Can anyone help me find a "twirly" dress for 4 yo DD?

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DD's cousin has a twirly gypsy skirt from Boden that DD covets like this.

Unfortunately DD is a bit skinny and when she tried it it fell straight down , plus it was a bit short for her anyway as cousin is younger.

So I want to find something similar but a dress so it will stay up (we always have this problem with skirts, so she doesn't tend to wear them). Basically she wants something that billows and balloons when she spins round, and ideally has a pretty pattern too.

Can anyone help?

Can't help on the skirt as such - but I take in my DD's skirts at the waistband by stitching them doubled over. That stops the dropping down!

None exactly the same but there are a few dresses that would billow:

Long sleeved blue spot - Tesco
sleeveless pink spotty - Debenhams
Cap sleeved jade and pink -Debenhams
sleeveless pale green floral - M&S
Short sleeved black and floral - BHS

There are quite a few floaty ones on Monsoon too.

Thanks - the second Debenhams one looks good, but out of stock in her size.

Some of the others are a bit "partyish", I want more every-day rough and tumble really. Will get my mum to see if her local Debenhams has that pink and green one in a bigger size.

this?
this?

I know you said you didn't want a skirt, but the Boden cord gypsy skirts often sell for 99p ish on ebay, see here, dd has three the most expensive was £1.04 Hers all have drawstrings so are easy to adjust.

It is really easy to shorten the elastic in a waist band, or to sew an elasticated waist band onto a skirt. Even if you don't have a machine, you could do it by hand in about 20 minutes.

MrsLettuce that first Next one is perfect! It even looks like a skirt! .

I'll have a look at ebay too- but DD really is skinny, it's usually a nightmare getting stuff to stay up. I suppose it's worth paying 99p on the offchance though! Thank you

3littlefrogs how easy? I don't have a sewing machine and am a bit inept at that sort of thing, but willing to give it a try!

Well - if the waist is the sort that has a piece of elastic inside a double fold of material, you can make a tiny hole at the back or side, pull the elastic out and tie a knot in it, then sew up the hole.

If not, get a wide ribbon, or a long strip of material, a length of wide (ish) elastic, and create a waist band by sewing the ribbon or material to the inside of the waist band, then threading the elastic through and stiching it it place.

You thread the elastic through by using a nappy pin pinned to the end of the elastic as a guide. Push it through, bunching and pulling the material as you go, until you have pushed it round round the waist band and back to where you started.

hope that makes sense.

Or - you can make belt loops and thread a pretty ribbon through and tie it like a sash.

tk maxx are usually good for this