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Chado Ralph Rucci Bias Skirt (and top) Is my fabric wide enough for Vogue 1310?
Noiresque   Beginner AUSTRALIA Member since 5/23/10 Posts: 75	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/6/12 8:02 PM Vogue 1310 I have just over 5 yards of black crepe back silk satin in the stash which is 44 inches wide. I was thinking of buying Vogue 1310 to work on the skirt for my mother to wear on her birthday, but the pattern calls for 60 inch width fabric. I am concerned that because the skirt (or seemingly at the very least the bottom panel of it) is cut on the bias, I won't be able to cut it out. It's such a great pattern for a semi-formal Sydney summer evening, with the right air of polish and relaxednes.s.
Nancy K Advanced NY USA Member since 12/28/04 Posts: 7584	Login to reply to this post In reply to Noiresque << Like this post Date: 9/6/12 8:08 PM You have the perfect fabric for it. I haven't seen a fabric layout for this pattern, but I would guess you'd need to piece it. ------ www.nancyksews.blogspot.com
mmcp   Advanced Beginner MD USA Member since 5/31/09 Posts: 92	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/7/12 8:20 PM Can you add a seam at the back? It'll make the bias hang better anyway.
Elona   Advanced CA USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 7401	Login to reply to this post In reply to mmcp << Like this post Date: 9/7/12 9:20 PM As SewRuth says in her review, "There's only one seam in this skirt that spirals around the body". To widen the fabric enough, I suspect that piecing, as Nancy says, would wind up being easier. Piecing has long been an acceptable technique for long bias skirts. You can see a good example here, especially if your computer lets you zoom waaaaay in to the knee/thigh area. -- Edited on 9/7/12 9:20 PM --
Noiresque   Beginner AUSTRALIA Member since 5/23/10 Posts: 75	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/12/12 1:40 PM Thanks Nancy, mmcp and Elona for all your help! I have finally received the pattern. The poly fabric I have for my muslin is 60", so I will have a go assembling the skirt and having an idea about how it should look, before I tackle the piecing. That beautiful bridal picture gives me confidence that it will look all right.

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