I used four t-shirts - one long-sleeved shirt and three short-sleeved shirts that are now too small for daughter.
One served as the base of the skirt by chopping off the very top (sleeves and collar) to make a tube. I cut the screen-printed fronts off of the green shirts and put them aside for a quilt I intend to make later. The remainder I cut into strips - no ruler, no measuring, nothing but my scissors and my eyeballs! Now, the fun part! I stitched the first layer on in three parts like this:
It doesn't have to be perfect, that's the beauty of it. Next, the second layer in a different color:
And another layer:
I added a few more layers until there was just enough room at the top to turn it over and create a casing for the elastic. My daughter tried it on, twirled a time or two, jumped to make an imaginary basketball shot, and ran across the room. Here it is:
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