A tiered or multi-layered ruffle skirt is a soft fluffy skirt, feminine and fashionable. Sewing yourself to make this skirt may seem difficult at first, but the process is actually quite easy.
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Part 1 of 4: Calculating Your Body Size
Step 1. Measure your waist circumference
Wrap the tape measure around your waist, keeping the tape measure parallel to the floor and perpendicular to your body. Mark your waist measurement so you can remember it more easily.
You can measure the area of the body where you want the skirt to fall. Your natural waist circumference is usually a good choice if you are unsure. But if you want the skirt to fall higher or lower, move the meter higher or lower as desired
Step 2. Cut the elastic
Add 2.5 cm to your waist circumference. Measure and cut the elastic to that size.
The extra 2.5 cm will allow you to overlap the elastic when you sew it to the belt
Step 3. Determine the length of the skirt you want
Decide on which part of your body you want the hem of the skirt to fall, then measure from the waist to that part. Keep the meter perpendicular to the floor, and mark and record the measurement.
Remember that the belt will add 2.5 cm to the length of the skirt. When determining the ruffle size, subtract 2.5 cm from the desired length and then use that number to calculate the tier or layer width of your skirt
Step 4. Determine the tier size of your skirt
Ask yourself how many tiers you want, then divide the skirt length by the number of tiers you want. The result will determine the width of the level of the finished skirt.
Step 5. Measure the connector and level of the skirt
Measure the length of the link by multiplying the waist circumference by 1.5. Measure the length of the skirt level by multiplying the length of the link by two. The width of the ties and the tiers of fabric will be the same and the size can be obtained by adding 2.5 cm to the width of the tiers on the finished skirt as desired.
If you want a fuller tier or layer of skirt, then make the tier piece length 2.5 times the connecting piece length
Part 2 of 4: Preparing the Fabric Pieces
Step 1. Cut your fabric
You need one connecting piece for each level. Cut the fabric according to the dimensions you calculated earlier.
If your fabric isn't wide enough to get a full connecting or level cut, you'll need two separate strips of fabric to form a single piece. When the lengths of the two pieces of fabric are added, their sum must equal the total length of the skirt tier plus 1.25cm. Sew the piece at the short ends with a 6mm seam width
Step 2. Iron the hem
To prevent the connecting pieces and tiers from opening or unraveling, you will need to hem one long side with a 1.25 cm seam width, fold the material under 6mm wide, and secure its position with an iron. Fold the material at the bottom 6 mm wide again, covering the uneven edges again, pressing again to secure the position with the iron.
- If you have a sewing machine, you can work through the uneven edges of the material without having to fold and sew the hem. This way the skirt will become lighter.
- Pressing the hem will make it easier for you to sew the hem in place because the hem will stay in place without the use of pins.
Step 3. Sew the hem
Use straight stitches to sew each hem. Sew backwards at the ends to secure your seam.
It's easier to hem the fabric before sewing it in place because the material is still straight and flat at this point
Step 4. Create wrinkles
For each tier, sew a loose strip on the long side of the fabric. You can use a sewing machine or by hand. Pull the tail of the thread at the end of the fabric to create a crease in the fabric. Continue to crease until the fabric shrinks to the same size as the connecting fabric.
- The "top" edge of each fabric is the edge that is directly opposite the edge of the hem.
- You may need to adjust the creases after you pull the fabric creases so that the creases are even along the length of the thread.
- To sew the ruffles by hand, simply sew a loose strip along the edges of the top material, leaving the seams about 1.25 cm apart. Leave the long end of the thread to pull the thread creating a kink.
- To sew creases using a sewing machine, set the stitch length as long as possible and set the sewing machine tension as high as possible. Leave a long tail of yarn, then create a crease by pulling the skein of yarn.
Part 3 of 4: Putting Skirts On
Step 1. Sew the bottom tier of the skirt
Place the first wrinkle under the connecting fabric, the good side of the fabric facing up, and align the top hem pad. Secure the position with a pin, then sew along the edge of the fabric. Use a 1.25cm wide seam.
- Since wrinkles are more difficult to handle, more pins are better than fewer. More pins will help prevent the wrinkle level from twitching and folding into an unwanted shape.
- Check the fabric for creases as you sew together the fabric to make sure there are no unwanted twists or creases.
- If desired, you can overlay the connecting seam, but this step is not necessary.
Step 2. Unfold the wrinkled fabric that has been sewn
Open the stacked fabric so that the good part is now visible. Iron along the hem to even out the fabric.
When spreading the stitched wrinkle cloth on the table, the connecting cloth should be on top of the wrinkle cloth
Step 3. Sew the second tier
Place the next wrinkle fabric on top of the bottom layer of the connecting fabric with the good side of the fabric facing out. Place the next connecting cloth over it with the good side of the cloth facing in. Align all along the top side, secure with a pin, then sew along the top side with a 1.25 cm seam width.
As before, you'll need to use lots of pins to help secure the fabric as you sew
Step 4. Flip over to the connecting cloth
Remove the second level of the connecting cloth until you can see the good side of the fabric. Iron along the hem so that it is flat.
The connecting fabric should now be on the inside of the skirt
Step 5. Add the entire wrinkle fabric in the same way
The rest of your ruffles should be sewn to the top of the skirt in the same way as the second tier.
- Arrange the corrugation between the previous level of the connecting fabric and the new level of the connecting fabric. Skirts and ruffles should face outward, but ties should always be facing in.
- Secure the tiers of the skirt with pins before sewing along the top hem with a seam width of 1.25 cm.
- Flip over the top connecting fabric and iron a new hem before moving on to the next level.
- Repeat as many times as needed until all levels of wrinkle and connecting fabric are sewn.
Part 4 of 4: Forming a Skirt
Step 1. Sew the sides of the skirt
Once all the tiers are stitched together, fold the two fabrics in width with the good sides of the fabric meeting and the back side of the fabric facing out. Secure the position with a pin, then sew the edges together at a seam width of 1.25 cm.
Sew the hem from the bottom up, stopping just a little just below the top connecting fabric. Do not sew the top connecting fabric just yet
Step 2. Make a belt pocket
With the skirt upside down, inside out, fold the top connecting fabric toward you, creating a pocket equal to or slightly wider than the width of your elastic. Secure the position with a pin then sew this pocket.
- Sew along the open side of the pocket with the smallest possible seam width. Do not sew the ends of the pockets closed.
- Note that you don't have to fold the open edges under the pockets to hide them. These ends should have been hemmed if you followed the instructions above carefully, so any untidy edges are taken care of.
- You can iron the belt pocket to help flatten it after you sew it together.
Step 3. Insert the elastic into the belt pocket
Attach a small safety pin to one end of the elastic and a large safety pin to the other. Insert the small safety pin and the elastic hanging from it into the belt pocket, then use your fingers to push the safety pin along the bag all the way to the other end of the bag.
The small safety pin makes it easier to insert the elastic into the bag, while the large safety pin prevents the other end of the elastic from getting into the bag
Step 4. Sew together the elastic band
Overlap the ends of the elastic band 1.25 cm wide. Secure its position with a pin, then sew together with the thread and needle.
Step 5. Sew to close the belt
Fold the ends of the elastic into the belt pocket, then join the rough sides of the pockets together. Sew with a seam width of 1.25 cm.
Step 6. Try on the skirt
Flip the skirt over with the nice side facing out, then put it on and look at yourself in the mirror. The skirt should fall to the length you want and the elastic should fit around your waist.
