Ruffle skirt tutorial . . .

One of my daughters picked out a sparkly new top while shopping with her Oma last week, and needed a new skirt to go with it.  And after seeing the new ruffle fabrics out there, we went looking online to find some for a good deal.  We came across some great deals on Etsy, and for only $4, we bought a half yard of some black with white trim from Pink Poppies Fabric.

There's more than one way of making a ruffle skirt, and here's the method I used:

First, cut out your skirt piece - decide on your skirt length; and for the width, take your waist measurement and double it.

Make a casing at the top of the skirt by folding the top ruffle to the back and catching it with your stitches.

Cut a piece of 1/4" elastic to your waist size and feed it through the casing with a safety pin attached.

Secure the ends of the elastic together with a double zig-zag stitch.

Match your two unfinished edges of the skirt and sew them right-sides together - take your time and make sure to have all the ruffles facing down by either matching them together as you sew or you could pin them all before you start sewing.

Here you can see the finished seam.

And that's it!  So simple, and such a fun fabric to play with.  My daughter says it's just fancy enough to go with her new top.  And I have just enough left over ruffle fabric to make a newborn size one for my new little niece . . .

Linking up to Finish it up Friday, Sew & Tell Friday, and Confessions of a Fabric Addict.