Taffeta Organza Bridal Skirt

Name: Taffeta Organza Bridal Skirt
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2017
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2017

A women's long bridal skirt in shot taffeta, fitted through the hips, with a gathered balloon hem, a stiff tulle flounce inside and asymmetric pleats held by five fabric flowers. Shorter at the front, with a train at the back. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: shot (changeant) taffeta for the upper skirt, underskirt and facings.

Tech. Description

Taffeta Organza Bridal Skirt

When To Wear

As a wedding skirt with a corset or a fitted bridal top.
For formal evening events with a close-fitting bodice.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Close-fitting through the waist and hips, with vertical panel seams, widening into a balloon volume below the hips.

Length: High-low: shorter at the front, extending into a train at the back.

Skirt: Two layers. The underskirt is taffeta interlined with dense organza, the taffeta facing the legs. The upper skirt is gathered at its lower edge to the length of the underskirt hem, and the two are stitched together and turned, forming the balloon hem with a clean edge. A stiff tulle flounce is stitched onto the underskirt and sits between the two layers.

Waist: Fused facing finishes the top edge, without a waistband.

Closure: 20 cm zipper in the centre back seam.

Finishing: The final shape is set on a dress form by laying asymmetric pleats, fixed with the decorative flowers.

Level Of Difficulty

Advanced. A two-layer balloon hem, an interlined underskirt with a tulle flounce between the layers and pleats draped on a dress form.

Fabric Recommendations

Shot (changeant) taffeta for the upper skirt, underskirt and facings.

Additional Supplies

20 cm zipper
Stiff tulle
Dense organza
Fusible interfacing
5 decorative flowers

Cutter's Must

If the patterns have a double contour, they include seam allowances; if the contour is single, the patterns do not include seam allowances. Seam allowances: Seam allowance for the center back seam (for zipper insertion) of the garment - 2 cm. Other seams - 1 cm. Attention! First, print out the paper patterns and lay them out on the fabric width (fabric width should be at least 140 cm) to determine how much material you will need. When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match! Try to observe the grain line direction.

From taffeta:
- All upper and lower skirt pieces
- Facing pieces
From dense organza:
- All lower skirt pieces
From stiff tulle:
- Inner flounce, stitched onto the underskirt
From fusible interfacing:
- Facing pieces

Sewing Instructions

Zipper in the center back seam of the back.
All underskirt pieces made of taffeta are duplicated with organza and sewn together along all edges so that the taffeta is towards the legs.
The inner flounce is stitched onto the underskirt from above and passes between the upper and lower layers of the skirt. (That is, the taffeta skirt should be towards the legs!)
The bottom of the skirt is processed as a "balloon" (that is, the upper skirt is gathered along the lower edge to the length of the lower edge of the underskirt and finished at the bottom with a "clean edge").
The facing is duplicated with fusible interfacing, and then the upper edge of the skirt is finished.
Give the skirt its final shape on a mannequin, creating asymmetrical pleats decorated with decorative flowers.