QUILTsocial | Issue 07

skill level easy
finished measurements
top edge to bottom edge 26½” [67cm]
skirt width 50” [127cm]
materials
fabric
• 32” [80cm] Fabric 1 (floral)
• 39” [100cm] Fabric 2 (solid)
• 1yd package or 1yd x 20” Sulky Soft n Sheer extra
required notions
• Sew Easy 10⁰ Wedge Ruler
• quilting ruler 6” x 24”
• 45mm rotary cutter
other
• Kai Scissors 4½”
• Heirloom Glass Head Pins
• 4 spools Gütermann Serger thread
• 30 wt Sulky Cotton Blendables thread
• Topstitch needle size 90/14
• Clever Clips
• Clover Double sided basting tape
• Heirloom Air-erasable marker
• Heirloom Stop Fray
Cutting
Fabric 1
Bib: 2 – 12” x 11” (1 lining and 1 bib front)
Wedges: 2 – 17” x 14”
Binding: 2 – 2½” x 22”
Fabric 2
Ruffle: 2 – 3½”x 40”
Waistband/Ties: 2 – 4½” x 40”
Neck Ties: 2 – 3½” x 40”
Wedges: 2 – 17” x 12”
Soft n Sheer Extra
Bib: 12” x 11”
Waistband: 2¼” x 20”
Serger set up
4–Thread Overlock Stitch
Neck Ties
1. Cut one neck tie strip 20” long. For each tie,
place right sides together, serge the length and
across one end.
2. Put a dab of Fray Stop on the threads at the corners.
3. Turn right-side out. Press and set aside
Bib
1. Fuse Soft n Sheer Extra to the back of the bib front.
2. Place the lining and front right sides together on a cutting
mat with 11” as the width.
3. Line up the Sew Easy 10 degree wedge ruler with the #23
along the bottom edge of the fabric with the edge of the
ruler in the bottom right hand corner. Only trim off the
excess fabric on the right hand side of the ruler and discard.
4. Repeat for the left hand side of the bib.
Inserting the neck ties
1. On the right side of the bib front; place the raw edge end of
each neck tie about ½” in from each side, along the top edge
of the bib.
2. Hold in place with double sided basting tape. Place the
lining and the bib front right sides together.
3. Serge across the top of the bib catching the neck ties in the
seam. Check to make sure the tie ends have been caught.
4. Serge the side seams. Put a dab of Fray Stop on the threads
in the top corners.
Waistband/Ties
Serge the waistband/tie strips together to create one long strip.
To create a firm waist band, place 2¼” x 20” piece of Soft n Sheer
Extra to wrong side of the waistband centering it over the joint
and matching one of the raw edges. Fuse in place.
Skirt
1. Using the Sew Easy 10 degree wedge ruler, place the #6
along the 14” top raw edge of the fabric and the #23 along
the bottom raw edge.
2. Cut along both edges of the ruler. Discard the small wedge
from the side.
3. For second wedge flip the ruler 180 degrees lining up edge
of ruler with cut edge of fabric, #6 along the bottom raw
edge and #23 along the top raw edge.
4. Cut 2nd wedge. Repeat for remaining wedges.
Cut: 7 wedges from the 17” x 14” pieces of Fabric 1
6 wedges from the 17” x 12” pieces of Fabric 2
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