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| 5. Attach Lace to Finished Side of Skirt Hems 5. Contrasting Top Stitch 5a. Decorative Edging Stitch 5a. Decorative Stitching on Ribbon Trim 5b. Horizontal Trims 5b. How to Attach Lace and Ribbon to Sleeves 5c. How to Attach Lace to Underside of Skirt Hems 5c. How to Gather Skirts 5d. How to Hand Sew Doll Bodies and Clothes 5d. How to Make a Lined Bodice |
5e. How to Make a Ribbon Waistband 5e. How to Make Contrasting Panels in Skirts 5f. How to Make Rolled Hems 5f. How to Sew Skirt to Bodice 5g. How to Sew On Sticky Tape Closures 5g. Press then Sew Doll Clothes 5h. Ribbon and Lace Collars 5h. Stand Up Collars 5i. Vertical Trims 5j. Circle Skirts |
Circle Skirt Construction To cut out circle skirt like on the dress above, fold a 20 inch length of fabric cross wise - the cross wise fold is shown at top edge in the photo below.  From the center point along the folded edge, carefully drawn a line 10 inches out in a semicircle then cut out semicircle. (If you opened out the cut skirt you'd have a big circle 20 inches in diameter.) But you need to cut out a small semicircle to make the waist. The circumferance of this cut out should be 14 inches. Try first cutting out a circle 1.5 inches from the center of the fold, if this is not quite long enough to match the lower edge of the bodice make the cut-out a bit bigger.  When you open out the fabric it will look like a donut shape. To form the back seam of the skirt cut down 2 inches on one of the folded edges from the waist edge and blind stitch raw edges. After finishing sewing the bodice attach to the cut out circle skirt edge. like in the finished dress photos at the top of the page. I sewed on a waistband of one-eighth inch wide satin ribbon over the lower edge of the bodice. To hem skirt, roll a narrow hem which means turning in one eighth seam twice as you move along the hem. Close back of bodice and skirt with velcro dots. Have fun with your projects! Article and photo credit Susan Kramer |
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