i had been wanting a denim skirt forever!
at the end of this summer i was at the gap and i finally found this one!
it was is a way cute pencil skirt, but there was one problem...
the slit was wayyyy too high for my comfort.
whenever i am shopping for skirts it's a problem!
why are the slits so dang high!?
whenever i am shopping for skirts it's a problem!
why are the slits so dang high!?
when this happens i like to call it "upper-inner exposure" :o)
my husband laughs every time i say "upper-inner"...that's why i say it, ha! anyway...
i came up with a way to fix my problem.
i took some dark blue knit fabric from joanns.
knit is nice and stretchy...so i would still be able to move around in the skirt.
turn your skirt inside-out. with the selvage (the self finished side of the fabric) lined up with the bottom of the skirt, and the slit laying flat open, i just cut out a piece of knit that was a little bigger than my slit.
then sewed it down right a long the very edge of the fabric...taking my pins out before i got to them so i wouldn't break a needle.
yes!
problem solved!
love it!
love it!
my friend erin came over last week and wanted to see if i could do the same type of thing with her black pencil skirt.
the slit on that skirt went all most all the way up to the zipper!
seriously!?
I decided to use lace for this one.
Lace stretches a little bit. It also has a nice finished selvage edge.
I doubled the layer of lace so you wouldn't be able to see through it.
I pinned the lace starting from the skirt being inside-out, making sure that the selvage edge was lined up with the bottom of the skirt, then turned the skirt right-side-out, pinned it, and then took the pins out from the back. This way I didn't have to worry so much about breaking a needle.
Then I trimmed the extra lace off close to the seam and was done!
It works and is so super easy!
Go get out your old skirts with those slits that are just too high!
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