See this is why I love RU-vid & will always prefer long form content. I’ve been searching tiktok for an hour for a tutorial like this & couldn’t find one!
Wow I love how you do the elastic I’ve never seen that done your way before but it looks much easier than what I’ve seen other people doing and this is exactly the same kind of skirt I was going to buy from Wish so now I can make it myself you made an awesome video thank you so much you just saved me money from buying some thing that I can make myself... ❤
Excellent tutorial! Only a couple of things I didn't quiet follow: 1. Where did each of the three stands of elastic go? Two sides and waist band? 2. In total how many pieces comprised the skirt? Was it just two, front and back? I believe you skipped over doing the other side for time, but it still helps even if sped up. I still loved this though very detailed, every time you said "if that makes sense" I was like yes, it actually does! 😂
Love this tutorial! I’m making a dress with a little ruching on the side around the waist area but I’m also adding a slit! Should I do the ruching first?
Personally, I find it was easier for me to do the ruching first if it is to be on only one side or one specific area then sew the front and back together. If I want ruching on the sides also, I would add the elastic at the same time as sewing the front and back together.. if that makes sense.
Thank you!! I sewed the sides at the same time ruching with the elastic. Sometimes however I find myself sewing first then going over with the elastic you can do either way 😅🥰
Found your channel. I have a dress I want to do this to but only in the sides. (So not putting elastic down the the front) is more of a formal dress. This will help ‘hide’ my almost 60 yr old belly 😉 and help shorten the dress since it’s probably long enough for 6’ gal (and I’m 5’2” 🤪). How do I figure out what length of elastic to use on my hips? I don’t want the dress too short since it’s for a black tie wedding. Thank you!!
You can definitely achieve this look with no stretch I’m not sure how it would look will vary depending on the fabric you do but you would just need to add a zipper 🤍
Just wondering, with the way you stretch the elastic, how do you make sure the ends of the elastic match the end of fabric? I’d be afraid I’d end up finishing sewing the last I and still have some fabric left without the ruching.
I am totally new to sewing so forgive me if this sounds crazy… but I am assuming you’d start top to bottom and then when you finish off the bottom you would even everything out and you could give yourself like 5 inches or even 10 inches of grace at the bottom where the hemline would be. Idk if that makes sense.
I actually have the opposite situation going on. I bought a skirt that has ruching on both sides near the hips and absolutely hate the design. How can I get rid of it?
Yes! So I would ruch the front / back first, then I would add the front and back pieces together and sew down the sides. The same technique to be used however will be used when ruching the front and sides. hope that helps!
@@CassieOlufemi every time i stretch the elastic it's never done well any idea to improve the placement of the elastic sometimes it's not enough for the fabric or the opposite maybe may way is wrong but I can't control the elastic
