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!!

Fall Outfit. OoTD. Pattern Pants

Hello lovelies!

I hope you are enjoying your fall.. Here, in the Chicagoland area, winter is making its way into fall.. The leaves are barely falling, yet I've had to defrost my car every morning for the past couple of weeks!

Any way, I love fall. It's one of my favorite seasons (along with spring, winter and summer...)

These pants are ankle length (for spring), but I decided to wear them with boots to keep me warm and to "autumize" them.

And, as usual, the random picture

(here's to having fun with my fiance!)

31 “‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. 32 But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”

Luke 15 (for the whole story, read verses 11-32)

Whether you are the older or younger brother, God loves you and desperately wants what's best for you

Yours, Aranza