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Box Pleated Skirt I Longed For
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Description
Since I was little girl I wanted tartan pleated skirt but never had one. All the other girls had them, but not me! :’(
I finally stumbled upon this black tartan fabric and few tutorials on the Internet and – skirt was sewn!
Skirt is made up of two parts:
1. upper, black fabric (no waistband, zipper, two darts in the front and back)
2. pleated part, tartan fabric.
There are two box pleats on the front and on the back. I put only two because I didn’t want to add more width to the hips.
Skirt is not hemmed, because I incorporated fabric selvage at the bottom.
Material Notes
black part is wool-poly blend;
tartan is thicker fabric, also wool-poly blend, but I think there is more polyester than wool.
Difficulty
Novice
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May 20, 2010, 07.40 AMby frankiesoup
Thanks for the link! This will come in very useful! :)
May 19, 2010, 08.32 PMby frankiesoup
This looks great! :D I’m trying to figure out how to make a similar skirt myself and you have inspired me to give it a go!
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May 20, 2010, 07.31 AMby toril
Thanks! :)
There are many tutorials on the web which I also used for inspiration.
Check out this one:
http://lulalouise.com/TutPleatedSkirt2.html
P.S. Lovely kittie on your avatar!
Nov 18, 2009, 03.30 PMby ginasophia
congratulations on making childhood dreams come true! The skirt is really cute, I am a sucker for short skirts and tights!