Sleeve Skirt

brooksie for live!!!!

Thanks! This wasn't my own creation so I didn't want to make a how-to for fear of it seeming as though I was taking credit. I used this tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FNnHncNYXQ

Here are some tips for the cuffs though:

For cutting, I ripped out the flat-felled seams in the sleeves and when I got to the cuffs I just cut through them, going with the straight line I was cutting.

I then measured my waist, and trimmed off the edges of the sleeves as needed to get a perfect fit.

Then I had to arrange them according to how the plackets were spaced - it's sort of hard to explain but I just recommend playing around with the placement of each of the sleeves until you get something you like. Mine isn't exactly like the one in the tutorial, after all.

Then I just pinned right sides together and sewed a normal straight seam. When I was done, I pressed them all flat and topstitched just in the cuff area along the seam allowance so the seams would lie flat in the waistband.

I had some problems with gaping in the plackets, so I sewed them all shut except one.

This is very cool! Great colors too! Can you make it a how to? I get the basics, but I could use a little detail when it comes to dealing with the cuffs...