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skrit made from t-shirts
I found in a book called Generation T 108 Ways to transfrom a T-shirt. I had bought it at Micheals
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Key West Witch favorited Skrit From T Shirts 07 May 02:57
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Step 1
Divide your waist measurement by 6 and the add 1(x). (Example: for a 30" wasit, divide by 6 and to get 5" add 1 to get 6".) Lay the T-shirt flat and cut a 24"long (slighhtly trapezoidal) strip from each one, using the measurement x for the width of the top of eachstrip. The width of the bottom of each strip should be 1 1/2" wider than the top.
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Step 2
Arrange the strips next to each other in the order you would like them to apper on the skirt and pin them together along the long edges (rights sides together).
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Step 3
Sew along the pinned edges 1/2"from the edges using a running backstitch. Remove the pins and turn the skrit right side out.
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Step 4
Measure four and half " up from the bottom of the shirt remnants and cut a strip through both layers as shown. Trim the strip until it is 1" longer than your wasit measurement
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Step 5
Sew the ends of the strip together (right sides in0 1/2" from the edges,using a running backstitch
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Step 6
fold the top edge of the tube down to meet the bottom,wrong sides together. You should have a double-layer tube about 2 1/4" wide
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Step 7
place the tupe around the outside top of the skirt, linning up the unfinished edges with the top edge of the skirt. pin in place.
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Step 8
sew along the pinned edges,close to the edge using a zigzag stitch oe whipstitch. Remove the pins
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Step 9
pull on the skrit and head for the open road!
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