bias cut skirt

Dear Liz,

Draw a 2-inch box on the pattern piece, the first side parallel with the original grainline. Then draw a diagonal line through the upper rleft corner, and lower right corner. Extend this line, and this is your new grainline, throwing the whole piece on the bias.

Teri

Don't forget to add more ease because the bias cut skirt will stretch longer and skinnier after you hang it for 24 hours. I am not sure how much to add, but I am sure somebody will see this and know!

Michelle Giordano - who loves bias cut skirts, but not putting zips in them!

There was a conversation about seam slippage quite awhile ago here. It seems to me that the factory either didn't let it hang, didn't use wide enough seam allowances, or both. There could be many other things that made it do this. Its too bad you had that happen. I bought a bias cut skirt about four years ago and wore it alot, it didn't fall apart but the print was out of fashion, so I took it apart and used it to make a pattern for more skirts. I think I added about 1/2" to each seam and took about 1" from the hem and it worked ok.

Michelle Giordano