Penny Richards' photos with the keyword: skirt

T-shirt: thrifted Skirt: Crocheted by me from thrifted yarns Leggings: Domino Dollhouse Boots: Hushpuppies

I loved the fabrics and colors in this miniskirt for $2.99, but I'm not a miniskirt wearer these days. So I altered it with many rows of crochet to be a... well, a pull-over apron? Not really sure what to call it, but it's been fun to wear, anyway! Mostly thrifted yarns, no pattern, just winging it.

This is made from what I THOUGHT was a bedsheet, but when I got it home from the thriftshop I realized someone had already cut it (and hemmed it) into a huge circle. So, a circle skirt it became.

This is the skirt I made from a thrifted tablecloth that probably used to be a bedsheet.

I used one of my sheet remnants from Lisa's thrifted bedsheet swap to make my first tiered skirt ever--it's not perfect, but it's definitely wearable. The tan paisley was from the swap; the middle panel is from some yardage I got at a church rummage sale years ago. (Four fat quarters of that one are going to Oh Fransson's vintage linens swap.) The eyelet trim I bought, because I'm pretty bad at hems, as it turns out.... Oh--I mostly followed the pattern at this site, but only made three tiers and added the eyelet trim in place of the fourth, and put in a drawstring instead of elastic... www.jcarolinecreative.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Store_Co... :

She wanted to make a skirt too--we worked on it together (she sewed the hem, I sewed the waist and side seams). She liked this fabric because it has little scottie dogs all over it.

Sewing for Halloween already! These are both made from the same very lovely thrifted sheet. The blouse is from Simplicity New Look 6809--somewhat longer than the pattern, because I took advantage of the other existing hem of the sheet. This is part of my costume... more soon. (After Halloween, I'll probably dye these a more wearable color, or colors.)

Sewing for Halloween already! These are both made from the same very lovely thrifted sheet--see the beautiful embroidered edge? The blouse is from Simplicity New Look 6809--somewhat longer than the pattern, because I took advantage of the other existing hem of the sheet. This is part of my costume... more soon.

Made with a thrifted bedsheet, per Lisa C.'s instructions--part of Lisa's sheet swap!

This is made from a thrifted sheet, with the addition of little fabric flowers in pink, red, and cream hand-sewed along the edge of the hem. The rest of this sheet is in Lisa C.'s swap. Sorry, the other parts don't have this fun edge!

The turquoise, pink, and paisley sheet pieces here arrived in the mail from Lisa's swap--can't wait to make skirts from them. The large brown-beige sheet in the lower left is one I thrifted while waiting for the swap to finish--because Lisa's created a monster here. But that'll make an interesting skirt too, no?

Added a crochet insert along one of the curving seams, in green and purple; also added chained loops of the purple on the back of the ruffle, to hide the back of the anchoring stitches. Now it fits, and I like it a lot too!