I couldn't resist giving this skirt a try. My daughter has boldly declared that she does not like skirts, so this will be for the shop. I'm going to make a size 2, just cuz I know it will add to the cuteness factor. I had this fabric in my stash. It had originally been bought for curtains, but I just don't like making curtains. So it is finding a new purpose. =)
Tiers getting sewn together, and seams pressed open.
Hems are added to the bottom of each tier.
Layering the tiers.
This was a new trick to me. Three fabric layers is hard to gather with thread. But a wide zig zag stitch over dental floss does the trick very easily!
The waistband holds the gathers in place. Elastic makes the waist stretchy, and easy for a little one to put the skirt on all by herself.
Tiers =)
The one thing I do not like about this pattern, which comes from One Yard Wonders, is the inside of the waist. The gathers and sewn against the waistband, and is top-stitched toward the waist. Woven fabrics fray. So it looks ugly. So here's this professional looking skirt on the outside and a little less so on the inside. Too much top-stitching has gone into this one to make a change at this point, but any future skirts would definitely be surged to give the inside a nice neat finish. Otherwise, this was fun to make and I love how it came out! I decided during the night (when I do a lot of my sewing planning!) to make one in a woven denim. I already love it. =)
The waistband holds the gathers in place. Elastic makes the waist stretchy, and easy for a little one to put the skirt on all by herself.
The one thing I do not like about this pattern, which comes from One Yard Wonders, is the inside of the waist. The gathers and sewn against the waistband, and is top-stitched toward the waist. Woven fabrics fray. So it looks ugly. So here's this professional looking skirt on the outside and a little less so on the inside. Too much top-stitching has gone into this one to make a change at this point, but any future skirts would definitely be surged to give the inside a nice neat finish. Otherwise, this was fun to make and I love how it came out! I decided during the night (when I do a lot of my sewing planning!) to make one in a woven denim. I already love it. =)
