It has been gloomy & raining here lately so I have surrounded myself with some new spring fabric! I have started to sew some Spring skirts hoping that winter will soon come to and end! This is the first time I have worked with tulle and found it not too bad.
The cutting of the fabric was a little time consuming to line up, and I had to be extra careful in cutting the fabric straight. I did the gathering on my sewing machine by sewing two straight lines
and pulling the bottom threads on either side to make a gather.
This tulle is called a shimmer tulle and the skirt fabric is a stretch cotton from the new Spring Collection at the fabric store. I bought 4 meters of this modern cotton fabric & plan to sew a fitted dress with the remainder. I just have not decided on a pattern. Any suggestions? This is an A line skirt that is my own pattern & I added the tulle for a little glamor.
I have not worn a tulle skirt since I was trained in classic ballet, modern jazz & tap many years ago. I have been asked to volunteer in a children's ballet class soon & decided to sew my own ballet skirt. I was surprised by the selection & vibrant colour of the tulle. After I sewed my ballet skirt I layed it on top of the cotton skirt I had already started to sew and I thought how pretty it looked together. I decided to add it to the outer layer instead of the usual inside. This is my first tulle skirt design so I thought I would share it with you!
I attached the gathered tulle on to the waist band of the skirt and folded over to sew. I used my pinking shears to trim excess fabric to keep the bulk around the waist down.
I purposely did not add too much tulle as I wanted it too look like an overlay & not a ballet skirt!
Here I am thinking is this too poofy?
I serged the hem in hot pink thread. The top is made by me with the last of my bamboo fabric using a boat neck pattern. It is so easy just 2 pieces!
This was another project that took more time to design than sew!
