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04.17

pleated bubble skirt

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I love the look of bubble skirts, but this bubble skirt is a little different–with pleats on the bottom! Little inverted pleats dissipate upwards into a bubble of skirt with a gathered elastic waist. This skirt can be made in any size. I made it in a 6T but am thinking about making one for myself, too! 

Pattern pieces:

YOKE: strip (waist measurement X 2.4) by 8″
(ex. waist: 25 so strip is 60 inch long by 8″ wide)


SKIRT BODY: yoke length by desired length
(ex. 12″ long for size 5T/6T)


ELASTIC: 1″ elastic a few inches shorter than waist measurement


HOW TO PLEAT:  Start with skirt body piece. I cut mine on a selvage edge, so the bottom hem won’t fray. If you didn’t serge the bottom edge, or use a zig zag stitch to keep it from fraying. Now make 1″ box pleats facing each other with 2″ in between each set. Start with a single box pleat on 1 end.

Stitch across the bottom edge at about 3/8″, securing the pleats in place.

Then fold over 1/2″ of the bottom edge.

Stitch at about 1/4″ to hide your raw edge.

The skirt body is done!

For the yoke, fold over and press, creating a long double strip.

Pin the yoke to the top of the skirt body.

Sew it on and finish the edge.

Then sew a casing by stitching down 1.5″ from the top edge of the yoke.

Pull the elastic through the casing.

And finally, sew up the side seam.

And you’re done! 


I printed that pink fabric myself. I’ll show you what I did soon, you’ll never guess what I used! 



See you tomorrow for MORE PLEATS!



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5 Comments

  1. Jeran

    04/17 at 9:50 PM

    very cute, my girls may need one of these!

  2. Rebecca

    04/17 at 9:51 PM

    I love this skirt, may make one for myself too! My guess is ink/paint & plastic shopping bags for the print. :)

  3. Anna

    04/18 at 8:02 PM

    A very nice skirt, my daughter loves it.
    A hug.
    Anna

  4. Karmen

    05/29 at 2:15 PM

    This is beautiful, thanks so much for sharing!

  5. Gatoni

    01/10 at 8:47 AM

    I knew your blog a couple of days ago… I love all your posts!!! and I did this skirt to myself… probably I would have to do some changes (It’s a bit big) but I enjoyed a lot doing it.
    You can see it here:
    http://seekatesew.blogspot.com.es/2012/04/pleated-bubble-skirt.html

    Thanks and congrats again for your baby!!!

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