How Do You Make A Skirt Or Tunic Out Of Pillowcases?
Next time you’re at a thrift store or yard sale, keep your eyes open for vintage sheet sets and you may just find your next perfect skirt or top in a pillowcase. This sewing project is do-able for even the most novice sewer as it involves very little work. Pillowcases with bold patters and wide borders around the open end work best for most body types. Turn the pillowcase inside out and remove the seam from the short sewn end of the pillowcase. This edge will become the waistband of your skirt. Leave the open end alone as this is ready to be the bottom of the skirt. Hold the pillowcase up to your waist to determine the length you’d like the skirt to be. Trim off the excess fabric from the rough edge of the skirt. Leave enough extra fabric to sew the waistband. Fold 3/4-inch of fabric over and pin along the rough edge in a straight line. Use a sewing machine to sew this part working your way around the entire circle. This will be the casing where you’ll put the elastic through. Use 1/2-
