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Easy Pillowcase Skirt Tutorial – Skirting The Issue

07/17/2014

 

Pillowcase skirt tutorial sew country chickHave you ever sewn for a charity project?button-draft_edited-1ac

If not, you should try it!

 The Skirting The Issue Project created by the ladies at Simple Simon & Co. is a perfect opportunity to join a communal sewing effort to make skirts for foster girls to wear for back to school. Today I am sharing a very easy pillowcase skirt that only took me thirty minutes to make. it’s a perfect project to make several of. If you would like to join in and sew a skirt to send to a foster girl who needs back to school clothing, here is the post at Simple Simon with all of the details.

The skirt only has two seams since the hem is already built into the pillowcase. Since the pillowcase isn’t that wide, I would only recommend making the skirt up to a size 6. Any larger and the skirt won’t have enough gathers. Also, I only use unused pillowcases. I go to lots of estate sales and often find these unused vinatge pillowcases in fun fabrics. I have quite a few of them!

This is probably the simplest tutorial I’ve written, and it;s a great project for beginner sewists. Pillowcase skirt tutorial sew country chick

To follow the tutorial for the pillowcase skirt, just read the instructions on the photos below. If you have any other questions, feel free to contact me. Info on sidebar.

Pillowcase skirt tutorial sew country chickAnd some optional trim to sew onto the skirt hem when you are done.

Pillowcase skirt tutorial sew country chick Pillowcase skirt tutorial sew country chick  Pillowcase skirt tutorial sew country chick Pillowcase skirt tutorial sew country chick Pillowcase skirt tutorial sew country chick Pillowcase skirt tutorial sew country chickskirtelastic Pillowcase skirt tutorial sew country chickWell, that’s it! I hope to make  a few more of these to send to the Liz & Elizabeth for their project. I’m headed over to a friend’s today; Ana from The Lost Apron, and I’m bringing her supplies to make one, too. Have a great day!

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Comments

  1. Judy says

    07/17/2014 at 3:17 am

    THese are so cute..

  2. Amy S. says

    07/17/2014 at 1:05 pm

    Found the post! Wow super easy, would not have thought of this and can’t wait to make some! Thanks for sharing!

    • Justine says

      07/17/2014 at 2:15 pm

      Your welcome!

  3. Anne Weaver says

    07/17/2014 at 3:53 pm

    So pretty!! I think I might have had sheets made out of that smaller print when I was a kid. If not this exact one, then one very similar. I’ve got a Craft Gossip post scheduled for this morning that links to your tutorial:
    http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-vintage-pillowcase-skirt/2014/07/17/
    –Anne

  4. Irma Rios says

    07/17/2014 at 7:00 pm

    Love the website

  5. Keryma says

    07/18/2014 at 2:03 pm

    You are a star! I loved this tutorial, thanks for sharing!

    • Justine says

      07/18/2014 at 5:01 pm

      It was very simple but thank you!

  6. cindy coven says

    07/18/2014 at 2:09 pm

    What a great idea for a community project. if we made it long enough it could be pulled up to wear as a dress. We could add ribbons to make it a sundress. Thanks maybe my local American sewing guild [ASG] will want to do this for a project.

    • Justine says

      07/18/2014 at 5:01 pm

      This was the precise reason I thought something simple would be good. A variety of sewists could tackle this

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I'm Justine! Welcome to my sewing blog! Here you'll find lots of handmade clothing for myself and other lucky folks! I'm a native Los Angeleno who moved to a small farm outside of LA with my family.

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