You can make a quick and easy little girls dress out of one of your old skirts. This is how:

Take the skirt ( mine were flowy, tiered knee length skirts) and cut it down the back or side seam, so that it is one long rectangle.

Put it around your daughter, neice, friends daughter, whoever you intend to make the skirt for, and measure how big you want it. Cut the excess skirt away so that you have enough to make a 5/8th inch seam or so. (but don’t make the seam yet)

Find or buy a scrap peice of fabric that is the same length as the waist of the skirt. Make it the thickness you want by folding it over and pressing it. You can make it thin or thick, depending on the look you want. Both are cute.

With right sides together and raw edges of fabric next to waist of skirt, sew them together.

I just sewed the open seam up, the one that you cut. You can make buttons or put in a zipper if you want, but I just left mine to be a slip on dress.

For the shoulder straps, you can use ribbon or lace or trim of any kind. I used some lace trim that I thought was really cute. I just put the dress on the girls and measured how long to make the staps, then sewed them on.

It took about and hour to make both. I hope these instructions make sense, if you have any questions feel free to ask. I will take step by step photos next time.

My girls love these dresses.