Josephine Supa Twirl Skirt from
RomeoandMaeA very straight forward pattern utilising 3 longer pieces for that extra twirl, although this did upset me, as I like seams to match when joining upper and lower pieces (which obviously you can't achieve when you have 3 seams on the twirl ruffle and 2 seams on the main body piece.) I think next time, I'd just use 2 extra long pieces (pending length calculations, which my darling husband suggested after I had put the skirt together
"honey why didn't you just use two extra long pieces?" lol)
On an exciting front, I used my gathering foot for my Janome DC3050 for the first time, which achieved a very pleasing result. I did, however, have to do two gathering lines in order for the long gathered piece to match the body piece. I guess that is the only downside to machine versus hand gathering, but it did produce nice even gathers as it went along. You have to start experimenting somewhere along the line ...
I used the 19 inch elastic allowance for a size 4 in the waist, I may just have to pull that in a bit for Jaida, as she twirled, the skirt started to drop a fraction (I did the waist while she was asleep the other night.)
Overall, a nice little supa twirling skirt with dancing girls in green from SL.
Jaida trying the "twirl" factor
