How to Turn a Skirt Into a Dress in Just 5 Quick & Easy Steps
In this tutorial, I'll show you how to turn a skirt into a dress. If you’re looking for a great way to upcycle an old maxi skirt and convert that skirt into a dress, then you're in the right place.
This DIY is simple and great for beginners. Plus, I included some flirty cold-shoulder detailing. Let's get started!
Tools and materials:
- Maxi skirt
- Elastic band
- Elastic thread
- Scissors
- Pins
- Measuring tape
- Sewing machine
This is the long maxi skirt before the dress DIY.
1. Cut off the bottom of the skirt
To begin, I cut 12 inches off the bottom of the skirt.
Then I cut that piece into two. One of these pieces will be the ruffle around the chest area, and the other will be used to make straps.
2. Make the dress
I used the piece that included the hem of the skirt as a ruffle for the chest area.
I inserted the skirt into the strip of fabric and pinned the middle sections to the waistband of the skirt. This will now be the neckline.
I left the side sections loose and unpinned, as that is where my arms will go.
3. Add elastic
Once the ruffle was sewn on, I added elastic to the areas on the sides of the ruffle where my arms will go.
4. Make the straps
I cut a second strip from the bottom of the skirt into two equal pieces and hemmed the edges.
I then stitched four rows down the center of each strap with elastic thread to create a shirred effect on the straps.
5. Attach the straps & hem the bottom
To finish, I sewed the straps to the top edge of the dress and hemmed the bottom of the dress
How to turn a skirt into a dress
Here's the final DIY cold-shoulder dress. I really love this DIY maxi skirt upcycle. What do you think of this transformation?
Let me know what you think of this super-simple tutorial on how to turn a skirt into a dress and whether you'll try this out yourself in the comments below.
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Your dress turned out absolutely perfect and looks great on you! Youvhave wonderful sewing and design talents!
Love it but would not be able to do it myself, I'm not savvy enough, but it looks amazing.