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@ efosaval- she did a gud job, lovely!
Now wr r all the other participants
U guys r being too quiet o!

make your marking for your tulle addition. I used a 5'' mark from my waistline...

align your gathered tulle with your markings...

sew...

and that's that for the skirt underlining. watch this space for the bodice underlining.

ciao!
PS: for shaping the bodice go to http://www.thatssewnaija..com/2013/05/sika-scope-wrap-dress-sew-along-6.html just made a rush post on that. see you much later..:-)

that was our circle skirt spread open but folded into a semi circle so in actuality, we got a 360 degree circle when spread open. here it is in a quarter of a circle.

cut that out, mark out the length of your underlining This could be about 3 or 4'' shorter than your actual skirt length.

Depending on your waist measurements and how full you want your underlinning, make a 'waistline' in form of a circle as we are actually creating a circle skirt. I'm using a waistline of 26'' and so made a 9'' cone from the center of the fold.

happy sunday all! quuuick post- belts and underlining.
please view the belt process here http://thatssewnaija..com/2013/05/sika-scope-wrap-dress-sew-along-4.html and for the underlinning...
1. here, I got two yards (a yard is made up of 36'') of cotton underlining. I folded in two halves, making four folds....

Alright dear- though I wasn referring to wizb in particular, it's just ppl send mails from here,asking bout the posts and arrangements of the instructions, n it so happens d@ all th@ is included in the schedule I posted on the first page :-(

KBARBIE: Onari dnt knw if u train pple, pls i wud like you to train me in fashion designing. Kindly send me ur details at kbarbie4life@yahoo.com. Thanks. You r really doing a great job.kudos.

alright i'd send you a mail - thanks. I appreciate that, and glad t help

@wizb – I noticed alot of people on this thread aren't actually reading! If you read through the schedule, you’d see that the shaping of the bodice comes after the princess seams and all so is why I haven’t put that up yet, however that doesn't stop you from making yours if you want to
In determining the length of fabric for your princess curve, determine the length of your bodice,(but reduce by an inch or two as this would give a better fit), add about 12 inches to your BUST (if your bust is bigger than ur waist as u r to use your widest width e.g if your makn a princess curve for a dress, u should use ur hips if that is ur widest area, etc) So, if your bust is 34’’, when folded you should have 23’’ of fabric as the width and then lengthwise, your bodice length. Hope that was helpful?lemme knw if you aren't clear.

Here is what it looks like ironed and folded in two. i.e. the back bodice

watch this space for the next post....

8. after cutting out your back bodice, pin together and sew from bottom upwards (you can also fuse with fabric stay if you want)

6. For the back bodice - follow same instructions from the princess seam tutorial, only, insert a middle seam down the center back for better structure like so... as you can see, it isn't a straight line - use the same technique you used while making your princess seams beginning with half an inch from the bottom, beveling towards the apex and above in a gentle curve.
7. notch the center top

4. sew the fused pieces of your bodice together
5. iron out using a tailor's ham or if you can, on your sewing table just try not to flatten the princess curve

(notice the cup-like curve in the third pic? that would accentuate your bustline perfectly *wink*)

So I just posted the third item on the schedule on the blog and pasting here as well:
1. Following the princess seam tutorial as seen here, cut out yours according to your body measurements.
2. get your fabric stay
3. apply and fuse

zaliya: 2. From the margin, make a cone, the bottom being your waistline. Here, I’m using a waistline of 26'',(i.e. 13'' each for front and back, excluding wrap overlap allowances) so the waistline marked out is 38''. Note that we are starting out with the back of the skirt so only 13'' in required asides seam allowances.

Thank you Onnari. Really glad for this thread. Keep it up.
You added an extra 12" to the 26" making it 38". Is this because of the gathers? or is it for the extra wrap peice?

@zaliya - no that was meant for the back piece only i.e gathers allowance and not wrap allowance; for the frontal pieces, I made the wrap allowance as you can see from the photos. Hope it's clear now?

@zaliya - no that was meant for the back piece only i.e gathers allowance and not wrap allowance; for the frontal pieces, I made the wrap allowance as you can see from the photos. Hope it's clear now?

Just incase you having troubles with the princress seams, there's an illustration here: http://www.thatssewnaija..co.uk/2013/05/princess-seam-tutorial.html

@ jadareese- gud job! Well, I cnt tell if ts d photos,buh that doesn't luk like a princess seam. Do u have other photos of it? And hope u remembered to include your overlap allowance for the wrap?

@wizb: using 14" wouldn't be adviceable as u would have little to make your gathers with unless you aren't looking to do a gathered dress and want to just work with the flare and tulle. I would suggest you use 18" from the tip. Mark it out like you are working with a pencil and compass just like in maths class lol! I.e hold down the tape head to the fabric tip(you wld begin at the edge of the fabric so you actually begin at a 45 degree angle), using 18" would leave you with about 38" which is cool considering your waistline is 28" and you only need 14" excluding seam allowance for the back piece.

Follow this link just incase you can't match up the steps with the uploaded pics http://www.thatssewnaija..co.uk/2013/05/sswd-sew-along-sewing-skirt.html

@jadareese- yeah I cut it folded, n there's also a pic of it spread open.

@jadareese- I didn't because the second post was all about the main skirt. The 3rd post for d sew along is all about d linning. Re-read the schedule. Tafetta wouldn't really fly as it would induce heat. Try tailoring shops for net.it isn't difficult to find.

Morning all, have a productive week ahead!

Please go through the photos according to the numberings in the text. and why isn't anyone posting their work? Not cool guys!

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Finally!

I'm trying to upload but can't!

cant seem to upload any photos would try again soon

I chose to cut my skirt in a semi - circle form so that it flares out prettily, although I wouldn't want my skirt to be overly gathered as I’ll be using tulle as well and don't want too much volume. Feel free to add some more gathers if you prefer as it all depends on how you plan to rock yours!
1. Mark out the wrong sides with your marking tool (chalk or marking pen)
2. From the margin, make a cone, the bottom being your waistline. Here, I’m using a waistline of 26'',(i.e. 13'' each for front and back, excluding wrap overlap allowances) so the waistline marked out is 38''. Note that we are starting out with the back of the skirt so only 13'' in required asides seam allowances.
Be sure to make an equal marking from the tip as shown in the photo i.e. if you are using 15'', then it must be 15'' from the centre tip all round the cone.
3.After marking out your cone, cut at the bottom and it should like the photo below. from the same bottom of the cone, mark out whatever skirt length you want (you must have measured out your dress length) here, I’m using 22''
be sure to mark the same length from different points, from top to bottom and you'll find that you have a semi circle kind of shape.
4.Here's what the back piece looks like spread open
5.Fold your back piece in two and spread on you remaining fabric. NOTE: the edges must be aligned
6.This piece makes one part of the front of the skirt. In all, we would require three pieces - back= 1piece, front = 2pieces the extra marking you see that looks like seam allowances, are actually our overlap allowance (as it is a wrap dress we are making) Do this twice, to complete your skirt pieces.
7.After you're done, make a notch at the top centre of each skirt piece.
8.Here’s the back piece spread atop the frontal piece, notice the overlap allowance? here I used 4''
9.Pin the sides together i.e. frontal pieces to either side of the back piece, right sides facing each other.
10. Sew together. Here, I used a one inch seam allowance. For the insides, you could use an overlock, ziz-zag or hem stitch for finishing.
11.Here's the side seam after I joined the pieces together.
12.hem the bottom of the skirt,
13. make your gather stitches at the waistline
14.make two stitches when making gather stitches just in case one gets cut as you pull
15.Pull the first and second threads facing you. Don’t pull all four
16.And the skirt's done. Don't hem the overlap edges. Just leave the skirt as is, till we resume in the next post!