Things You'll Need
Poodle skirt pattern
Felt material
Scissors
Pins
Elastic
Sewing machine
Safety pin
Poodle appliqué
Iron-on transfer
Iron
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Whether for Halloween or a costume party, poodle skirts never seem to go out of style. Making a poodle skirt isn't hard to do, especially making it out of felt. As long as you know basic sewing techniques and can operate the basic functions of a sewing machine, you'll have a poodle skirt in no time.
Step 1
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Cut your pattern pieces from the pattern that you will be making a poodle skirt out of.
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Step 2
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Lay your felt material out on a flat surface, such as a table or smooth floor. Laying it out on fabric such as carpet will have you picking up that material and pinning it to your felt and pattern.
Step 3
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Lay your pattern pieces out on the felt material and pin them down. Cut your pattern pieces out.
Step 4
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Wrap a piece of elastic around your waist to get the right size measurement and add 1 inch to it, allowing for the seam.
Step 5
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Unpin the pattern from the fabric. Lay the front and back sections of your skirt together with the wrong sides of the fabric facing each other. Pin the sides. Sew a 1/2 inch seam along each side.
Step 6
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Pin your waistband onto the top portion of the shirt with the right sides facing each other. Sew the waistband onto the skirt leaving a 1 inch opening so the elastic can be inserted into it.
Step 7
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Hook a safety pin onto one edge of your elastic and slip it through the waistband opening, pulling the ends out through the 1 inch seam opening. Stitch the elastic together. Stitch the 1 inch seam opening together.
Step 8
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Pin your hemline and sew together.
Step 9
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Preheat your iron. Cut out a piece of iron-on transfer that is the same shape as your poodle. Iron it to the underside of the poodle.
Step 10
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Place the poodle on the front of the skirt where you'd like it situated and iron it on.
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