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 Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:38 pm
I making a qi-loli dress. I already have the top I bought at a thrift shop for 3 bucks. So now I'm going to redo the ends of the sleeves and make a black skirt to go with. I want make a skirt that has volume already and does not need a petticoat. I was thinking of a flared skirt but I don't know how much volume it would give me. The tutorial shows with volume but I'm not possitive. Or at least find a way to give it volume with the cloth I have.
P.S What is the the best cloth that goes with a 53% rayon and 47% acetate chinese long sleeve shirt for the skirt 2ft 7 inches wide and 1 ft 5in long. And I want it to be affordable and black. You know the maximum of 20 bucks. I was thinking polyester but my mom said it wasn't fashionable.
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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:04 pm
Unfortunately, you can't get much volume out of a bell-shaped skirt without a petticoat most of the time. It'll just hang from your hips and not really poof out at all. The easiest way to make a skirt in the right shape is to take your waist measurement, triple it, and use that to make a rectangle skirt [if you need details for that, let me know] that you can fit a petticoat under.
You can get tulle at a craft store for very little money, so petticoats aren't that hard to do. Buy about four to six yards, sew it into a tube and then fold it over so that at least one half of the material is the length you need it to be. Sew around the material about an inch from the fold to add a channel at the top [leave part of it open], slip elastic the same length as your waist is around through the channel to make a waistband, and tada. Instant petticoat with plenty of poof.
As for fabric to go with that shirt, I'm not really sure what to say to help you without seeing exactly what you're dealing with. You could get a poly-rayon blend, but that stuff looks absolutely disgusting and tends to fray apart really easily. If I were you, I think it'd probably be best to play down the satiny texture and go with a black Kona cotton or poplin, instead. That way, the shirt stays the focus, but the rest of your outfit doesn't look all shiny and oily.
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