My first attempt of making a 6pieces skirt with side elastic band for a plus size

in DIYHub7 days ago

Hello everyone

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It's nice to be here in this community @diyhub this week and I hope you are all doing great as well as having a nice time out there. Today, I will be sharing with you the cutting and sewing process of a 6pieces skirt with two sides elastic waist band for a plus size using African print fabric.

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We are to celebrate our 3year choir anniversary in church and we bought this particular fabric as a uniform for the celebration, as a seamstress amongst them, I'm to make different outfit for myself and others, starting with this, I'm to make a six piece skirt and blouse which I have not made before for a plus size but I had to try it out. I never knew there's a calculation for cutting this, I'm only used to cutting for slimmer people as I cut, unfortunately, I cut out the wrong size which was not what I was supposed to cut out until I went online to watch some videos before I could get the actual measurement.

Let me share the cutting and sewing process with you

For the center front, I folded the fabric in two using 12" on fold so when open, I have 24" for each panel and I marked the nipple to nipple measure down to the knee line before it was connected to the full length of the skirt, I added 3" to the top on the waist line for the band and it was cut out.

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The center panel was placed on another folded fabric to cut out 4 pieces for the front and back sides

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The center front panel was also used to cut out 2 pieces for the center back, all these pieces were placed on lining to cut out same shape and it was used to turn the main fabric for neat finishing.

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I sew each piece of the center back to each of the side piece before it was turned with lining just as seen below.

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The two back pieces were sewn together before it was sewn to the front piece with the side seam allowance.

Finally, I cut out 2 pieces of 1" elastic band measuring 8“ and it was sewn on both sides of the skirt at the dart leg and it was folded in by 2.5".

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I never knew I could make this successfully but it came out really nice and beautiful, I hope you like the beautiful outcome.

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Thanks so much for your time, support, comment and encouragement. Until my next post, do have a great time out there.

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muy lindo diseño!


very nice design!

 6 days ago  

It look great for a first timer friend. You did an amazing job, well done and thanks for sharing it with our community.


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