Sweat and Tank Top refashion

I have a skort that I found at a thrift shop. It's comfy and fits well and it's cute. I love it. So when I was thinking of refashioning a pair of sweats I no longer wore, I decided they were a great candidate for new skorts.

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These purple sweats shrunk to high-waters the very first time I washed them and were just taking up space in my drawers.
I marked them where I wanted the shorts to end and planned on using the leg portions to make the skirt overlay.
I cut the legs off, cut open the leg fabric, and found an old tank to harvest for side insets.

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I cut as wide of a rectangle as I could from the back of the tank, then cut that rectangle in half lengthwise so I ended up with two long rectangles about 6 inches wide.
I also decided to use part of the tank top front to add some pockets!

This section of the front was cut for the pocket using the existing neckline finish.

Pin it with the top edge of the pocket pointing to the bottom hem edge of the inset.

I placed the right sides of pocket and inset together, stitched across the bottom edge of the pocket and flipped the pocket right side up

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I hemmed the shorts section by folding the hem where I had marked it, sewing 1" from the folded edge using a narrow zigzag, then trimming off the excess fabric to the stitch line.
I also stitched at the bottom edge to keep it all laying flat.

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Pin pocket Insets to front and back panels.

Serge edges.

Turn right side out and press seams toward purple fabric.

Topstitch at 1/8" using narrow zigzag.

I placed the skirt rights sides together with the shorts and the skirt hem flipped up. I wanted the top seam to be just under the existing waistband seam. I tried to mark the line I was aiming for in white so it was easier to see.
Pin all around waistband and stitch with the narrow zigzag.

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I had to ease the skirt fabric some by stretching the waistband until the top fabric was flat.

Stretch just until the fabrics lay flat. If you stretch too much, you will get wavy seams.

Stitched!

Flipped and marked at 1/8" for topstitching.

Topstitched.

Pressed! Took me a long time to love my iron, but It really does make a huge difference.

I finished the hem with a serged edge and stretched it some as I sewed to give a little bit of a wave to the edge.

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FINISHED!

Front view

Side view showing the cute little pocket.

I'm pretty pleased with this and I know I'll be wearing this skort way more frequently than I did those sweats.
I'll be showing it off tomorrow at a birthday party.

Until next time, take care and be excellent to each other! ~; }