The Tardis Skirt - sewing 16 panels with a frill
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 need to buy a half metre to get four feature panels. (That is, if the printed images can be viewed upside down)
On this skirt, I used a little over four metres of cheap ribbon and the same again in cheap lace but is not essential to the design.
For complete instructions on how to make this pattern and sew your own skirt follow this link.
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 need to buy a half metre to get four feature panels. (That is, if the printed images can be viewed upside down)
On this skirt, I used a little over four metres of cheap ribbon and the same again in cheap lace but is not essential to the design.
For complete instructions on how to make this pattern and sew your own skirt follow this link.
