ruched skirt

I have been asked by a friend to make 'School leavers top & skirt'. OK with top, but she has asked for a Ruched skirt. Found photos, but no pattern.

Can anyone help with how I would go about this. Can send photos, if needed.

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Graham Sheldon
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"Ruched" is a term which usually is taken to mean "gathered horizontally". Do you mean something like:

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on the shape of the skirt, you can cut the pattern horizontally across the piece(s) every inch, spread them 2-to-1 (I would not go for more fullness than that), blend the edges and cut your fabric with the new pattern piece(s). Gather the edges, sew them together and secure, either to some seam tape (on the wrong side), some trim, or an underlining (cut from the original pattern). I once made a ruched costume for "Reno Sweeney" in a hishg school procuction of "Anything Goes". The director wanted a very sexy 30s look. I took a formal sheath dress pattern, altered it (I spread at the center front seam only, leaving the sides seams straight), cut it out of hot pink satin, ran gold braid up the center front seam, leaving a knee high slit in the front. It looked almost exactly like:
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I didn't have that pattern. I wish I had a picture of that costume...

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BEI Design

S/B "high"

Aaarrg... paint fumes... ;-}

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BEI Design

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