But, as it happens, I have a stack of things I have started ...some really an embarrassingly long time ago...and I just need to clear the Work In Progress stack.
So I started with the velvet earth mother skirt. When I left it...just a little under 11 months ago, gulp, I had finished the yoke with the pockets. I decided to cut out each tier, sew it up, and then cut the next one, to avoid mixing the pieces up (one of the previous Hippie Earth Mother Skirts may have had that problem...).
So, today I finished cutting the first gathered tier, and sewed it on, then I cut and assembled the second tier and have it sewn on, although I do need to serge the seam to finish the edges.
I did tackle my cutting schematic to see if I could do wider, and fewer, tiers, but my fabric was 2" too narrow for that to work. I have to use the narrow tiers to be able to use up the fabric efficiently.
Which means...5 tiers, with each tier 1.5 times the volume of the one above it...the hem is going to be something like 330" around. Yeesh. Fortunately, for a velvet, the fabric is fairly light.
I made a casing for a drawstring, just in case it's too heavy for the elastic, just the same.
So, anyway, I shall be gathering for a bit, lol.
When doing something so bodacious and hefty, I use dental floss to gather ... Zigzag over it,
Then pull the dental floss and secure the ends. This is waxed, which means the gathers aren't terribly inclined to slip once I've got them arranged...but it's kinda stiff, so I do pull it out after the seaming is all done.
That's just a little tedious, lol.
Not sure when I will finish this; likely not in time to wear it this season as 1) all the fancy events are behind us and 2) even though our high was in the teens today, we'll be pushing 70 in a week. We're likely done with winter at that point, based on historical trends. But I'll be ready for any holiday parties that arise in 2024, lol.
