She had a simple shirt that she loved, but it was just too short, thanks to her long torso. She always wanted to wear it but would spend the entire day yanking on it saying her bebo (thank you Sandra Boynton) was sticking out. Here's what I started with:
I found some scrap fabric I had, that looked to be just about enough...
I cut a piece that was about 1 1/4 the length of the bottom of the shirt (I would prefer 1 1/2 but I didn't have enough fabric). I sewed a tube out of the fabric and then hemmed the bottom. I ran a basting stitch through the top of the skirt and gathered it up until the skirt was the same size across as the shirt. With the skirt inside out and the shirt right side out, I put the shirt inside the skirt and pinned them together. I ran a stitch line around the entire thing hooking the 2 pieces together and then a went back and ran a zigzag line around as well just keep give it some extra strength. Flip the skirt down so both the shirt and the skirt are right side out and VOILA!
You could also trim the shirt, make the skirt more full, and add a sash to make an empire waisted dress...but that's another day of modification.
Any scraps can be used to make pinwheel hair bows to match.
