Table Runner Turned Skirt

Well, if you read my previous post - crisis averted. The only thing wrong with my machine was that it was dirty. If you have never cleaned under your footplate - you need to. Lots of dust and lint accumulates there and will make your machine not work properly. Easy fix.

So, as I was looking for something to make with my new rolled hem presser foot - pictured here...

I came across this piece that I made using scraps from a Sugar Pop by Liz Scott Jelly Roll. I was intending to make a table runner, but never finished.

Any who, I thought I could hem the bottom with my new presser foot and make a cute skirt for my daughter. So the experiment began. First I hemmed the bottom.

Then I folded a strip of fabric in half, pressed, and sewed it to the top of my skirt with the raw edges together. I stiched it with an over locking stitch and pressed the seam allowance toward the skirt. Then I top stitched on the front of the skirt to hold the seam allowance down.

I folded the skirt in half, right sides together, and trimmed along the short side to make the skirt the width I wanted. Next, I sewed along the edge from the bottom of the skirt and stopping at the bottom of the top band.That way I would have an opening get my elastic in!

Finally, I added the elastic, closed up the remainder of the seam, and added a ribbon along the top - which not sure looks as cute as I thought it would.

Ta Da- a little big, but DD is happy - and she will be able to wear it for a long time :)