Love the video! I watched to learn how to make that amazing ruffle hem! For anyone who might be a bit confused by the ruffle hem pattern, this is an alternative description: If you measure the whole skirt hem (front and back) then you just divide that measurement by 4 instead of 2 to mark the top line of the rectangle, then the side line is just however long you want your ruffle to be. Then you have a rectangle on your paper and you divide it into three from the top line down. (I am a much bigger girl so I divided mine into 6 strips) then you cut out the rectangle. Then you cut your strips from the bottom up to the top(the 1/4hem measurement) but don't cut all the way through so you can spread out the strips to create this kind of half circle shape that she draws on the fabric (which is folded in half vertically and then in half horizontally). Hope that helps!!!
This is wonderful. I am busy making the skirt right now. I have never sew any garment in my life. I did the cutting of the fabric and I'm going to sew the sides together now. I use a different fabric which needs a zip but it is easy to ajust to that thanks to you. You make it look easy to do it especially the flair. I can't wait to start making it. Thank you so much for making my learning so easy and understandable. This is so exciting!
i am in LOVE with your tutorials!!! thank you so much , i actually understand them and can follow them to make the garments. please please keep making more and more
Ok, I’ve decided to make this skirt out of a black with floral design fabric paired with a black lace for the ruffle part. And I’m using your method because I understand it the most. Just a couple questions. CAN I do this skirt with a 4-way stretch fabric (I don’t know if that’s double knit or not)? What do you think my seam allowance should be? And what kind of a seam should I sew? I was thinking French seam but I’ve never sewed a garment before. Only bags. This will be my first garment. Any advice will help tremendously! Thank you! Oh! And I’ve never sewed with lace before either. I’ve only had this lace (stretchy) sitting in my sew stash for two months now. Lol!
This is perfect I am going to add a ruffle to an existing pencil skirt for my daughter-she said she can't walk in it. It is used in orchestra so now I don't have to make a whole new skirt! SUBSCRIBED!👍🏼
My goodness, that lace one!!! BEAUTIFUL!! I’d love to see a tutorial on that one. Liking and subscribing. Also saving this video. Thank YOU amazing lady!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for this great tutorial ma pls I'm little bit confuse abt d ruffle it is d length circumference of d skirt u measured? Secondly how many meters of fabric can one use for dis skirt.thanks
Can u please show me how to fold the fabric for the flounce. Great tutorial and you made everything so clear it’s just that I can’t get my head around the fabric folding 😂
Hi! Just found your video cause I’m thinking of making my own skirt for Halloween :) and I have two questions, I didn’t quite understand the waistband part, could you please explain that? And also, what fabric are you using? Thank you! You’re amazing!
Hi, thanks for watching. Sorry for the confusion on the waistband. For the waist band, I made it my (full waist measurement/2 + added seam allowance) then I made it 4 inches in width. I cut my waistband out with the fabric on fold and measured across the (waist/2+seam) horizontally and measured down 4" because I folded the waistband in half hot dog style (horizontally) when adding it to the skirt. This fabric is a ponte double knit fabric with a great amount of stretch. If you want to add a zipper, measure your waistband the same and go check out this video (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vnRuxp1Eka0.html) to get a step by step sew along on how to add a zipper to your skirt.
Hey how you doing this Rochelle I looked at your video and I like what I see the problem that I have is measure me I can't get my measurements right so I always have to go back the patterning do you could you give me a feedback on that
Hi Rochelle! Are you having problems taking the actual measurements of your body or transferring the measurements taken from your body to the pattern. Your body measurements will never be the same as your pattern measurements due to seam allowance, type of fabric used, etc. You have to take into account the design, the fabric, and the fit that you are going for when converting your body measurements into pattern drafting measurements.
After making the rectangle pattern and creating the cutlines instructed in the video, fold your fabric hot dog style then hamburger style and follow my method of how to lay the pattern down on the double fold and single fold of the fabric. You are pretty much creating a ruffle without using a circle skirt pattern created by formulas and math. The ruffle shouldn't have any seams so there is no need to add seam allowance to the ruffle. Measure the hem of the skirt AFTER construction. The video was pretty clear so I hope this explanation helped.
I think if you measure the whole skirt hem (front and back) then you just divide that measurement by 4 instead of 2 to mark the top line of the rectangle, then the side line is just however long you want your ruffle to be. Then you have a rectangle on your paper and you divide it into three from the top line down. (I am a much bigger girl so I divided mine into 6 strips) then you cut out the rectangle. Then you cut your strips from the bottom up to the top(the 1/4hem measurement) but don't cut all the way through so you can spread out the strips to create this kind of half circle shape that she draws on the fabric (which is folded in half vertically and then in half horizontally). Hope that helps!!!
1.5 - 2.5 yards depending on size and height or design/style you choose to make. The skirt portion will take no more than 2 yards depending on size, but the flare will be additional yards.
Hot dog style is folding it where the two longest sides meet along the vertical grainline. Hamburger style is the opposite, folding it where the two shortest sides meet along the horizontal grainline.
