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beth being crafty august 2013 pages home about me kids clothing women s clothing accessories alterations fun stuff and costumes home gifts recipes family thrifty things sewbaby crafts wednesday august 28 2013 upcycled yoga skirt so i m not very athletic that may be a bit of an understatement but there are times when i feel like i should kind of look the part when i need a sporty costume i just don t have any athletic gear in my wardrobe i hardly own any shorts period let alone anything made out of something other than denim one such time is when i take the kids to the kids parents yoga class now this class has parents in the title mainly because the instructor wants you to know you may not drop your kids off and run i move around a little but i am not getting a workout here other than kid wrangling since i m one of the few parents who bring not one but two little yogis to class but still it would feel strange to show up in jeans in theory i could be doing yoga i have some loose yoga pants that are really more like lounge pants but my favorite thing to wear to class is a t shirt dress over leggings however one thing most of my knit dresses are missing is you guessed it pockets i do have a couple knit dresses with pockets this one is my favorite but the problem is that most knits are too thin to be able to use the pockets without the garment looking really unflattering and lumpy as well as weighing the garment down if you put something heavy in there like keys or your phone but i like having pockets for this yoga class and a few of my other active adjacent activities so that i have somewhere to stick the little key to the bike lock the rubber bands that keep the mats from unrolling a hair clip for when little sister wants her hair from flopping in her eyes like i tried to tell her it would etc so when i found this t shirt at the goodwill outlet i knew it would work as a skirt cost not sure what it weighs but it was 1 59 per pound it s a much heavier weight knit than a typical t shirt and i loved the print i also thought that the busy ness of the print would keep the pockets more subtle and it looked like brand new i had been meaning to make a skirt like this for a while but it wasn t until i found this perfect top to upcycle that i was inspired to actually do it and even though i made it so that i would have something to wear when i needed to be a little more sporty than usual i have actually worn it without the leggings as just a plain old comfy skirt i decided to topstitch the pockets on because then it s obvious that any lumps are coming from stuff in your pocket lumpy stuff in a hidden side seam pocket looks more weird to me here s how i made it 1 cut off the bottom of the shirt as close to the armpits as possible 2 out of some coordinating leftover knit possibly the bottom of another t shirt cut out your waistband fabric mine was about 16 inches tall and wide enough to go around my waist when i stretched it really far you really want it to be snug my knit that i used for the waistband was super stretchy and i ended up adding a piece of elastic to the inside because it kept slipping down the size of my unfolded foldover waistband 3 with the right sides together sew your two 16 ends together creating a loop that will fit very snugly around your waist then fold that loop in half right side out so that the raw edges are lined up and the seam allowance is hidden inside 4 if you are adding pockets a must for me cut them out of the remains of your skirt fabric the top i used had a square neckline so i cut my pockets out using the finished edge of the neckline for the top of the pockets then i turned the other edges under and topstitched the pockets to the body of the skirt so that the raw edges of the pocket would be sewn into the waistband i actually cut the body of my skirt down the sides a little so that i could insert the side of the pocket into the side seam of the skirt as well but you could just as easily topstitch them down all the way around pocket view 5 once your pockets are attached slip your waistband over the top of your skirt so that the raw edges all line up stretch the waistband and pin to the skirt then sew all the way around using a wide zig zag stitch if you d like the top of the skirt to be a little more snug you can also sew in a piece of elastic that s about 2 shorter than where you d like the skirt to sit add the elastic right where the waistband meets the top of the skirt 6 done pull the waistband up then you can fold it over how you like it me in my sporty costume think i m fooling anyone posted by bethanycavanaugh gmail com at 9 51 pm 1 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels clothing ideas inspiration quick project repurpose thrifted tutorials upcycled womens wednesday august 21 2013 bargain hunting thrift store style it s been a while since i ve done a bargain hunting post heck it s been a while since i ve done any kind of post at all but today was 1 2 price day at a local thrift store and i did pretty well if i say so myself wanna see what i got i ll start with the boy stuff since that s what i was looking for as usual not nearly as much selection in this department but not too bad first lands end shorts in great shape size 7 so the boy can wear them next summer 2 50 these gymboree shorts will hopefully still fit next year but they also fit now which is nice since we probably have at least another month of nice weather 2 gymboree cords probably a little too baggy for my taste but i should be able to take in the legs a bit 2 50 and these airwalks are the boy s favorite color still a size or two too big so hopefully his favorite color won t change too much in the next couple of years 3 these keens should fit little sister next summer or maybe the one after that for 2 i didn t really care my favorite were these two pairs of gap skinny pants pink jeans and orange cords both size 3t don t know if i can get her to wear them or not she mostly refuses to wear pants but we haven t tried skinnies so maybe they will be a bridge from leggings we ll see each pair was 2 and they are in like new condition don t know why this pic makes it look worn on the front of the legs they re totally not i can never remember what size my kids are in hanna andersson clothing but i thought this was so cute and that it would fit someday it s also in like new shape and was 1 50 this is from old navy but also in good shape it s a knit sweater with a fleecy warm lining won t fit for a couple of years though 3 these leggings are huge size 8 but they had no wear at all and they are from tea collection and they were 2 can t decide if i should hang onto them until little sister fits into them or just resell them at a consignment store i mean who knows what kids will be wearing 5 years into the future moon suits last but not least i grabbed this dickies button down for the dad guy on my way out it was just hanging there on the end of the rack in his size looking lonely so i decided to bring it home 3 i forgot to photograph my other find a stack of 3 pads of 18x24 colored construction paper for 1 that brought my grand total total to 26 50 not bad posted by bethanycavanaugh gmail com at 3 18 pm 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels bargains boys clothing girls thrifted newer posts older posts home subscribe to posts atom search this blog i m on instagram profile view my complete profile my shop chiku chiku portable art kits my expat adventure tokyo cavanaughs blog archive 2018 1 october 1 2016 6 october 1 july 1 february 3 january 1 2015 41 december 1 october 2 september 3 august 2 july 4 june 4 may 5 april 8 march 6 february 4 january 2 2014 32 december 1 november 3 october 3 september 6 august 3 july 4 may 3 april 2 february 3 january 4 2013 62 december 4 november 4 october 4 september 5 august 2 upcycled yoga skirt bargain hunting thrift store style july 5 june 5 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