What is gypsy skirt?

A gypsy skirt is a long, flowing, multi-tiered skirt that is great for renaissance fairs, belly dancing, or for a bohemian look. The hardest part of making a gypsy skirt is doing the calculations for the width and length of your tiers, but sewing the skirt is much easier.

How much fabric do I need for a gypsy skirt?

I have a short 25-inch skirt here and so used only 2 tiers for the skirt in addition to the waist portion. For this, a medium frilly gypsy skirt, you need about 2 meters or more of the joined fabric patchwork piece for a skirt – You have to add more tiers for more length and calculate yardage accordingly.

How do you wear a wrap skirt?

The skirt is done and now ready to wear. To wear the skirt, start with it on your butt and wrap the side with the longer tie around the back of your waist then tie it to the shorter tie. You can wear this DIY wrap skirt out and about or as a swimsuit coverup.

How do you make a skirt casing for a dress?

1. Determine your skirt length, add 1.5 inches to that number. 2. Lay out your shirt. Measuring from the bottom, cut the shirt to your length plus 1.5. 3. To create the casing, add a line of fabric glue around the top/cut edge of the shirt.

How to sew darts to a skirt?

You’ll want to wrap the skirt around yourself for this to know how wide you will need to make the darts. Use pins to keep your darts intact. You’ll want to make sure the darts are placed in the center of the back of your skirt. I made my darts wide enough so that the skirt would be tight around my waist. Darts are very easy to sew.

How do you attach ties to a skirt?

Fold about half an inch of the edge of the skirt around the sides and bottom in and sew them down to hem. Pin the ties to the top sides of the skirt then fold the top of the skirt down over them and sew along the top of the skirt and down across the ties so that they are now attached to the skirt.