Monday, March 12, 2012

Irish Charm ruffled skirt

Free Sewing tutorial: Irish Charm Ruffled Skirt
Skirt Sew pattern free





Supplies:

Two coordinating knit fabrics or Tshirts
Elastic (1/4 inch wide)
Grosgrain ribbon

Construction:





If you're using Tshirts to make this, cut a 6 inch wide strip from the bottom of Tshirt, including its hem. The benefit of using Tshirts is that you could use the hem as an elastic casing. Just unpick a few stitches from both ends of the strip.

Sew a seam at the 6 inch sides ( right sides together)


Cut a 5 inches strip from the coordinating knit.


Set your machine tension on high, stitch length maximum and sew a seam on one of the raw sides of the strip. This will gather the strip.
Sew a seam on the shorter sides ( right sides together).

Cut another 5 inches strip and repeat the above steps.

Draw a line at two and half inches from the bottom of first tier.

Sew the gathered strip to strip 1 along this line.

Sew the other gathered strip at the bottom of strip 1.

Tie a small bow with the grosgrain ribbon, sew it on the skirt.



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14 comments:

  1. What size would this be??

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  2. Such a cute little skirt! You've co-ordinated the fabrics well. It's good that it can be made from t-shirts. Thanks for sharing such a great tutorial!!!

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  3. Love the ruffles! Thanks for linking up to I Made It! Monday. Can't wait to see what you share this week.

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  4. This is adorable! Love the colors! They are perfect for springtime! Thanks for linking to Sew Crafty Saturday! Can't wait to see what you share next week!

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  5. Thankyou! I just bookmarked your tutorial!

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  6. adorable
    thanks for sharing on Serenity Saturday.
    hope to see you there again tomorrow

    Natasha xx

    serenityyou.blogspot.com

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  7. Love this!!!

    I would love for you to share this at my Flaunt It Friday link party. There are also TWO amazing giveaways this week!

    http://www.dottedlinecrafts.com/2012/03/flaunt-it-friday.html

    Looking forward to more posts,
    Sarah@
    www.dottedlinecrafts.com

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  8. where's the attaching seam, below gather?

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    1. also, thanks for the cute idea.

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