...it just looks a bit like a rose.
I bubblified this skirt with my own little hands. How? First I cut the lining short (around hips) and then sewed the bottom of the skirt onto the lining, so that the bottom folds up inside the skirt.
There are a few other ways of turning a longish a-line skirt into a bubble skirt. You could also just sew some elastic onto the hem and fold it inside. This even works with short wide skirts, then obviously you don't fold the skirt, but the elasticized hem remains visible. You might want to make a casing for the elastic.
Edit: here is a tutorial for a bubble skirt with elasticized hem, written by Queen Michelle of the Kingdom of Style. Thanks to Ivy Frozen for the tip!
Fluid fabrics don't make a very puffy bubble, which is why I'm wearing a petticoat here. Stiffer fabrics are best for very bubbly results.
If you want a quick non-permanent transformation, read Ivy Frozen's tutorial. (Ivy has moved to a new url since, she now blogs here.)
HTH :) And lookie! A nose extension!
Skirt and top: second hand, altered by me
Shoes: Seppälä
Sash: random satin ribbon
I bubblified this skirt with my own little hands. How? First I cut the lining short (around hips) and then sewed the bottom of the skirt onto the lining, so that the bottom folds up inside the skirt.
There are a few other ways of turning a longish a-line skirt into a bubble skirt. You could also just sew some elastic onto the hem and fold it inside. This even works with short wide skirts, then obviously you don't fold the skirt, but the elasticized hem remains visible. You might want to make a casing for the elastic.
Edit: here is a tutorial for a bubble skirt with elasticized hem, written by Queen Michelle of the Kingdom of Style. Thanks to Ivy Frozen for the tip!
Fluid fabrics don't make a very puffy bubble, which is why I'm wearing a petticoat here. Stiffer fabrics are best for very bubbly results.
If you want a quick non-permanent transformation, read Ivy Frozen's tutorial. (Ivy has moved to a new url since, she now blogs here.)
HTH :) And lookie! A nose extension!
Skirt and top: second hand, altered by me
Shoes: Seppälä
Sash: random satin ribbon
10 comments:
this is a sweet outfit, and a good idea for the skirt!!
Fab fab fab - I keep passing up skirts in the charity shop for being too long but now I know what to do with them!
Prettiness!
I know how to unbubble a skirt, I've never thought of bubblifying - but now I know how...
Pallohameet on niin söpöjä ja hassuja, tykkään! :)
oo, thanks for the mention & lovely use of bubbling. Looks like a rosebud =) The Queens at Kingdom of style did a tutorial on the elastic version:
http://kingdomofstyle.typepad.co.uk/my_weblog/2007/04/a_bubble_hem_ma.html
fröken lila, thankies!
swirlyarts thanks, and definitely don't pass the skirts, if they're not bubble material, shortening isn't too difficult either!
skye thank you!
pupulihavisto, samaa mieltä :)
ivy, you're welcome, and thank you for the link!
You look awesome! I adore your colorful style!
Aaaaa pinkkiä, kukkia, ää mä sekoan, mulle kans! Siis kertakaikkiaan aivan namu asu :)
nadine, thanks so much!
auntie tati, hih, kiitos!
i love doing that thing with the "nose extension" in autumn. (:
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