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Cath Kidston-inspired ric rac skirt

I love Cath Kidston and was totally inspired by her use of ric rac to make a Cath Kidston-inspired ric rac skirt for my daughter. I bought a cute little denim skirt and four different coloured 1m lengths of ric rac.

lines of ric racI pinned each piece of ric rac to the bottom of the skirt starting from the side seam. I used the hem to line them up and keep them evenly spaced.

lines of ric rac on a skirtThen I turned the skirt inside out and started sewing on the ric rac with my machine. I used white thread as a contrast to the colours of the ric rac.

sewing lines of ric rac on a skirtIt was super quick to finish off and I’m really pleased with the end result. Ric rac certainly adds a colourful dimension to a plain skirt and I’m still tempted to stitch a rainbow of ric rac at some point 🙂

Cath Kidston inspired skirt

2 Comments

  • Reply
    aunty caca
    June 7, 2015 at 8:27 am

    Looks fab!! Xxx

    • Reply
      jenny
      June 7, 2015 at 1:24 pm

      Thanks, I just have to persuade her to wear it now 🙂

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