt.
Step 3: Sew the two pieces of decorative fabric together using your Pacesetter Machine (Opens in a new tab)
Step 4: Sew your decorative sections to the bottoms of your main fabric pieces.
Step 5: Put the two fabric sections together so the decorate edges match up. Sew together to make a tube.
Step 6: To make a casing for the elastic waistband, first, fold over around ½ inch of the top and iron. Then fold over one more time and iron.
Step 7: Sew as close as you can to the bottom open edge of your casting. Go around the whole skirt and leaven open around 1 inch so that you can insert your elastic.
Step 8: With a safety pin slide in your elastic.
Step 9: Once elastic is inserted, cut off the excess and go back and sew the hole left open to insert the elastic.
Done!
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