If you
love one of
your skirts and
just can’t throw
it away and
it has been
lying in your
wardrobe collecting dust ? This
is something for
you !
I love
this skirt and
wouldn’t throw it
away . I had spilled
acid while working
in textiles lab
which had caused
discoloration and damaged the
fabric . I decided to
alter the skirt
and worked out
a new design
using which I
eliminated the damaged
section of the
skirt but retained
the silhouette of
the skirt with
little drama .
Here is
the method if
you want to
make the skirt
from scratch .
Patterned
& ruched panels .
1.
Trace the
basic skirt block
front and back .
2.
Taper side
seams at hemline
by 1 inch.
3.
To add
pattern on the
front block draw
lines as shown
in the diagram .
4.
Mark each
section as desired .
5.
Cut through
the lines and
separate each section .
6.
Cut fabric
on bias for
adding gathers/ ruching the panels
[ fabric length = half
or twice the
length of the
central panel according
to the fullness
required . Width = width of
the each panel
].
7.
Gather / pleat
the fabric neatly
and place as
shown in the
diagram .
8.
Heat set
the gathers / pleats .
9.
Finish
the
skirt .
Add seam
allowance and hem
allowance .


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