Gathered circle skirt

Learn how to draft a gathered skirt, pick fabric, and decide the gather ratio for a balanced design. Easy tutorial, high-quality photos.

This lesson will teach you how to drape a short, full, gathered skirt. You will learn how to prepare your muslin for draping and then how to balance the skirt grain, so that your skirt hangs perfectly. In addition, we share secrets on how to make better gathers and then how to finish off the skirt by drafting a waistband. This timeless skirt is easy and quick to drape.

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How to make a gathered midi skirt Simple gathered skirt So my list of things to make is a bit like the music charts. Juggling old favourites with new ideas. This skirt was NOT on the list. I am pear shaped. And not particularly tall. I shouldn’t even consider anything voluminous around my hips. But […]

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My inspiration was from Lauren Bacalls outfit in the film Key Largo (1948). The aspects of her outfit that I took were the full gathered skirt and the white skirt. I love how simple and elegant this outfit is. For the gathered circle skirt I added 5cm onto my normal circle skirt measurement, cut it out and gathered it to fit my waist measurement. I did struggle with keeping the gathers in place so in the end I gathered it with elastic, turned it over and top-stitched. However, it doesn't…

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