it will be layered tulle with longer train at back for halloween not using pattern and want it above knee at front but nearly to floor at back cant seem to find big enough cuts of material. help please. any websites or other help welcome.
2006-09-06 02:06:08 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Fashion & Accessories
i am dress size 14
2006-09-06 02:21:43 · update #1
OK. If you want a gathered layed skirt in tulle the best result is achieved by using 3 widths of the fabric you want X the length of the skirt you want. Eg if you want the finished length of your skirt to be 30" long then the length of the fabric you need to buy for each layer is 90".
You then cut this into 30" lengths and join down the edge (salvage) leaving a 10" opening down one seam which is your center back opening. Get a length of waistband tape that is your waist measurement plus a little for fastenings.
Set your sewing machine stitch length to the longest setting and sew about 1/2" from the top of tulle "tube". Sew another line paralel with this another 1/2" down. If you then pull the top threads of these lines it should gather the fabric. Gather it to the waistband measurement and top stitch it on.
I would then put it on a friend and cut the hem line you want.
2006-09-06 10:36:55 · answer #1 · answered by Charles H 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
3 yards of 60" wide material should do. If you're a size 10 or more (size 10 in patterns, not the pants you already wear) you might want to go for 4 yards.
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Butterick has a pattern for a skirt and one of them has 2 layers. If you're making a pattern similar I would follow the amount of yards for this. http://store.sewingtoday.com/cgi-bin/butterick/shop.cgi?s.item.B4520=x&TI=10005&page=3 , Skirt C, and then make it the length you want. It calls for 4 7/8 yards of 45" wide material, and since you want it longer, I would suggest going with about 5 yards, maybe 6.
2006-09-06 02:19:41 · answer #2 · answered by H.L.A. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 to 3 yards should do it, but then again it depends on your size. You can take freezer paper and use a model or form to "draw your own pattern". Don't forget to add enough for your seam allowance. (at least that's what my mom does when not using a pattern.)
Try these, they may help;
http://www.sewingcentral.com/
http://www.sewingpatterns.com/
2006-09-06 02:15:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best feature of a girl's skirt is it can be made from any amout of material. Even better feature is less material - more attractive skirt.
Therefore buy whatever amount you like and make it.
2006-09-06 02:09:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is sueded silk, additionally familiar as sand-washed silk or peach-epidermis silk. a good number of those are for a heavy twill weave silk fabric with a "sand washed" area of craftsmanship end that delivers the cloth a delicate, napped velvety suede visual attraction. this is quite costly , in spite of the incontrovertible fact that it has a delicate luster than you are not getting from hassle-free suede or velvet. you will detect microfiber polyester peach epidermis or micro-suede (distinct names for comparable fabric) that seems particularly much as stable because of the fact the genuine silk. Micro fiber polyester suede skirts are in shops, they are somewhat no longer basic to discover yet there ought to be some in severe end shops. Microfiber polyester yardage is quite obtainable at maximum fabric shops, is offered in a rainbow of colors and is amazingly basic to stitch. because of the fact this is polyester it may additionally be gadget washed and tumble dried at a low temperature placing.
2016-12-14 19:06:47 · answer #5 · answered by flanary 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok try this go to charity shop and buy a skirt you like that is short ignore everythig but the size you like them do the same with a long skirt unstich them and combine to make a rough template then take the measurements and there you go
2006-09-06 02:12:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would use a tape measure... work it out that way.
If you want lots of gathers just trebble the amount you measure.. You can also take the measurement into the fabric shop explain to them and they will help
2006-09-06 02:08:43 · answer #7 · answered by confused 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends how big you are as well. i would get a good few metres just to be on the safe side, its better getting more material then less
2006-09-06 02:07:40 · answer #8 · answered by cleo the pussycat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 yards
2006-09-06 02:11:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
make a pattern out of newspaper then measure
2006-09-06 02:11:31 · answer #10 · answered by SunnyDays 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋