Skirts are always a key player in a girl’s wardrobe and this definitely applies to my daughter who loves to wear skirt when ever it is possible for her to do so. Here is the all time favorite 3 tiered skirt I sewed for her. Get the all sizes pattern on the second page of this post; be it long, short, mini, or midi, adjust the pattern with your desire length.
I sew this above knee length 3 tiered skirt for my daughter who is in her pre-teenager age. She is 5′ tall and her waist is 25″. The skirt length is 15″ long and total fabric required is 1 1/4 yard, lace is about 4 1/4 yard, ribbon is about 2 1/8 yard. Again, this 3 tiered skirts pattern is for all sizes, all you need to have are the waist and the skirt length measurements of the person you intended to sew this skirt for.
For this 3 tiered skirt, I used gathering presser foot to gather the fabric which is faster than the manual gathering method. If you haven’t used a gathering foot to gather fabric, there is a video on second page to show you how to do it. Total time I’ve spent to sew this 3 tiered skirt is about 2 hours. If you do not have gathering presser foot for your sewing machine you can still do the fabric gathering manually, refer to the ruffles skirt tutorial where I did the gathering manually.
My daughter loves this skirt a lot, especially the details on the lace trim at the bottom hem and the ribbon between the 2nd and 3rd tier. While, I love to see her wearing this 3 tiered skirt and adore the way the skirt swirl as she walks.
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I really love this skirt with the fabric choice and trims, and the style! I do have a question about the gathering I’d love if you could share your thoughts on…
You mentioned that you use a ruffling foot. I also have a ruffling foot, but it’s a vintage Singer (and it works beautifully)! What I don’t understand is how you know, when using a foot, how much fabric it will take to make a certain finished length. For instance, you are using a 2:1 ratio for most of the gathering. Have you figured out exactly which setting gathers the fabric at 2:1? If so, did you have to do this by testing it on scraps and making notes? Or does your foot have a setting that tells you? Mine certainly doesn’t. This is the only reason I haven’t used my gathering foot more.
Thank you so much for any help.
Natalia
Hi Natalie, first of all I am using gathering foot and not ruffling foot, these 2 feet are different. I mentioned in the tutorial that you will need to adjust the stitch length and stitch tension, test it on scraps to get the desired gathering effect of your choice. By saying that, you will need to mark the length of the fabrics in order to know how much fabric you are using for the tension and stitch length setting. Each machine is different, as well as the fabric you are using, and the tension you hold the fabric, you will need to test it out on scrap before you sew the skirt. 2:1 ratio is what I am using for this skirt, it is just a benchmark, you can opt for lesser or denser gathering.