Side ruched maxi skirt with subtle chevron print
I decided it was time to hop on the bandwagon and brand myself a maxi skirt, then I headed to Joann'south with my l% off coupon and purchased a yard and a half of goldenrod interlock knit for $7.l. Then I got a niggling nervous. Did I really want to swath myself from waist to feet in brilliant gold? Was there some way to lighten the colour a bit? Mayhap some way to interruption upwards the solid sheet of gilt?
I decided to try using bleach to create a chevron blueprint of lighter yellow across my skirt pieces. It turned out very subtle, but I similar it.
Bleach volition affect different fabrics in different ways, so when y'all use bleach to create a pattern you may end up with slight colour variation, like I did, or a huge color variation (like when you happen to wear your favorite tee while bleaching the tub and invariably splash a drop of bleach correct about the bustline. Or is that just me?)
Because my bleach effect wasn't as strong equally I might have liked, I decided the skirt needed another footling something to continue it from looking like a straight column of goldenrod. And so I added a bit of ruching on one side.
Interested in the chevron procedure? Read on. I'll share a quick tute for the ruching later in the calendar week.
I started past cutting out my brim pieces according to the directions posted at Elle Dress. (Note if y'all use this tute: cut the waistband pieces smaller/tighter than you retrieve you need – yous really need it tight to hold up all the weight of the skirt.)
I laid one skirt piece out on my counter and used ii inch wide painters tape to create a chevron pattern.
I kept the lines of tape close together because I knew the bleach would drain under them (the dry parts of the material suck the wet bleach in), and it'due south a skillful affair I did or else I might accept concluded upward with no design at all. Once the record was downward I sprayed undiluted bleach on the lines in betwixt the tape using a spray bottle.
In retrospect I probably would have gone a petty easier on the bleach (I made certain the area was completely saturated), but live and learn. Once the whole matter was sprayed I laid out the other brim piece and transfered the tape over to it and repeated the process. Here'south what the brim piece looked like right after I removed the tape (immediately after spraying):
The night portions are the places that are moisture with bleach. Now here'southward where some experimentation comes in. I could tell the bleach wasn't affecting the colour very drastically, then I waited almost one-half and hour before I rinsed the bleach out. This gave the bleach enough of fourth dimension to continue to spread, making the unbleached lines narrower than originally planned:
Then if the bleach affects your fabric apace, I'd rinse it out right abroad and it won't have every bit much time to bleed past the taped lines.
I'm going to attempt this over again shortly with a different fabric, so I'll keep you posted!
As I mentioned before, I also added a few inches of ruching along one side of the skirt. I did this because every time I walk wearing a very long skirt, I take to grab one side and pull information technology up a few inches so I don't footstep on it. I figured, hey, why not pull it up a few inches permanently? Plus, I've had five kids, and something that adds a few concealing gathers across the middle tin't be a bad thing. It simply takes about 5 minutes to add a piffling ruching like this – click here to learn how to ruche cloth!
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