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Hand Sewn Three- Tiered Maxi Skirt- Part 3

Part 1 | Part 2 | Here | Part 4

Update on the skirt!

In part 2, I cut the seam allowance that connects the waistband and the first tier too short, so I decided to cut a strip of fabric to sandwich them between to make it look nice and prevent fraying.

I cut it about an inch and a half in width and ironed down the folds that I wanted.

I MADE SURE the iron was on the synthetic setting! No more melted fabrics here!

I first folded it in half, ironed that down and then folded the ends to meet in the middle on that fold.

Then I ironed that middle fold once more so it stayed. I ended up with a significantly thinner strip like this.

Here I'm just showing the length comparison. I cut it a bit longer than the waistband so I had extra to work with.

I cut the seams down again so they looked less jacked and would fit between the strip.

Then I pinned it down. This part was surprisingly easy!

I sewed it down using a running stitch and now I have a nice, clean if a little bulky seam!

Next update is the sewing of the second tier of the skirt!

Hand Sewn Three-Tiered Maxi Skirt- Part 2

Part 1 | Here | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5

So this took so much longer than expected because Mistakes started happening 🥲

So, I finished sewing the waistband and it was perfect! Then I started with the two tier-one panels next.

I drew on the seam allowance to use as guidelines because I can't sew straight to save my life.

I sewed the two panels together to make one long panel and I tried to iron the seam allowance to make it easier to fold.

😬😬😬🙃🙃🙃🫣🫣🫣

Unfortunately, my fabric is polyester and my iron was on the cotton setting. It got shrunk and burned and I couldn't salvage it.

Thankfully, I was able to buy more fabric after work the next day! I cut out the tier-one panels again and securely pinned down the seams so I could sew them. I folded them in half and sewed them to each other with a sitch I don't know the name of, but kinda looks like a blanket stitch at first glance.

Here comes the incredibly hard part: pinning the tier to the waistband.

I confused myself for a while and I wasn't sure which side I was supposed to pin it on 🥲 It took me two days to figure out 🥲🥲🥲

I also had trouble lining everything up and kept pinning the tier too far away from the stitching of the waistband. I finally figured it all out though and got to sewing.

I sewed right next to the stitching of the waistband so it looks flush. That's two, more or less neat rows of running back stitches!

Here's the other side, showing the gathering.

Here's how perfect the front looks! You can't tell that I struggled with this at all!

And here's the seam allowance that joins the two panels again. I thought it would look better smaller, so I undid the stitches, cut the seam allowance in half, folded it in half and sewed it all together again.

I tried to do the same with the seam allowance between the waistband and tier, but... 😬😬😬🫣🫣🫣

I cut them a bit too short... among other things. Instead, I'm going to cut a strip of fabric and sandwich the seam allowance between it.

It was a good thing after all that I had to buy that extra fabric!

Hand Sewn Three- Tiered Maxi Skirt- Part 1

Here | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5

Heyo! I'm back with a new sewing project and this one will (hopefully) be a garment that I plan to wear often.

I'm handsewing it, again because I don't really know how to handle a modern sewing machine and because I want the satisfaction that completing this will bring me.

It's also an easy project to start off with!

I'm making one of these!

A three-tiered maxi skirt!

I've been wanting one for a while and decided to get some fabric and make one.

I looked up some tutorials on YouTube, figured out the math

and drew my final pattern onto brown paper.

I have a waist band, which is the length of my hips. It was going to be a wide band at first, but I bought thinner elastic because I had a brain fart. You'll see in a few that I had to significantly shrink the width.

For tiers 1 and 2, I chopped the measurements in half and for tier 3 which is suuuupppper long, I had to quarter the measurement to fit it on the paper.

I had juuuuuusssst enough fabric to get all my pieces:

-1 piece for the waist band

-2 pieces for tier 1

-2 pieces for tier 2

-4 pieces for tier 3

I'm 5"1' and on the smaller side overall. I got three yards of fabric. I suggest you double that if you're taller and/or wider.

This is how thin my waist band will now be. The elastic is about 3/4 inch. I originally made this waist band to be about 2 inches and I had to cut off the seam allowance from that. I still have a generous amount left just in case I may need to widen it (hopefully not!)

I accidentally started sewing this like a left-hander, so when the thread is done, I'll start on the other side so I can finish this faster 😆

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