Make a Red Collar from a child's skirt. Dress of the day 200.

 

Dress of the day 200. Photo by Trevor Sharot. 


You can brighten up an old outfit with a new collar. It makes me feel good. I have a new look. I feel it is a way to create variety for the family. Something new for them to see every day.

I have made a collar or cape from a child's skirt previously. On one occasion I had to cut a slit to make the collar lay flat. I left the elastic waistband intact. I slit the cape so it would go over my shoulders and allow me to move my arms comfortably.

This garment had another design. Matching tights were attached. Clearly I had to remove the tights completely, or slit them to make  hole for my head to get through.

I cut cautiously. I try to cut as little as possible. You can always cut more. As the saying goes, measure twice, cut once. 

I think, save cutting and save sewing.

I cut the slit down one side of the leg seams, only to about a third of the way along. This left me with two hanging tubes of matching material. I tied them together at my front in a single loop, then for security a double loop. 

I was pleased with the effect. I am short of stature and vertical lines make me look taller.

Many items with intact circular elastic such as on a child's skirt, can be reused to make another garment. Is the elastic too small and  tight to create a waist? Is it too big for a sleeve? Maybe it can be used around the neck. Or as a hairband. 

Re-suing Elastic Waists
You can cut the waist and insert ribbon or elastic to make it bigger. Overlap it to make it smaller. 
Fasten it together with ribbon or a button and ribbon loop. Sew on a button and matching buttonhole cut from another garment. Sew on the hook and eye set from the back of a discarded brassiere. 
Cut it off completely to get a strip of material. 

Re-modelling And Upcycling Clothes
Baby clothes can be made into a patchwork quilt. the website below gives a handy guide to laying out the patches as tiles and numbering them.

Quilting doubled, or duvet material can be made into oven gloves. Draw around your hand to get the shape. Or into winter gloves.

On Pinterest I found recycle outgrown children's clothes into play pillows.

Useful Websites


About the Author

Angela Lansbury teacher of English (advanced and English as a Second Language or English as a Foreign Language, French and other languages, aspiring polyglot.

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Member of many toastmasters  speaker training clubs and speaking contest judge.

Angela Lansbury, the author of 20 books including Wedding Speeches & Toasts, and Quick Quotations, has lived in the USA, Spain and Singapore. 
She  has several blogs and writes daily on at least two of the following:
 Please share links to your favourite posts.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

How to repair a torn Mark & Spencer slip and make the hem wider, Post 294

Image
What is this? My repair.  I have a lovely shiny, smart black slip, from Marks & Spencers. It has a slit with pretty lace edging.  But it is slightly tight. It tore from the top of the slit, diagonally.  I looked for another slip. The ones I found onlin were twice the price and not in a satiny fabric. I wore it torn. I repaired it several times. It tore again.  I gave up. I wore it torn. Nobody sees. My husband saw. He complained. What could I do? It is useless to keep stitching it. It just tears again. I needed a new solution. I thought of adding a godet, a triangle of black fabric. I did not have anything to match. tht doesn't matter a godet is often a contrasting material. But that's when you have several godets and they look deliberate. I hunted in my sewing box. Boxes. All I had was teeny scraps of cloth in unsuitable fabrics. And ribbons. I thought about what I could do with the ribbons. They were not wide enough. But I could sew one each side of the slit. that would m
Read more

What to wear for a funeral? A black funeral coat from Marks & Spencers Outfit 291

Image
Angela Lansbury, wearing black for the funeral and funeral tea for Stephen Kennard. Photo by Angela Lansbury. This week I went to a funeral. I wore black.  Everybody else wore all black. The invitation said nothing about the dress code.  I know lots of funerals nowadays people were mixed colours. Some specify wearing jolly colours. My friend at the funeral told me, "Always wer black. Unles it specifies otherwise, the rule is, wear black." I had my usual blue anorak with the hood with me. I left it in the car. In the boot of the car, in case anybody broke into the car hoping to find money in the pockets or because they wanted a coat to wear or sell. The safest thing is to leave a completely empty car. At least everything in the boot so the car looks empty. I could have kept the blue anorak in my black tote bag. As soon as we drove into the chapel driveway, I looked at the other guests and their clothes. I saw all black. Off came my blue anorak. Thank goodness I had a black coa
Read more

271 hooded jacket with inside pocket from label Canda C & A

Image
 Inside pocket. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.  271 My vintage hooded jacket with zip off hood. Handy inside pocket. Label Canda, from Dutch company, C & A, which has been in Britain for years. I always found they had small size clothes, and were pracical as well as pretty, and keenly priced. Mine is vintage. Probably from st Luke's in Hatch End in NW London. You can buy from their current range online. Of their current range, in January 2024, i like the reversible gilet in wine and pink. Brand clockhouse. Standup collar. Zip. They call the colour purple. Price 29.99 Euros.Reduced to 19.99 in the sale. Sleeveless. Item number  2203144 The red quilted jacket with hood was 19.99 Euros. Webpage picture. They also have coats with huge pairs of front pockets and hoods. And drawstrings like the one on my jacket which is not as warm nor as brightly coloured as these appear to be. Sale reductions now in January. https://www.c-and-a.com/eu/en/shop Useful Websites https://www.c-and
Read more