A variety of skirts are an indispensable attribute of every woman's wardrobe. They are able to give the image a gentle charm and mysterious femininity. But also to small fashionistas it would be desirable to look or appear beautifully, and the magnificent skirt always will be by the way. If you and your young beauty like lush skirts, then an American skirt is what you need! Sewing an American skirt, consisting of several rows of chiffon or other light fabric, can even be done by an aspiring needlewoman. The main thing is to be able to correctly combine colors, so that the finished product looks effective and original.
A pattern for sewing an American skirt is not needed for a girl. It is enough to know the desired length of the product and calculate the length of the frills. This is done simply: from the total length is subtracted 7-8 centimeters to the coquette and 3-4 centimeters to the ruches. Then the remaining length is divided by the number of desired tiers. That's almost all the calculation of the fabric, which will be needed in order to sew an American skirt. Want to try? Then use the step-by-step master class, which describes how to sew a magnificent American skirt.
We will need:
- satin;
- nylon;
- non-woven fabric;
- strips of cardboard;
- satin ribbon;
- wide elastic band.
- Before you sew an American skirt, you need to make ruches. Cut them more conveniently with a cardboard strip or a wide ruler. In total, we need 25-30 strips about 6-7 centimeters wide of white nylon. In a similar way cut also strips from sateen in width of 8-9 and 10-12 centimeters. They should be the same as nylon.
- Using a sewing machine, take the ruffles in the center of the strip as much as possible, and the tiers of satin from the top. After that, attach the ready-made ruffles to the bottom edge of each tier.
- Join both tiers by straight stitching.
- Now you need to remove all the allowances with scissors, and then complete the assembly of the upper tier of the skirt.
- Divide the non-woven section into two strips about five centimeters wide. Then, using an iron, glue them along the edges of the strips of satin. Fold the part in half and secure with pins. Mark the center with a chalk.
- The resultant rectangle connect and stitch, without forgetting to leave a place for putting an elastic band. Twist the coquette, fold it twice, secure with pins at the folding points. From this line, retreat 3 centimeters, stitch, then retreat another 2 centimeters, and again stitch.
- Sweep the sewed tiers to the coquette, stitch them, processing their edges. Similarly, sew an inner skirt. As a result, you should get a double skirt (both skirts are sewn to the edge of the coquette).
- Cut the satin ribbon in zigzag into the elastic band, thread it into the coquette and sew the ends. Do not forget to leave the ends of the ribbons outside!
- It remains to tie a pretty bow on your belt, and a charming American skirt for your little princess is ready! If desired, you can supplement the image with a hair bandage decorated with a large flower of chiffon, nylon or satin of the same color.
Such skirts can be not only monophonic. If the layers are sewn from a fabric of different colors, then the American will look even more elegant. You can also experiment with the color of the ruches. By the way, American skirts can not be called only children's clothes. If you like such things, safely put on! Lush skirts for several years occupy a worthy place in the fashion world. You can wear an American skirt either with shoes, or with high-heeled shoes.
With your own hands, you can sew and skirts of other styles, for example, a skirt-tutu or a skirt-sun .
