OoTD: DIY Lacey Skirt

Hello,

I hope you are having a great day.

I wanted to share with you what I wore to Thanksgiving dinner. This year my whole family and I went to Ace's parent's to celebrate Thanksgivng, and it was a semi-casual affair.

I think I dressed up a bit too much considering most everyone else was wearing jeans and t-shirts.. oh Well!

And in the spirit of thanksgiving, I am thankful for the gift of grace:

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast."

Ephesians 2:8-9

I wore a demin button up with the lace skirt I made in this tutorial.

I had to wear tights beacuse it was too chilly

And I added my favorite pair of black pumps!

I added a rhinestone necklace

Here is a closer look to my shoes (and Ace's foot hehe)

Forever yours,

Aranza

DIY: Lace Skirt Tutorial

Hello everyone!

So a while back I found this picture and this picture on Pinterest

and I fell in love with the crochet skirt (And have been looking for a skirt like that for a couple of years now...)

Then I found this other picture of a skirt made out of LACE and I thought to myself.. "hey! I can do that!"

So here is my little tutorial (which, by the way, was written about 2 years ago):

You will need:

-Enough lace and fabric of your choice (for the underlinning) to go around your booty (and a couple of extra inches for seam allowances).. My measurement is 38", so I got 1 yard of both fabrics

-Enough elastic to go around your waist (or wherever you want the skirt to sit) (I used about 28" of 3/4" wide elastic)

-Thread!

PREWASH YOUR FABRIC!!!

Steps:

1- Measure around your hips (largest part of your butty) and write it down somewhere. (Mine 38")

2- Cut 2 rectangles of the lace (Making sure you dont cut the pretty edge because that's gonna be your "hem"). The rectangle should measure==> Desired Leght (+ 2inches for the elastic on top and hem on the underlining) x width (hips measurement + 1' for seam)

3- Cut 2 rectangles of the underlinning fabric with those same measurements

4- Hem the "bottom" of both rectangles of the underlinning fabric (we will do this before attaching them to each other!) by folding it 1/4" and then again 1/4" (That means you reduced the length of the underlining by 1/2" and the pretty lace edge will be 1/2" longer that the underlining)

5- Place one rectangle of lace on top of one rectange of the underliningfabric and topstitch the sides. Repreat with the other two rectangles. Make sure they lay flat, and that the lace pretty edge is about 1/2" longer than the alrady hemmed undelinning edge. Iron seams.

6- With the lace facing right sides together sew all four rectangles together on both sides (pin beforehand, trust me, you will want to pin EVERY step of the way when working with lace!) with 1/2" seam on either side. Press seams. This will create the "tube" form

7- Topstitch all around the top of the skirt (cut any fabric exess/unevenness). Then fold the top of the skirt 1/4" and topstitch. (Or if you are lazy like me use a hem presser foot)

8- Fold again 1 inch (or however wide your elastic is +1/4 inch) and sew over the first set of stitches.. Make sure to leave an opening on one side (to insert the elastic)!!

8- Insert the elastic through the opening with a safety pin.

9- Place one edge of the elastic on top of the other (forming a circle) and then sew the overlaping area with a zig-zag stitch 

10- Hide elastic and sew the opening shut.

And you are done!!!

You have made a brand new lace skirt ready to be paired with some cute tights for winter! This could also be a great Christmas gift for your sister, mother or best friend...

Love, Aranza 

E.T.A. You can check out the skirt in full action here!!