Hello Readers,
Its time for another tutorial. Remember (some 12 days back!) twirly skirt made for self - Take a look . I had vowed to make one for my sister and another for DD. Completed sister's then and there; sudden break of 10 days followed and got back to sewing ways today! Finished my DD's skirt and took snaps to make a short little tute.
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Before we delve into sewing part of it, lets see the construction for the tiered skirt, it is pretty simple to make.
You can either use a pattern or make one without a pattern (if the fabric is bit stretchy like mine, seersucker)
In this case lets do it without a pattern - my favorite way! ( I shall later do a tutorial on basic skirt sloper and then possibly do variations in which tiered skirt will be covered as well)
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If you want it more twirly then multiply it by 3 or even 4 times depending on your requirements and fabric availability
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Gather Tier 1 - SORRY Forgot to take a separate picture, then move on to next step in pic
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You can have as many tiers as desired and tweak this Tutorial to suit your needs. Hope you all twirl around in nice tiered skirts!
Here is my skirt with 3 layers
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beautiful thanks for sharing I used love wearing beautiful clothing like this I guess I just got to busy
ReplyDeletethanks for the comment on my blog, yes I am in India and yes I've made one saree blouse out of cotton silk too, I'm hoping to have pics of it to show soon!:)
ReplyDeleteWow, that skirt looks great! You make it look so easy! Which I think is not! Fabulous work! I was wondering if you could recommend a good pattern drafting book. I have the helen armstrong book but it is giving me a headache! I have done pattern drafting but I am not happy with what I learned in school. Hope you can advise based on your experience.
ReplyDelete:)
Thanks Shopannies, Magda.
ReplyDeleteThanks Uma, i also have helen armstrong pattern making for fashion design version 4. Other than that though i have Metric Pattern Cutting for Women, i haven't so far used even once to do pattern drafting.
I do trial and error and learn the nuances of pattern making in the process. Once we know and draft a basic bodice and a basic skirt sloper which has perfect fit, then i guess it is best to experiment and derive other patterns out of them.
Recently i have got Pattern Magic 2 and it looks interesting and has lots of unusual patterns, hope to master a few of them.