I’m really pleased with this little outfit:

The skirt is a simple wrap skirt, made from around 2 yards of soft cotton that was left over from another project where I grossly overestimated.  The waistband and tie are moire left over from a corset and bustle set I did a few months ago.

This kind of wrap skirt is really easy, I think I might make one every time I have some bits of fabric to get rid of.

  • Cut a waistband that’s about 1.5 times your waist measurement
  • Hem the short edges of the skirt
  • Pleat or gather the skirt fabric onto right side of the waistband
  • Attach the ties to the waistband (remember to make one long enough to reach around the back and over to the side to tie with the other one!)
  • Close up the waistband on the inside of the skirt (so that all the raw edges are encased inside the waistband)
  • Hem the bottom
  • Add a wide buttonhole for the tie to go through

The shirt was really easy too.  It was a dingy, slightly stained cream-colored top from Goodwill.  A package of teal Rit dye did the trick there, and it matches the little flower stems on the skirt almost perfectly.