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

Increasingly, children's festive outfits includesuch 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 lengths. Their cut and sewing method has several options, each of which is described in this article.

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

American skirt for a girl under three years old canbe sewn by yourself. 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.
• A simplified model of tails of tulle.
• Skirt of ruches.
• Lush skirt of several layers of the same length.

Experienced craftsmen recommend for tailoringUse a nylon chiffon with a density of 15 D. However, with a limited choice of material, you can do 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 forfour levels. The first, the upper, is made of dense tissue. The rest is 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 article is calculated fromthe 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

Yoke: 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), as 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 skirt-American (master class with their ownhands we describe) 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 3rd 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 cloth, 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 out of cardboard. Its width will be equal to B, and the 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 1st tier (its length is D, in its assembled form - D).
• Performing similar actions with a strip of fabric for the 2-nd tier (by adding up to size D), it is sewn to the free edge of the 1st tier.
• Similarly, perform actions with the 3 rd tier.

The final step is making and fixing the ruches, this process is clearly illustrated by photography.

Ruffs on the edge of the third tier allow to impart to the productfluffiness and lightness, thanks 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 povyubnikom.

Decoration of the skirt

As an ornament many craftsmen usesatin 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 joining the cut pieces.

A feature of the method is the sewing of alltiers to the lining, and not to each other. Thus, several rows of ruches are formed. With one side they are fixed on the lining, the other remains free. The main condition for sewing such a skirt is 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 onesimplicity and ease. It will take a dense rubber band 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.

For the manufacture of the product you need to cut the materialon the stripes of 5-10 cm and length of 20-30 cm. Then each strip is firmly tied 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 bands depends on the planned length of the skirtand allowances for the formation of a node. 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 foradult girls, and for little 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 ordinary 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 skirt-American (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 lines, it is possible to receive quantity of necessary material in running meters.

Focusing on these 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.