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Skirt Week: Pieced A-Line Skirt

June 22, 2010 By crafterhours 15 Comments

A few weeks ago I discovered this little girls’ dress at Tea.  I loved the dress, but $65 was a bit more than I’m willing to spend on clothing for my daughters (about $55 more, to be exact).  So of course I had to try to copy it!  The only problem was that when I finished the skirt portion of the dress, I wanted it for myself.  So yeah, I stole it.  I slapped a knit fold-over waistband on it and made it mine.
A few pointers if you try to replicate this look for yourself:
  • If you look closely, you’ll see that the bottom piecing is really just 3 different triangles and 1 trapezoid.  I labeled these “a, b, c, d”
  • Every other skirt panel is the same.  I labeled these “1 & 2”.
  • Then I attached pieces a & b to panel 1, and pieces c & d to panel 2, alternating colors so they never touched.  
  • I made 8 panels, you can make more panels for more of a circle skirt.  You will either need to gather the top or taper the panels more though.
  • The colors are a little warped in these pictures, but it’s a dark pink, blush pink, camel-y tan, and chocolate brown.  The brown waistband is actually the same color as the chocolate brown.

I love the origami look of this skirt.  And I especially love that it matches equally well with 4 different colored tops, a must for my mommy wardrobe (and by “mommy wardrobe”, I mean “needs to do laundry more often wardrobe”)

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Comments

  1. Kelly's Korner says

    June 22, 2010 at 4:24 pm

    Very cute! That dress is now on sale for $39.50, just in case that’s important to you at all. LOL!

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  2. Amber says

    June 22, 2010 at 4:24 pm

    Love this!!! Is each panel narrower on the top then the bottom? Also, do you have suggestions for the ratios??? One last question :) did you use knit for the entire skirt?

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  3. Cynthia says

    June 22, 2010 at 4:24 pm

    That is way tooo cute. I think I will have to make this for myself over the weekend.

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  4. Bethany says

    June 22, 2010 at 4:42 pm

    Mmmmm…I’ve got some scraps that would be just right for the bottom of something like this…

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  5. Disney says

    June 22, 2010 at 5:30 pm

    Oh you clever thing! This skirt is darling. And look, 1,000 followers!! Amazing! Congratulations! I think you had 4 when I first stumbled upon you, you’ve come so far!!

    Reply
  6. Jess says

    June 22, 2010 at 5:37 pm

    awesome skirt! i love the colors!

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  7. Jenny says

    June 22, 2010 at 5:59 pm

    I love it too. I love anything Tea, but they are a bit pricey!

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  8. EvaBabeDesigns says

    June 22, 2010 at 6:04 pm

    Very nice! I think you could wear it to a Japanese Tea Party! ;)

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  9. Amy says

    June 22, 2010 at 6:18 pm

    That’s great! I am a fan of copying those outrageously priced clothes!

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  10. Polly says

    June 22, 2010 at 8:15 pm

    Love this one! I’m adding this to my way-too-long-list of projects to do. Thanks!

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  11. Sew Pretty Dresses says

    June 22, 2010 at 10:51 pm

    So very cute! It is nice to see a fresh design!

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  12. Cook Clean Craft says

    June 22, 2010 at 11:05 pm

    That is so cute. I’m definitely going to have to give this a try, especially as panel skirts are so flattering.

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  13. Sylvie says

    June 23, 2010 at 1:14 am

    This skirt is GREAT !!! Thank you for the inspiration.

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  14. Melanie says

    June 23, 2010 at 2:02 am

    That’s so cute! I love tea too. You know, I love the kimono like dresses and I’ll be testing some patterns out with the knits later this weekend maybe! :)

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  15. casserole says

    June 24, 2010 at 4:50 pm

    Oh! That skirt is just a little slice of fabulousness!!! I linked to your tutorial over at Craft Gossip Sewing:
    http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-a-line-skirt-with-geometric-design-at-the-hem/2010/06/24/

    –Anne

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