Easy Summer Maxi Dress

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  Step 1

  Find an old t shirt and some fun fabric.

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  Step 2

  Cut off the sleeves. Pin and sew the sides to fit. Cut t shirt to your waist length.

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  Step 3

  Cut the fabric to the length you need plus a half inch for the hem. The width should be your hip width plus 7 or so inches.(More or less depending on how full you'd like the bottom of your dress to be.)

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  Step 4

  For the hem, turn under a quarter of an inch twice and stitch.

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  Step 5

  Mark the middle and the sides of your shirt.

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  Step 6

  Use the longest stitch to gather the top of the skirt.

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  Step 7

  Right sides together, matching the sides and centers, pin and sew the top of the skirt to the bottom of the shirt.

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  Step 8

  Stretch a piece of quarter inch elastic around your waist, stretch slightly to desired tightness. Using a zig-zag stitch sew elastic long the seam allowance stretching slightly as you sew.

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  Step 9

  Enjoy your new dress!
  For more refashion inspiration and tutorials head on over to The Renegade Seamstress
  www.chicenvelopements.wordpress.com
  I'd love to get to know you.
  Beth

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Rosie R. · Liverpool, England, GB · 8 projects 22nd April 2014

defo making one for summer x

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