No. 18 Ruffle Skirt

I am excited to be sewing again! Allie and Kate are taking weekly lessons and with their machines in the dining room all the time it is a reminder to me to just do it! I bought this ruffle fabric ages ago with the intent of making a maxi-skirt. Well it was put on the back burner until Allie and I were looking at pictures from Fashion Week.... ya, I definitely need to blog that! Anyway, we loved this skirt from Alice and Olivia and Allie decided to sketch it (amazing)!

I remembered this fabric and while the ruffles are not the same as feathers...more mommy-friendly....the color is the same! Before I could start on the project Kate needed some fabric last minute for her class and so I told her to make a ruffle skirt. She decided to make a knee length version which still left plenty for me to make my skirt. Welllllll - then I saw the look on Kate's face and asked her if she minded that I was going to use the fabric too. She quietly and sweetly said that she would prefer to not be a twin with her mom. Cute girl! I totally get it and that gave me the opportunity to make the skirt for someone else.... I just don't know who yet! Last thing - I was going to cut the ruffles on an angle like the feather skirt but it seriously made me look wider! I was surprised by that but no matter how I draped the fabric it just wasn't as flattering as the horizontal ruffle...who knew?!

If you or your daughter want to learn to sew I think that this is a fun and quick project but the end result is gorgeous!

Here is where I bought my fabric: http://www.rufflefabric.com

I literally used another maxi skirt for the pattern. I just laid it right on top of the folded fabric and cut it out. You only need to sew up one side! I did leave a slit at the bottom to make walking easier. I used gold elastic for the waistband but you can order a matching waistband with the fabric which is what Kate used. The fabric has a lot of stretch to it btw and I used the 2 inch ruffles.

Here are some online tutorials for ruffle skirts:

http://www.nobigdill.com/2010/09/coastal-curtsy-skirt-tutorial.html 

http://www.nobigdill.com/2010/12/i-colored-olives-skirt-or-ruffle-your.html

http://rufflefabric.blogspot.com/2014/09/boho-chic-skirt-tutorial.html - I want to do this one next time!

I hope you make one and I hope you'll post pics!!!

It was raining all day and 6 pm in Ohio is a terrible time to take pics... Anyway the lighting was awful but you get the idea.