Monster Inc. Midi Ruffle Skirt with Belt, Hair Tie and T-shirt

by JOANN |

Item # 392115075P52

Intermediate Varies

Simplicity S8961
Cotton print, yardage per pattern envelope plus 1/3 yard for ruffle and hair accessory and/or belt
Thread 1/4 yard
Pellon SF101
Shape Flex Fusible Interfacing for headband bow
Elastic: 3/4 yard of 3/4" wide for skirt, 1/4 yard of 1/4" wide for each hair scrunchie
Safety pins

Mark a line on piece 1 (Skirt Front and Back) 6 1/2" above cutting line for bottom edge. Fold up pattern tissue on marked line. Cut out the front and back. Follow steps 1-4 and 9-17 to assemble skirt. Serge or zigzag to finish seams.
Cut two pieces of fabric 7" x the width of the fabric. Trim off selvedges and sew short ends together in a 5/8" seam. Finish seams. Hem bottom edge by pressing 1/2" to the wrong side, folding raw edge in to meet crease and edge stitching in place.
To gather upper edge of ruffle, sew a long machine stitch 1/2" and 1/4" from raw edge, breaking stitching at side seams. Mark the center front and back of skirt and ruffle. Pin ruffle to bottom of skirt, right sides together, matching side seams and centers. Evenly adjust ruffles and sew in a 1/2" seam. Zigzag or serge to finish raw edges and press seam toward skirt.

Cut 2 pieces 7 1/2"x 36" for 3 1/2" wide tie belt (5 1/2"x 36" for 2 1/2" wide tie belt). Join in a 1/4" seam. Fold right sides together.
At each short end, mark a dot on fold 1/4" from end and on raw edge 2" from end. Draw a diagonal line between dots and sew. Sew long edge in a 1/4" seam, leaving an opening to turn. Trim points, turn and press. Slipstitch opening closed.
Tie over skirt at waistline.

Cut fabric as follows: Scrunchie 3"x 16". Ties 5 1/2"x 17" and 5 1/2"x 15". Elastic: 7 1/2".
Assemble scrunchie. Press in 1/4" on one short end. Fold right sides together and sew 1/4" seam along long edge, opening folded edge to sew. Sew elastic to unfolded end, stitching across short end. Attach a safety pin to free end of elastic. Turn, forming a
tube, using the safety pin to pull elastic out the open end.
Refold pressed end. Sew pinned end of elastic to closed end of tube, forming a circle. Remove pin and let closed end pull through the folded open end by 1/4". Sew across folded edge through all layers.
Sew ties as for tie belt, creating diagonal ends. Turn, press and slipstitch the opening closed. Center the shorter tie over the long and tie together in an overhand knot, pulling tightly. Using a double thread, hand sew over the seam line on the scrunchie.

Cotton fabric skirt seams will ravel. Finish seams with serger or zigzag stitch for best results.

If you want to make the T-shirt similar to the example, you will need to download a font onto your computer, either from Design Space, purchase something similar, or you can go to one of those "Free Font" websites and download the font. Install the font onto your computer for Design Space to use. Create the phrase on a new project in Design Space.
Make sure the images are mirrored and the shiny side is down, matte side up. Make sure it is secure on the mat before cutting.
Cut the images on the Cricut® machine.
Set iron on medium high.
Place the image onto the t-shirt with the shiny side up.
Lay a piece of parchment paper on top and press with your iron. Take a few seconds over each area of the design.
Let it cool to the touch before peeling off the shiny backer film.

Don't over cook the vinyl when ironing. Make sure your iron does not touch any of the ironed vinyl or it will melt it.