Difficulty Level - Hard
This skirt took a lot of tulle, time, and torture. Well.. not really torture lol!
Items Needed:
55 Meters of 52" wide tulle
A size large slip (I got mine from a thrift store for $3)
Sewing Machine
Needle and Thread
Safety Pins or sewing pins
Items Needed:
55 Meters of 52" wide tulle
A size large slip (I got mine from a thrift store for $3)
Sewing Machine
Needle and Thread
Safety Pins or sewing pins
I used a size large slip so that it had lots of stretch in it, then I put it on and measured how long I wanted it to be. I am 5 ft 6 inches and from the waist to the floor it was 43 inches long from waist to my toes.
Then I made marks on the slip so I knew where my layers would be. The top was 43", middle mark was 32" and bottom was 23"
I started pinning my 23 inch pieces around the bottom mark
Then I cut my 32 inch pieces and pinned around the middle mark (and my daughter likes to pose as you can tell...)
Middle Layer done!
Now comes the hard part! stretch your waistband around something that you wont move too much. I used an 11x14 frame. I wanted the top part to not show the stitching so I did the pinning from the underside.
Pin around the whole band of the slip.
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- You have to use two layers for the top layer around the waistband because one layer isn't thick enough and you can see through it.
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- You have to use two layers for the top layer around the waistband because one layer isn't thick enough and you can see through it.
Start sewing your layers to the slip. I just sewed by hand the under layers but I used the sewing machine for the very top layer.
and there you have it! If you like the look of ribbon or elastic, it would be quite simple to add one to the waist.