What does a pregnant woman do when she only has 6 weeks of pregnancy left? Sew up a storm, of course! (Remember, good logic leaves her brain when the baby enters the womb!) So I rationalized that I’d better do something with those maternity skirts that I never wore for one reason or another. Enter the maternity sweater skirt refashion!
I started with this long black skirt from Motherhood Maternity. The problem? Well, there were many! It wasn’t made for a 6 foot tall woman…no maternity clothes are, thus it was yuck length! The second problem was that the material was so lightweight that it was almost immodest to wear (read: see-through) not to mention terribly cold! Which lead to a third problem; the slit was ripped, fixed, ripped again, fixed again, etc. Yeah, so basically not wearable!
Then there was this sweater. Yep! For real! But the person who gifted it to us intended for us to refashion it, not wear it. Too big for anyone in this house, too scratchy to wear without anything underneath, too thin to be refashioned into a sweater skirt without a layer underneath. (If you are a regular refashion-er, you immediately see where to go with these two things!)
Step by step maternity sweater skirt refashion instructions:
Step 1: Pin bottom of sweater to outside of maternity skirt, just below maternity panel.
Step 2: Sew 2 layers together.
Step 3: Cut off sleeves and across shoulders/neck opening.
Step 4: Sew former sleeve openings shut and hem around bottom of skirt.
Step 5: Cut off maternity skirt just above hemline of sweater and zig zag edge.
And because I never have, but have seen so many cute boot socks photos, I thought I’d give it a whirl!
Step by step matching boot sock instructions:
Step 1: Cut tops even.
Step 2: Zig zag edge.
Well, do you think that’s an improvement? Those items are definitely more wearable now! And the matching boot socks were so easy, it’s a shame we didn’t try it earlier! Annie will very soon have matching boot socks for her sweater skirt!
Total Time: 1 hour (The socks took 10, the skirt 50!)
Total Cost: $0
Talent Level: Beginner Seamstress
One thing I did was to pull tension on the sweater as I hemmed it to create the lettuce edged ruffle you see.
And I love the buckles at the top, rather than at the bottom.
Leaving the underskirt adds warmth (Go away winter, go away!) and prevents the itchy sweater issue.
We’re linking this post to Project Sewn! This week’s theme is signature style. What more defines my style than a maternity skirt refashion? (Now in a 6 weeks my signature style will dramatically change, but that’s part of the fun, right?)
Make it beautiful,
Audrey
This maternity sweater skirt refashion can also be seen over at Refashion Co-op.
P.S. Did you notice the new tab at the top of our blog? Stay tuned for some VERY exciting news later this week!
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