Ribbon Gathered Skirt Tutorial Part 1

First off am I the only one frustrated with Bloggers new picture uploader thing?

GA! I really don't like it.

Ok, on to the tutorial....

Thanks for letting me scream for a second.

Lets gather some materials shall we?

Top layer of Skirt 12"x 44"

Bottom layer of Skirt 13 1/2"x 44"

Waistband 6 1/2"x 44"

22" length of 1" elastic

1 yard of coordinating ribbon

That's it now lets get started.

The top layer of skirt

(I'll confess this was a scrap in the bottom of my fabric bin.

And I didn't wash it!

I'm sure you notice all the lines from folding...)

STEP 1:

Hem the bottom of the top layer of skirt.

STEP 2:

Match pattern if necessary, then sew together to make your skirt.

Sew in an 1 3/4".

I was shooing for 1 1/2" but I eyeballed it.

Either one will work.

STEP 3:

Now open up your skirt and open the seam selvage.

Turn it under, like pictured above.

STEP 4:

Sew them down.

Make sure not to sew the skirt together!!

Here's what the inside looks like.

Here's what the outside looks like!

STEP 5:

Now gather up your ribbon and weave it through like so:

Up then down.

Baste the ribbon down where the pin is.

The rest of this tutorial will have to wait until tomorrow!!!

The picture uploader has really made me angry....

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