Tiered Ruffled Skirt

Are you afraid of this contraption???

I love my ruffler.  Sure, it has caused me my fair share of frustrations (primarily, soon after I got it I realized that I needed to use a pliers to tighten the screw holding the needle as it kept loosening)...and I went through more needles that I care to count (I sometimes forget to move the needle over a little...therefore resulting in a broken or bent needle).  

I came across this pink and brown fabric, and couldn't decide what I liked best...therefore I got a little of everything and made this skirt!

From Ruffled Skirt

From Ruffled Skirt

From Ruffled Skirt

(This was the only plain shirt my Jilli Bean had.  Luckily, I did not stock up on 18 month fall/winter clothes when they were on clearance--I would have been stuck with a bunch of clothes that were one size too small!)

I did a rolled hem on the serger, then used the ruffler on each strip (set it to 1 ruffle every 6 stitches).  Then I sewed the ruffles to strips of plain fabric.  I ruffled 4 rows of 40" strips in less than 10 minutes!  Talk about fast!

 I plan to get a plain, light pink, long sleeve shirt to go with this, and applique a "J" on the front of it (or something!) in the brown w/ pink polka dots (bottom tier). 

I'd like to thank my lil' Jilli Bean for being such a good sport for pictures...it was over 100* outside!  I think she was just happy to get to play outside!

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