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PosieMama · 06-08-2003, 10:28 PM

OH NO! Where are the pictures? I see your sewing room now!

patchwork~mama · 06-08-2003, 10:33 PM

what about now? my domain is still going back and forth from one host to the other like a yoyo, LOL. im trying to keep pics up at both places.. but must have uploaded the wrong ones, LOL ---- hey i only got 3 hours of sleep

patchwork~mama · 06-09-2003, 01:41 AM

ok here is the rest

Step 4. Sew it together! First you want to lay down all your strip sand arrange them in an order that you like.. how you want them to be in the skirt...

Then take your first two strips.. put them right sides together. Line up the right edges so they are flush to each other... than you just serge right down that edge (or if using a regular machine single/double stitch down .... a double stitch is enough to hold.. but you can zig zag over the edges of the fabric to help limit the fraying).

Now you should have two strips sewn together that look kind like an big A when you open it up!

patchwork~mama · 06-09-2003, 01:44 AM

Now take your number 3 strip.. put that right sides together with strip number two... again sew down the right side edge. Do this for all yoru strip and you get one big "FAN" looking thing, LOL.

Then.. you take that big fan and fold it inhalf so that right sides are together... line up the two long open edges of the strips .... put them flush together and sew like you did with the other strips.

That gives you the skirt! you now have a tube that is smaller at the waist than the hem...

Step 5. Attaching the waistband... coming next.. i have to finish and take more pics

NDNfamily · 06-10-2003, 03:22 PM

so did you finish it yet?

I'm going to start a skirt today I think.
My hand is still numb so using anything with elastic is a bit tricky, but I can handle running strips through the serger!

patchwork~mama · 06-10-2003, 03:35 PM

ROFL.. no carla.. i had to work on something for someone else

LOL... AND dh crashed my system yesterday completely (trying to upgrade to XP PRO from HOME.... so i couldnt get my digital camera to upload anyway.. *sigh*... will get it done today tho!

NDNfamily · 06-10-2003, 03:47 PM

LOL! just thought I'd give a little nudge to be a pest

Richard wants to install XP Pro too, not sure why though (I can't remember why he said he wanted to anyway

patchwork~mama · 06-10-2003, 08:42 PM

Attaching the waistband.... Now get your waistband strip and fold in half... press/iron if you want.. so its a long strip half the size it was ...

Find the center of the waistband - for example if your waistband was 40 inches long 4 inchs wide.. you folded in half so its a strip of 2 layers that is 2 inches wide 40 inches line.. you would find the middle by measuring 20 inches in from one end. Mark this point. Now pick up your skirt.. find the middle point of the back of the skirt.. you can decide where this is.. no technical or measuring required, LOL

Take your folded waistband strip.. pin it to the skirt matching up the two middle points.. right sides together.

now pin the rest of the waistband to the rest of the skirt.. however make a mark wherever the middle of the FRONT of your skirt is... the two edges of the waistband will meet evenly there. In my pic below my middle point is where the dark blue and the light blue strip meet up. You can see i have marked this middle point on each fabric strip that makes up the waistband... so i know where they have to meet together. If you are doing an elastic waistband you can just sew those two strips together right sides together.... at those pints.. that will give you one long tube for you to attach to the skirt and thread elastic through. If making a drawstring continue down

patchwork~mama · 06-10-2003, 08:46 PM

Now trim any excess fabric off after the pins that mark the center point... i usually cut all fabric off at 1 inch after the pins. then you will fold that fabric in.. and fold in again so you have no raw edges and sew a straight line.... hard to explain but here is the pic of the finished edge...

Then you finish pinning that to the skirt.. so your two drawstring edges meet up and are flush with each other.... (still folded in half creating an open ended tube)

Now sew a straight line attach the waistband to the skirt... you may want to double stitch if not serging.... i usually sew the straight line then also go over it with a serger to finish the edges (not shown in the pic below)

patchwork~mama · 06-10-2003, 08:50 PM

Your waistband is now attached to the skirt! One final thing I do is press the waistband up so it is flat... pressing the seam down onto the strips on the inside and topstich just to keep everything in place: (the second pic the redish line is where i would topstitch.. but much straighter, LOL).

After top stitchin you hem as needed for your height! I hem by serging along the bottom to get a finished edge then just folding it inward and stitching.

Drawstring: If you want to use a fabric drawstring you can take a piece of fabric the same length as you would like your drawstring and about 3 inches wide... fold the edges in and press.. then fold in half and press (like you would when making bias tape) and stitch a straight lown down the strip. Then thread it through your drawstring openings!

Thats it!!!! your done! .... well unless you want to add a pocket or something, LOL. only one other thing... i hope its not lame of me to ask, but please use this for personal/home use only, id feel stupid if everyone started selling strip skirts made like mine, LOL. I know its just a strip skirt.. but its taken me 3+ years to perfect my cutting/sewing/design teqniques to be the quickest/easiest way for me to sew..not to mention fit right!

Enjoy!

patchwork~mama · 06-10-2003, 08:51 PM

oh and ill try to post a pic of the finished skirt.. but have to finish some diapers first, LOL.