Sunflower Overskirt

Dress up any simple skirt with this oriental overskirt. Made from one of our Sunflower Ponchos, it adds an elegant touch to your costuming. This is such a fast and easy creation. Within one hour you'll be ready for the stage!
Designer: Dahlal

ITEMS YOU'll NEED FOR SKIRT:

• One Sunflower Poncho
  Other styles that can be used are the Glitter Flowers Poncho
  and the Beaded Butterfly Poncho
• 1 yard 3/4" non-roll elastic
• Wide hem tape

TO COMPLETE THE ENSEMBLE:

• Fortune & Fame Bra and Belt
• Coin Cuffs
• Practice Skirt

Instructions:

1. All you will need to do to create this skirt is enlarge the neck opening of the poncho and make a casing for it. Using this as a guide, if you cut one inch down all the way around the neck opening it will create an opening of approximately 39 inches. If you cut 2.5 inches down it will create an opening of approximately 48 inches. You'll want to make sure the opening is large enough so you can either slip it on over your head or pull it up over your hips with extra room to spare.
2. Making the casing. After you've cut the neck opening larger, you are ready to make the skirt casing. Take 2" hem tape and open out one quarter inch fold of the hem tape, laying it along the top raw edge of the skirt, making sure all raw edges are even. (Match the right side of the hem tape to the wrong side of the skirt.) Starting 1" in from the end of the tape, sew along the open fold of the tape, all the way around the skirt and up to the point where you began stitching. This should give you a nice 1/4" seam. Cut off the extra hem tape, leaving a 1" extension. Fold over (crosswise) the first tape extension at the end and then take the other 1/4" folded edge of the hem tape and bring it down so the folded edge lies barely over your seam. (Wrong side of tape over right side of the skirt.) Now top stitch the casing on by stitching right along the very edge of the quarter inch fold. Before sewing up the end of the tape, remember to fold over the raw edge as well. Your casing should now be complete!
3. Cut a piece of 3/4" nonroll elastic approximately 25" or about 8" smaller than your upper hip measurement. Thread it through the opening of your casing and secure the ends of the elastic by sewing back and forth with your sewing machine.

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