Cane Country Squares

OK, so not everyone is into square dance and Dr Who. Go crazy with your own colours and feature fabrics. This style of skirt is very traditional with the bottom frill and added lace but also gives you lots of scope to add your own flair. The base pattern starts with the multi panel skirt already described on our website. The panel length is cut shorter than 50cm with the frill added to make the rest of the length. You will need about three metres of fabric for this pattern. This can break down into two metres for eight panels, the frill and waist band and one metre for eight contrasting panels. It can be broken down further into half a metre per four panels to create more variation.  The cost can be kept very low by using Top Pop Poplin, a poly cotton blend. A feature fabric and ribbon is not necessary. You can still make a great looking skirt from a single plain colour or use multiple plain colours.   Some designer fabrics are pricey but not so bad when you only ne

With our break from square dancing and some great new year specials on fabric, I have made myself a new panel skirt and some men's scarf ties with some remnant fabric. If you want to have a go at making your own, follow the page link to get the scarf tie pattern and instructions on how to make them. The fabric I choose for my skirt is cotton with a pattern that will suit the Floral Fiesta theme at the 2020 QLD State Convention in Hervey Bay. The large design of the Eiffel Tower forced me to divide my panel skirt pattern into sixteen parts so the design would be upright all the way around the skirt. To do this, start with the four panel instructions and then divide the quarter panel into another four pieces. Find the instructions for making a panel skirt here.