The Skirt.

Low - high, asymmetric, tail hem ..

- any way you want to call it, it's definitely THE SKIRT. 

And I've joined the ones who love them,

one day I just decided to MAKE it for myself.

[I didn't use any instructions, this was quite simple thing to do. :]

You like it?

Well here's how I made it...

[ With not-so-good -photos since I had the inspiration

 to do this skirt in the middle of the night haha. ]

* All you need is a skirt. *

Long ones are the best, of course depends on how long you want the tail to be.

You don't need to have this much fabric as mine does, this one's got a gigantic hem ! 

[ I bought it from a flea market. Old ladies seem to have the best vintage skirts for sale,

 and with really cheap prices too! This was 1 euro if I recall correctly, yayy. :]

My skirt has also a petticoat, so I will show how I did the skirt with that piece,

since it's single coloured and you'll see the steps more clearly.

1A. I stood up in front of a mirror, and marked the front hem's length spot with a needle.

[since it's a tail hem, front is short!] 

1B. I moved the needle a bit, to be at the centre of the skirt aswell.

2. Mark the width of the front: equal length from the center to both sides.

It can be the width of your thighs or wider, the amount of legs you want to show.

[ This is a centimeter tape measure by the way. ]

My marks are 12,5 cm away from the center, so total is 25 cm.

Clear so far? :)

3. Cut the piece of ! It can be rectangle, like my slice here. [picture above and below]

And here's how it looks now, when you put it sideways.

I mean, that when you place the side seams in the middle of the skirt, 

here's what the cut out looks. Got it ? :)

4. Now it's time to shape the hem. [ picture below]

It's easier now, when the two sides are on top of each other like that.

Cut out excess fabric and put the skirt on you in between times,

to see what it looks like. My skirt has loads of fabric so this was necessary.

 [ You don't want to cut off too much either, unless you want 

the tail to be just at the backside and not on the sides at all...

but this isn't instruction for Robyn -look :]

Above and below, pictures after shaping the hem a little.

Here's what the skirt looks like upside down now:

And sideways:

5. Chop it off! [ in my case, the floral piece to match the black one ]

It's easy to cut the petticoat off after this step, like me: I didn't leave it as tail,

just the florals. Black petticoat is now just a mini skirt underneath 

so the panties wont see through.^^

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Voilà!

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Sorry en jaksa kääntää tähän aikaan illasta suomeksi, hih!
Mutta jos haluatte tehdä hameen itsekin ja on jotain epäselvyyksiä kuvissa
/ englanninkielisessä ohjeessa, niin jelpin mielellään. Mutta tämä oli kyllä aika iisi homma
jonka tein ilman mitään ohjeita, vain visio lopputuloksesta mielessä. :)