A bright skirt in a "gypsy" or "bohemian" style, sewn with your own hands, will help to express the individuality and non-trivial taste of its owner. In addition, it is a versatile summer wardrobe item that can be worn with a denim jacket, a knitted cardigan, a light jersey T-shirt, and an ethno-style blouse.
Sewing a boho skirt is not so difficult, even a novice seamstress can cope with this task. In fact, it is a tiered wide skirt. You can make it monochromatic, but such a thing, combined from fabric of different colors, and possibly even textures, looks much more interesting.
It is important to remember that the thickness of the fabrics should be approximately the same.
The first way to sew a skirt of this style is to assemble it from strips of fabric. Stripes can be either two colors and alternate with each other, or different in color - such a product will come out even brighter and more interesting.
Before starting work, it is necessary to calculate the fabric. Determine how many tiers will be in your skirt. Measure the length of the item and divide by the number of tiers. Add 1 to 2 cm to this result for seam allowances. The result will correspond to the length of each strip. For convenience, take integer numerical values, and the lower tier can be made slightly longer than the rest.
Now you need to calculate the width of each strip. Measure your hips. The width of the first tier will be equal to the hip circumference multiplied by 1, 5. The width of the second tier is equal to the width of the first, multiplied by 1, 5. Thus, all the tiers of the skirt are calculated.
In order to optimize fabric consumption, calculate how much total material is needed for each tier. Lower ruffles will have to be collected from shorter strips of fabric by stitching them together. Sew each tier of the skirt into a ring. Overlock or zigzag the top and bottom edges.
Gather the second tier on one side so that the width of its ring is equal to the width of the ring of the first tier. Sew the second tier to the first with the gathered side. You can remove the seam inside, or you can leave the gathered part of the second tier on the front side of the skirt - it will serve as a kind of decoration. Sew the remaining tiers of the skirt in the same way.
If the selected fabric is too thin and will show through, make a backing. To do this, cut out a strip of fabric, the width of which is equal to the width of the upper tier of the skirt, and the length is equal to the desired length of the lining. Overcast the edges and sew the fabric into a tube. Sew the lining to the top tier of the skirt from the wrong side. You can leave a piece of the lining fabric for the drawstring, into which the elastic will be threaded, or you can simply sew a wide elastic to the upper tier of the skirt.
A wide tiered skirt will also look good from rags. In this case, each tier is made up of flaps of a different color. Before you start sewing, you need to calculate the required number of flaps. For convenience, make them the same length. The width of the flaps will increase depending on which tier they are located on. The calculation of the total width of the tier is similar to that which was done when sewing in the first way. Don't forget to add seam allowances to the size of the flaps
Remember that the loose edges of the flaps also need to be overlocked.
The seams of such a skirt are best done from the seamy side, because otherwise, the product will turn out too "shaggy". Sew each tier separately from patches, and then join together in the same way as described above. The skirt will look more elegant if the flaps of the same color are not next to each other during the assembly process.
In order to give integrity to such a variegated product, sew decorative trim around the perimeter of the rectangles. It can be ribbon, trim, fringe, cords or something else, depending on your imagination and the general concept of the product.
