This skirt reminds me of upcoming summer in so many ways. I love the beautiful orange and grey combo and the bow at the waistband seems like a flag on a sailboat. I'm calling this Sail Away Skirt.
Sail Away skirt in size 2T
Supplies:
3 coordinating knits
Knit 1 - 24 inches wide X 7.5 inches long
Knit 2 - 36 inches wide X 5.5 inches long
Knit 3 - 36 inches wide X 4.5 inches long
Grosgrain Ribbon (5/8 inch wide) - 10 inches
Elastic (1/2 inch wide) - 19 inches
Construction:
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Sew the shorter ends together on all the strips ( right sides together)
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Sew a seam on one side of Strip 2 and Strip 3 each with the longest stitch length, pull the bobbin thread to gather each of them until they both become equal to Strip 1.
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Baste Strip 3 to the Strip 1 (Right sides together this time) Try to align the side seams on Strip 1 an Strip 3 while you're at it, though its not that important.
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This is how it will look once both layers are attache to Tier 1. Top-stitch along the seam. I used zigzag to do it, but I would just do a straight if I were to do it again.
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Fold the top of the skirt 1 inch again. Sew a seam while leaving a gap of 1 inch to insert elastic. Insert the elastic and sew the opening shut.
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Make a bow using three ribbon pieces as shown by pics above.
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Hand sew it to the waistband of the skirt. Finish the raw edge of top layer with a rolled hem. Finish the inner layer with by folding the raw edge twice.
Now go make some sand castles...or chase some butterflies! Sail away!
Cute little skirt and a great tutorial! Love the name of the skirt...
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ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up the Sail Away skirt!!! It really is a great tutorial!!! I'd love it if you'd link this up again, at both the Skirts Linky and the Stretch Fabric linky...
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Cute skirt and a great tutorial!
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Love it! You did such a good job on that tutorial. Thanks for sharing this with us at the Sunday Round Up.
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Hi, I'm Jaime. I run a blog called The Dress-up Drawer and I was just passing through. Love your blog and this skirt is amazing!
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Hey Anshu, so you do the rolled hem over the seam on the side of the skirt? Does it work OK? I want to play with my rolled hem setting :) Tata, Jenya
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ReplyDeleteYes I just do it over the side seam. I use my sewing machine to do it so it is not quite as neat as rest of the hem but still ok. I think you would do better with your overlocker.
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