Nirma Skirt for my daughter - with video

UPDATE -
FREE PATTERN :  Nirma skirt free pattern



Hi All, Hope you are having a great week. I'm endlessly making this skirt. I made one for my daughter's friend. I had to make one for my daughter. How can I not? :)  Also, a colleague of mine has been asking to make one for his daughter. I was planning on making the phus phus skirt but have now changed my mind to make the Nirma skirt. See the video below how it twirls. The fabric I used was jeans material and still look how it twirls. Next I'm making something of rayon. It will be great I know for sure.



I have to share these pics with you all. I cannot imagine that if such thick fabric can look so good then options are endless and with summer coming I'm already imagining this skirt flying away showing off the bloomers - I have to learn to make them though :).

I've put many more in flickr.
Have a super weekend!!

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Gher skirt for my daughter's friend

Hi All,

UPDATE - For full instructions to make a Nirma skirt please go to NIRMA SKIRT FREE PATTERN.

I made this skirt for my daughter's friend. I was deliberating to make either a poltam skirt or a phus phus skirt and finally ended up making a altogether different one. This is for a 3 1/2 yr old. I put it on for my daughter who is nearing 2. Its of course long but swings so well. I just love it.
The gathering I used is my favorite gathering method for perfect gathers. Gher means flare in Hindi (Indian language) if you were wondering what is gher.
I think the top part of the skirt could be a bit longer though and please don't notice the black thread I used for the hem :) ran out of white thread.

It's a corduroy polka dots and the corduroy is really fine. Same kind of fabric I made the inverted pleat tunic, dungaree and the circle skirt which I had a tough time fixing the twisted elastic which I blogged as well how I finally did.

Learning: I used a trimming and got it wrong the first time. I wanted to baste the trimming onto the top part of skirt before attaching the bottom part but after I basted and pinned the top and bottom the trimming went on the inside of the skirt. The facing of the trimming while basting is very important. The second time around I was turning the skirt inside out and pinning it a thousand times before basting it.

To put in the elastic I didn't use the method I used for poltam skirt or phus phus skirt. I tried a different method here. I pinned the elastic to the fabric at several places. While pulling the elastic I sew on top of the elastic. This is easy but could go wrong. But yes it produces perfectly evened out elastic just like poltam skirt or phus phus skirt and you don't need the middle and top sewing to be done. :)

I'm already planning a few more skirts in this style :)

-Preethi

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