Mimikyu - Gijinka #4

THE SKIRT

the tulle petticoat

The first step, before the outer fabric arrived, was to fold the tulle in half, and machine gather it at the fold. I tried to sew it together, in a tube, but this is probably the flimsiest and worst quality tulle I've ever handled in my life! I also unpicked an elastic from old leggings, to use for the waist.

the fabrics

The black fleece were two small blankets, which weren't big enough to make a 1/2 circle skirt, as planned. So I measured the needed length, cut the excess on top, unpicked the side hem, and sewed both pieces together. I planned for two side pockets, in black cotton scraps, but, as acknowledged before, the fabric shifts a lot, and one of the pockets wasn't cooperating, so I ended up just making one pocket (later I added a plastic snap to close it, as it didn't feel safe with the very soft fabric). Then I sewed the elastic on top of the inside of the waist, by stretching it, with a zigzag stitch. I turned it under, shoved the tulle underskirt between the elastic and the skirt, and sewed the elastic again to the waistband. This was when the bobbin ran out, Daruma Don was the next day, I still had to sew the ears to the hood, so I decided to leave it be.

the skirt with untrimmed petticoat

A few weeks later, I refilled the bobbin, finished sewing the waistband elastic, and, using the poncho scallop template, marked the skirt scallops with tailor's chalk, so they would be staggered with the poncho's scallops. Then I zigzagged over that line, and trimmed the excess fabric. Finally I roughly cut some scallops in the tulle, so it's still visible under the skirt.

finished skirt + petticoat

+ This is a very basic skirt, with scallops on the bottom, not much to it
- Running out of bobbin thread was enough to not pick up the skirt to finish it for one month, something I did in a few hours... the one pocket worked, but I would prefer to have two anyway. 

THE CUNNING PLAN
Make the small accessories.

Replace the tulle with something with more structure. As I was wearing it, the tulle bunched up under the skirt, and it got heavily tangled.