Original Skirt Design Process + Basic Finished Skirt Photos

D E S I G N

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H A L F – S C A L E  D R A P I N G

for outer right side layer of the skirt

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gridding

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S K I R T  B A S E  S I L O U H E T T E

A-Line Gathered Skirt

step 1: create basic a-line skirt

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step 2: lengthen basic a-line skirt x2 on waistline and hemline

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alined each piece of gathered skirt to original a-line skirt waist measurement

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ready for fitting!

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invisible zipper

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skirt base is too long, so I made the correction:

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L E F T  S I D E  L A Y E R

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W A I S T B A N D

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M U S L I N  D O N E

(note: through the process, I have discovered that the design would look cleaner if the base silhouette skirt were not gathered; the base skirt for the final would be a basic a-line skirt.)

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F I N A L  S K I R T

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ironing pleats/ blind stitch hem/waistband/bias hem/invisible zipper

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