DIY BOLERO out of skirt material tutorial!

DIY BOLERO TUTORIAL

Cut out a piece from a skirt to look like it does in the image below, so sort of like a ballet suit with a tutu. This piece has a fold in the middle of the bottom part which makes the bottom piece look like lips.

TIP: The longer the length of the strips(top and bottom) and the wider the width of the strips(top and bottom), the bigger in size your bolero will become. 

Now bring the right sides of the side ends of top and bottom together and sew a line across:

Now make sleeves that are the same width as holes in the top:

Hem the raw edges of the neck and sleeves!

And that is how you can make a bolero from skirt material!

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How to hem an edge that has a curved line and not straight, 2 tutorials/videos

2 TUTORIALS

How to hem an edge with curves(not a straight line)

FIRST WAY

In this video I sewed the curved rainbow shaped piece so I fold under instead of over. I only fold once too.

You can iron the edge and any bumps to make it straight after hemming the edge:

SECOND WAY

In this video I folded up instead of under, and I folded it twice instead of once:

You can iron the hem after sewing it so it doesn't poof out like it does in the pictures:

TIP:

The fold was tight and the edge was straight as it was stitched by the needle

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How to hem an edge without pinning it

TUTORIAL

How to hem an edge without pinning it first 

First you pull the edge tight with your right hand and let the edge curl over.

Second you pull the fabric sideways with your left fingers while your right hand has the fabric pulled tight. You then use your left fingers to fold the fabric twice. 

While it is folded you can place your pointer finger on the fold to keep it flat while you sew that fold.

 Stop sewing when your pointer finger is close to the needle.

You repeat this process over and over until your hem is sewn. 

Down below is a video to demonstrate how to hem like this:

Tutorial to make side ruffle for skirt!

Skirt with Side Ruffle

TUTORIAL

In the image below, you can see that I cut a maxi skirt to a shorter length(about knee length or longer) and cut the side ends in a little so it doesn't flare out:

In the image below is how it looks like after it was cut:

I used the excess material I cut from the skirt to make a sort of rainbow shaped piece which I used to make the ruffle:

I hemmed the outer side of the ruffle where it will show.

I sewed the left side of the skirt together, leaving the right side open where I sewed the ruffle.

 I hemmed the bottom of the skirt.

I connected the ruffle to the front right side of the skirt.

I then sewed the right sides of the skirt together where the ruffle is.

I then sewed the bottom and top of the ruffle to the back side of the skirt.

And it turned out good!

So that is how you can put a ruffle on a skirt!

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LARGE ruffle for skirt tutorial!

Skirt ruffle tutorial

TUTURIAL

First, cut out material for a skirt:

Make it so your skirt has a front side fold on your skirt. Only sew up one side of the skirt together, so the right side or left side if your ruffle is on the right side instead of the left side. Also hem the bottom after the skirt is attached on one side.

NOW,

Make a shape you see like in the image below for the ruffle. To do this, fold your piece of material in half and then cut out 2 pieces in a shape like in the image below. They will be connected at the small flat side, so where the red line is in the image below(fold on line).




Use the length of your skirt to make this ruffle pattern. 
The length of the inside of the ruffle should be the length of the skirt.
The width of the top side of the ruffle should be the width of the front side fold to the side fold, as you can see in the drawing below:

Sew the outer longer line of the ruffle with right sides together and turn inside out. (Not the side with the red line)
You will have to IRON down the fold once it is turned out, to make it flatter if you are using heavier materal:

The side with the red line in the image below shows you where it is connected together.

 The side with the red line is where the fold is and it has been ironed:

The side of the ruffle where you can see a red line in the image above, attach that side to the skirt and attach a long piece that is the width of the top of the ruffle to the skirt too:

Now sew the unsewn side of the skirt together.

Here is an image of where your ruffle will be attached which is in the red and pink line.

The pink lines are where your skirt will attach onto the skirt(sewn onto) and the parts of the ruffle that only has a red line will be loose on your skirt:

You can also put your ruffle on the other side of the skirt, so like in the image below:

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