It’s Summer and the weather has finally started to warm up in Utah, which I am THRILLED about!I love Summer and my favorite thing to wear around in the Summertime is comfy cotton skirts and flip flops. I was shopping at Kohl’s a few weeks ago, and I saw some little tube dresses. I wasn’t sure if they were dresses or swimsuit coverups, but I loved the navy and white stripes and RUFFLES of one.
I know I can’t pull off a tube dress, so I wondered if I could turn it into a skirt!
And for $8 I thought – why not try!!
I stopped at the fabric store and picked up a $2 roll of elastic, and 10 minutes later – I had a comfy, stylish new summer skirt.
I am so pleased with it!!
Here’s what I did to transform the tube dress into a sassy summer skirt:
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I took the elastic and wrapped it around my waist and cut the elastic.
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Then I folded the tube part of the dress over on top of itself and sewed it shut at the bottom. I left a 3 inch section open so I could thread the elastic through.
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I threaded the elastic through the open part of the tube and brought both ends together through the 3 inch seam. Then I sewed the two pieces of elastic together with my sewing machine. Then I sewed the seam shut.
And that is it!! In 10 minutes you can go from a short, revealing tube dress to a more covered up skirt. And I really think the skirt is cuter and easier to wear while chasing kids around for the summer.
Here are a few other Summer Refashions:
$5 Anthro-Inspired Shirt Refashion
Anthro-Inspired Nautical Necklace
$4 Anthro-Inspired T-Shirt Refashion
Have a Fabulous Day!
xoxoxo
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bellissime idee, credo che copierò qualcosa, grazie :), carla
Great idea! Could be done using teshirts , for all those athletic tees, activity involvement, or t’s that you don’t want to get rid of but use in different way. Darling ideas! Going to do the cardigan on to a white eyelet blouse I use as a summer ” jacket”.
I love this tute!!! I’ve purchased these dresses to wear as skirts, but I just scrunchthe top down and end up with a bulky waist!!! I’m totally doing this- TODAY!
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Charlene
this is fabulous. everytime I walk past tube dresses i think about trying to make skirts out of them. Now I know it can be done!
CUTE! I love the skirt re-do. What a great deal and it turned out super cute and fun.
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I love your skirt refashion! I would have walked right on past that tube dress in the store, never thinking about turning it into a skirt.
I'm just getting into refashioning and I think it may be addictive! 🙂
Sherry @ A Happy Valentine
I saw a tube dress on the clearance rack at old navy and I held it up to my waist to see what length it would be if I did this, I got the most annoying 'wow such a ditz' smirk from some lady but I just chuckled to myself. 😉
Love this idea! I have some dresses in my closet that this will be so perfect to "remake" them and give me a new outfit too!Thanks.
I love this! Especially when I first held up a tube top and thought it was a skirt until my teenage daughter was like, "um, mom it's not a skirt." WINNING!
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you are a genius! this is the best idea. i always seem to find tube top dresses in the cutest patterns, and yet i know i won't wear them. this is perfect! thanks jen!
And it's sooo cute! Wow, what a great 10 minute fix 🙂
How cute! Yet another reason to get out my sewing machine and learn how to use it! I am noticing a pattern today…
Very cute skirt! I love it as a skirt much more! 🙂
This might be an obvious question but did you take the elastic out at the top before you folded it over???
Turned out great.
Melinda
cute, quick and easy! perfect 🙂
great ideas Jen, love the skirt!!The quick change to the cardigan is perfect too. Hugs
I so love your red sweater in the pic with the big flower bag. Love the bag too.
Jeanna @ dramaqueenseams.blogspot.com
Love the transformation! Tube top dresses are so "in" and yet so "out" for many of us! LOL! Great, simple fix.
Wow Jen! Great re-do! Your skirt turned out so much cuter than the tube top dress (and love the colors!)
I think that makes a fun skirt! I bought myself some of the material you can buy from joanns for little girls dresses, and have been wearing it as a skirt. So cute, sew easy! Visiting from Sew Cute Tuesdays.
~ Kimberlee at The Spunky Diva
So cute Jen! I am loving the blue and white stripes right now too! I think your spring sweater redo is one of my all time favorites…that ric rac is too fun:)
What a fantastic idea! I love a navy/pink combination too. Your new skirt really turned out nicely. 🙂
So cute Jen! Your refashions are all adorable. I can't wait to see/hear more about your kitchen. I'm thinking there will be a pretty blue color in there somewhere and some open shelves? 😉 Hmmm, am I right?
It turned out so cute! I love the ruffles! Thanks for sharing.
just for summer …:)))
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Love this idea! Uh-oh, now I have yet another reason to drag the kids to Kohl's, ha ha! =)
It turned out great! I've thought about doing this a couple of times but never actually followed through. Thanks for the tutorial!
Love it!! How chic and adorable!
This is SUCH a smart idea, Jen! I can't wait to try this!!