HELP,make this skirt longer ,ideas anyone???

Executive Member Joined: Aug 02 2006 Posts: 334

so I bought this crochet top and black skirt at anntaylor.com
its stunning
but the skirt is 2 inches too short on me
I was thinking of adding a 2 inch crochet trimming (black ) on the bottom but I cant find ,anyone has any ideas how to make this skirt 2 inches longer?????
http://fp.anntaylor.com/@v=0148@/Images/Catalog/ProductImages/156171_6600l.jpg
the top:
http://fp.anntaylor.com/@v=0148@/Images/Catalog/ProductImages/152441_9118l.jpg

that is so cute!!

For the skirt you could add a black material sam as the one on the skirt added Confused

Diamond Member Joined: Apr 30 2004 Posts: 4367

add a few inches to the top. no one will tell if the shirt covrs it.
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Executive Member Joined: Dec 01 2006 Posts: 270

No tips here, just gotta say I love it! Wear it in good health!

Executive Member Joined: Aug 02 2006 Posts: 334

I dont want to add from the top
just from the bottom
as it has nice waist trimming too
and you can see it as the top is open a bit

Posted: Wed, Mar 28 2007, 12:27 am Post subject:

can you buy a bigger size and wear it lower on your hips?
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Executive Member Joined: Aug 02 2006 Posts: 334

the biggest is 16 and right now I am a 16 Sad

I have the same problem Sad

I know you don't want to add to the top, but maybe you would have an easier time matching the fabric from the bow on the top and adding it to the top of the skirt?

Executive Member Joined: Aug 02 2006 Posts: 334

hey its not that bad...
last year this time I was a 22 !!!
so 16 is not so bad...
would the rag shop sell crochet trimming?

Hey Finkel! How 'bout quickly shrinking 2 inches?

Executive Member Joined: Aug 02 2006 Posts: 334

shefeleh, my hight is something I am not ready to give up for this skirt.....
haha

Diamond Member Joined: Apr 30 2004 Posts: 4367

ahh- so imitate the pattern it goes lines black crochet. lines black crochet.
so take off the crochet from the bottom, sew on a black peice resew the crochet to cover the sewing line, and then embellish it with more lines- I don't know what its made of so I can't help more.
but if you can't find more crochet fabric, then sew on lie of trim directly on the seam. then add afew more lines and add the removed crochet to the bottom. make sense?

Posted: Wed, Mar 28 2007, 8:54 am Post subject:

Why bother Finkel ... if you're always sewing ... might as well start from scratch ... then you will not have any problem matching ...

otherwise a good trick would be to get 2 skirts and use bottom half of 2nd to lengthen ... if $$ is not an issue
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that is one exspensive skirt and top!! oy vey

Platinum Member Joined: Jan 01 2006 Posts: 48152

Who posted this before - was it you, Finkel, about an outfit for a girl, that you wanted to buy two skirts and have the tailor make it longer?

Maybe there were other good suggestins on that thread!

Diamond Member Joined: Feb 20 2007 Posts: 4464

their skirts would be so cute if they were just 2" shorter! and I'm not even a tall person!

Executive Member Joined: Aug 02 2006 Posts: 334

what I ended up doing and is gonna cost me 50 bucks
was get first yards of ribbon the same as the belt of the top
and thats 1.5 inches already
then 2 inches of black crochet which will be attached to the bottom of the ribbon....
total for outfit with alterations ( including the discount I got onine )
is 220 $ thats not too bad