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”)
Kelly's Korner says
Very cute! That dress is now on sale for $39.50, just in case that’s important to you at all. LOL!
Amber says
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?
Cynthia says
That is way tooo cute. I think I will have to make this for myself over the weekend.
Bethany says
Mmmmm…I’ve got some scraps that would be just right for the bottom of something like this…
Disney says
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!!
Jess says
awesome skirt! i love the colors!
Jenny says
I love it too. I love anything Tea, but they are a bit pricey!
EvaBabeDesigns says
Very nice! I think you could wear it to a Japanese Tea Party! ;)
Amy says
That’s great! I am a fan of copying those outrageously priced clothes!
Polly says
Love this one! I’m adding this to my way-too-long-list of projects to do. Thanks!
Sew Pretty Dresses says
So very cute! It is nice to see a fresh design!
Cook Clean Craft says
That is so cute. I’m definitely going to have to give this a try, especially as panel skirts are so flattering.
Sylvie says
This skirt is GREAT !!! Thank you for the inspiration.
Melanie says
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! :)
casserole says
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