Bicycle Skirt – Lined and Ruffley
I think I forgot to post my finished bicycle skirt. Here it is!
A crappy picture of it anyway. It’s hard sometimes to take a good picture of yourself. It’s not that my camera doesn’t have a self timer but more about shot setup. I could have gone outside with the good camera and tripod but I’m lazy and the inside of my house is just too cluttered to make a good backdrop. This shot includes some cat barf and my husbands yellow crocs and the strap to the camera. Sorry about that!
I made this skirt with Timeless Treasures bicycle fabric that I bought at Hart’s Fabric in Santa Cruz. and some plain black lawn and some super cute ruffle trim from Joann’s. I with I had bought more of the black ruffle trim, I did buy a few yards in red that I haven’t used yet.
I copied one of my favorite skirts onto muslin and then used that as my pattern. It’s just a simple A line and only took a few hours. Here’s how I do it:
- cut main fabric and lining.
- take a lining piece and a main piece and sew them together at the top, right sides facing. Do the same for the second pieces.
- flip up the lining. on one side sew the lining pieces together and then sew the main fabric pieces together. on the other side sew from the bottom up about 3/4 of the way or to where ever your zipper comes down to.
- flip the lining into the skirt ans sew a top stitch along the top edge.
- put your zipper in
- hem the main fabric and hem the lining in towards main skirt fabric.
The End
How do you make a basic lined A line. Does my way sound easy?
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June 23, 2009 at 6:27 am
it sounds easy and clever. i wish i had time and nice fabric to try it out.
June 23, 2009 at 8:53 am
Cute skirt! Where’s the cat barf? I’m gross like that.
June 23, 2009 at 10:17 pm
nice pins! and shoes!
How did you get ruffley effect? Or was this just how your original skirt worked?
ps – do you wear this skirt on your bike?
August 19, 2009 at 1:18 pm
ok, I already said, I love the skirt on twitter, but I had to come over to say how much i adore your shoes too. could you email me and let me know where you got them??