Burda Style For people who sew

I came across this picture and loooooove this skirt. I believe it is originally from f21, but I would like to make something very similar. I have a sewing machine, but am sort of a novice…no one ever taught me to sew formally, but I’m pretty good at following detailed instructions. I’ve googled several tutorials for “tierd skirt” but they all come up as those prairie type hippie skirts, not poofy and bustly like this one. If you guys have any tips, suggestions, help of any sort it would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Sep 25, 2009, 03.42 AM by kep83

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  Sep 25, 2009, 01.34 PMby Andy Nguyen

  This skirt probably has an underlayer that the outer layer is anchored to. The waist/hip area looks like a stretchy material.

  I’d think a very light lining-type material would be good for the underlayer. I’d cut & sew the skirt part as a long tube, with diameter maybe 1.5 times your hip measurement? The skirt needs to be maybe 12-20" longer than the final length, to allow room to “gather” it up. It’d better to allow for more fabric than needed than not enough!

  Sew finish the top part as a “normal” pencil skirt, with an invisible zipper at center back or side.

  Baste the skirt & lining together at the top edge and attach them to the top, gathering the skirt/lining into the top part. (Extra credit would be to sandwich the lining & skirt around the top part, right sides together, stitch then turn the skirt/lining down.)

  The tricky and fun part is hiking up the skirt and anchoring it at strategic places to the lining. It’d be best if you can get someone else to wear the skirt and stand on a chair while you do the gathering. Pull up the skirt and safety pin it to the lining. Here, I can only say to “try to duplicate” the pic.

  Depending on the “hand” of the fabric, you might want to cut the skirt on the bias so the folds look softer. You’d probably have to do quite a bit of piecing to get a long enough skirt. Think carefully about doing this.
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  Sep 25, 2009, 04.43 PMby kep83

  wow thank you so much, what a huge help. one more question.. what does cut on the bias mean?
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  Sep 25, 2009, 05.12 PMby teresaschwarz

  bias means cutting on the cross grain of woven fabric. I think I would try this in a knit fabric. Also I think I remember seeing a Burda Style tutorial for pick up skirts that have a technique similar to this. The pick-up skirts have been all over the bridal patterns and have a big puffy outer skirt that have “pick-ups” in various places. This could be adapted to create rows rather than an all over effect.

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    Sep 25, 2009, 05.21 PMby teresaschwarz

    <http://www.burdastyle.com/techniques/pick-up-skirt-technique&gt; Here’s the pick-up skirt technique tutorial link =)

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  Sep 25, 2009, 08.13 PMby maha1965

  i think i agree on cutting the fabric on a straight grain and following the instruction of aqn they are so right
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  Sep 25, 2009, 08.29 PMby kep83

  Thanks everyone!!