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Sewing Tutorial: Easy mermaid skirt for kid costumes or dress-up

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Tutorial: Easy mermaid skirt for kid costumes or dress-upJess from Craftiness Is Not Optional shares a tutorial for making these adorable mermaid skirts.  They’re obviously cute for Halloween costumes, but they’re also comfortable enough to wear for dress-up play or a day at Disney.  She gives dimensions to cut to make one to fit a girls size 4-6, but you can adjust those dimensions to make them in any size.

Click below for her tutorial:

Mermaid Skirt Tutorial, by Craftiness Is Not Optional

[photo from Craftiness Is Not Optional]

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