American skirt: a master class with their own hands. Pattern, sewing, fabric calculation

Increasingly, children's festive outfits include such an element as a lush American skirt. This model was developed by Christian Dior in the middle of the last century and has since been used in many variations and modifications by many other fashion designers.

Lush skirts, sewn from transparent light fabric, can be of completely different length. Their cut and sewing method has several options, each of which is described in this article.

Both adult girls and girls of school age can wear this wardrobe item. However, the clothes that will be worn with an American should be chosen very carefully. One wrong step - and the image from the fashionable and modern will turn into inappropriate and lurid. Most often, such skirts are worn for participation in photo sessions or festive events.

An American skirt for a girl under three years old can be sewn on its own. Owners of sewing and sewing skills can risk and sew a more complex model. Recommendations for the cutting and sewing process are given below.

Types of lush skirts

There are several possible options for the embodiment of the immortal skirt:

• Classical American.
• Simplified model of tails of tulle.
• A skirt of ruches.
• Lush skirt of several layers of the same length.

Experienced craftsmen recommend for sewing to use nylon chiffon with a density of 15 D. However, with a limited choice of material, you can get by with tulle, net or light chiffon. In any case, the fabric must be airy, otherwise the essence of the product will be lost.

Some of the skirts are made of only a few layers of transparent fabric, others include a dense lining. Sometimes, to achieve a larger volume, additional paddles are used.

Modeling and calculation of an American skirt

The description will be based on the manufacture of the product for the girl. Models for girls can be created on the same principle.

Children's skirt of tulle provides for the presence of four levels. The first, the upper, is made of dense tissue. The rest are cut out of tulle. They have the same width, and the length of each of them is twice as large as the previous one. The edge of the lower level is equipped with thick, short ruffles. The listed components are mandatory for any American.

The total length of the product is calculated based on the age of the girl and the appointment of such a popular garment as an American skirt. Master class (with their own hands how to sew a skirt) is presented in this article, the product is sewn pretty quickly. The instructions greatly help to make an impression of the scope of work and the principles of tailoring the product.

How to calculate the fabric for a skirt

Coquette: its length (denoted by the letter F) can be calculated by measuring the waist of the girl. You should make a coquette slightly wider than the waist (1.5 times), since it will be attached to the elastic band. The height of the part is 10-12 cm. This element is made double, therefore the fabric consumption is doubled (20-24 cm).

Tiers of transparent fabric: their height is calculated, based on the length of the product without a coquette. For example: the total length of the skirt - A, the height of the yoke - B, the number of tiers - 3. The height of each tier:

(A-B): 3 = B.

Children's American skirt (we describe the master class with our own hands) requires about 5-7 m of material. If the expanding layers are sewn on both sides of the product (inside and outside), then these figures should be doubled.

The fabric fabric can be calculated conveniently by finding the area of each tier by the mathematical formula.

1st tier: Вх2Г = Д

The 2nd tier: Вх2Д = Е

3rd tier: Вх2Е = Ж

The width of the ruches with which the lower edge of the third tier is provided is 3 cm. Their total area will be:

3х2Ж = И

Knowing the width of the net or tulle (about 2.5 m), you can find out how much material you need to buy (in running meters):

(D + E + F + I): 2.5

When buying a fabric it is worthwhile to insure yourself and buy a half meter more.

Cutting and assembling parts

In order not to be mistaken when cutting, you need to make a template from the cardboard. Its width will be equal to B, and its length is about 25-30 cm. Such an approach allows cutting all the bands of the same width.

The sequence of sewing the cut parts is obvious:

• Pick up a coquette. For simplicity, it is folded in half and poured, leaving room for gum.
• To one of the free sides of the coquette begin to sew preassembled in advance the first tier (its length is D, in its assembled form - D).
• Performing similar actions with a strip of fabric for the 2nd tier (by adding up to the dimensions of D), it is sewn to the free edge of the 1st tier.
• Similarly, perform actions with the 3 rd tier.

The final step is to make and fix the ruches, this process is clearly illustrated by photography.

Ruffs along the edge of the third tier allow to give the product a splendor and lightness, due to which the American skirt is so popular. The master class describes with its own hands the manufacture of only the front side, the inferior side can be made the same way or equipped with a simple podsubnikom.

Decoration of the skirt

As an ornament, many craftsmen use satin ribbons. Of these, bows are formed for the belt, one or more rows of narrow frills. Also look good skirts, in which satin ribbons sewn on the seams between the tiers.

Decorative effect can be achieved by applying a material of several colors or by using beads and sequins.

Volumetric skirt of several rows of ruches

This kind of skirt made of mesh or tulle is to use a slightly different way of connecting the cut pieces.

A feature of the method is the sewing of all the layers to the lining, and not to each other. Thus, several rows of ruches are formed. One side they are fixed on the lining, the other remains free. The main condition for sewing such a skirt remains the principle of expanding each next tier. The lining is also not cut straight, but with an extension (half sun or sun).

Stripes of tulle are sewn so that the free edge of each next tier slightly covers the sewing line of the lower one.

Simplified skirt model for babes

To make lush packs for little ones, you can simplify your task and make this skirt.

The process of creating it differs from the previous one in its simplicity and ease. It will take a tight gum and about two meters of material (provided its width is more than 2 m). This skirt-American (master class) with their own hands is sewn on consecutive photos and looks no less lush than the classic model. True, it is suitable only for the youngest children.

To make the product you need to cut the material into strips 5-10 cm and length 20-30 cm. Then each strip is tightly attached to an elastic band cut out around the waist of the baby and sewn into a ring. Two free ends of each strip are spoiled and form an air pack.

The length of the strips depends on the planned length of the skirt and allowances for the formation of the knot. In the photographs, the child's skirt of tulle is formed from two colors: white and pink. For each unit of the product, two bands of different colors were simultaneously taken.

At the end of the work, you can decorate the skirt with a bow, paillettes or beads.

Elegant model for girls

The next version of the skirt is suitable for adult girls, and for young girls. The peculiarity of this model is that all its tiers have the same length. Applying this method of sewing, the fabric for the skirt should be chosen carefully. Fatin is suitable only for toddlers. The skirt for the girl should be sewn from nylon or usual chiffon.

The layering of several layers of transparent material allows creating an elegant and easy image. He is much more romantic than the one that the classic American skirt attaches.

The described American skirt (the pattern is given below) is easier to calculate.

As you can see in the pictures, this skirt is made on the principle of "skirt-sun". Having combined two lengths of a skirt and having multiplied this figure on quantity of circles, it is possible to receive quantity of necessary material in running meters.

Focusing on the above instructions, as well as connecting their own imagination and common sense, almost every craftsman will be able to cope with the independent sewing of an American skirt.