Video: The Pep Rally Skirt
Come sew along with me as I sew up the the Pep Rally Skirt. You'll learn:
How to create a fringe on your hem or fabric edge
How to press pleats (or anything else) perfectly!
How to sew pleats. So Many Pleats.
Hope you love this video & find it helpful! Don't forget to download this pattern and instructions in the separate Pep Rally Skirt post.
xoxo,
Gertie
P.S. Use the handy dandy time stamps below (and on the YouTube description) to go to the exact part of the video you would like to see!
00:00 Introduction to the Pep Rally Skirt
Chapter One: Pattern Pieces
04:42 Chapter Two: Fabric & Supplies
08:41 Chapter Three: Sewing the Yoke and Yoke Lining
11:25 Chapter Four: Attaching the Yoke to the Lining
15:19 Chapter Five: Understitching the Yoke
17:31 Chapter Six: Hemming the Garment
19:19 Chapter Seven: Finishing Left Front Opening
21:30 Chapter Eight: Creating a Frayed Fringe Edge (Charm School Skill-Building Exercise)
27:00 Chapter Nine: Pressing the Pleats (Charm School Lesson)
34:58 Chapter Ten: Edgestitching the Pleat Edges
36:09 Chapter Eleven: Sewing the Skirt Back
38:30 Chapter Twelve: Basting the Upper Skirt Edge
40:13 Chapter Thirteen: Sewing the Skirt to the Yoke
46:17 Chapter Fourteen: Finishing the Yoke
49:22 Chapter Fifteen: Attaching the Velcro
52:33 Chapter Sixteen: Attaching the Buckles
56:58 Chapter Seventeen: Sewing the Straps
1:02:36 Chapter Eighteen: Sewing the Strap Buttons and Buttonholes
1:03:41 Goooodbyyye!
Comments (12)
Kilt Skirts are what women wear Kilts are what men wear. Kilt skirts are longer than a mans Kilt. Look it up if you don’t believe me.
This reminds me too much of secondary school days! We wore tartan pleated skirts (they were not kilts made in the traditional way) and, in the summer, straw boaters as well. They were lovely to wear but keeping those wool fabric pleats tidy was a pain especially if it had been raining which is almost daily here in England! Every evening pressing the pleats. No wonder I hate ironing!! On holiday in our caravan in Scotland years ago I bought a kilt for myself and my daughter as we were going to a dance in the evening and it was her birthday. She loved the kilt but, as mentioned before, it reminded me of my school days which I hated. I never wore it again!
Yes my mother made me pleated kilt skirts. Imagine wearing that in hot areas of the USA. It’s ok in winter but in early September it’s hot and also April/May it’s quite warm.
I wish you had made the skirt on the video with tartan. I haven't ever made a tartan skirt and I would love to know how to match the pleats properly using tartan.
This is why real kilts are so expensive. In 1987 a full Scottish men's outfit was around £5,000!! Goodness knows what they cost now. We hire them now.
A few months ago I bought some Tartan fabric that is the Reid Clan Tartan with the plan to make a Kilt Skirt. It is very ironic that you have exactly what I need to make the skirt. We are from the UK living in the USA since I was 3 years old. My mother always made me kilt skirts to wear to school. I am so excited to make this pattern. I am not very experienced at making pleats. I used to sew as a teenager but because I worked constantly as nurses do, I didn't really have time to sew. I am retired now and I have taken sewing back up as a hobby. It's like riding a bike, once you learn you never forget. I love it.
Kilts are not skirts! Lol! They are just kilts. As you know it is traditionally the men that wear them and they wouldn't be happy wearing a skirt! Seeing a man in a kilt makes me come over all unnecessary especially if he has good legs!! The swing of the kilt. Oo-er!!
I love everything about this so much!!! I just started watching Outlander a couple weeks ago…9 episodes in and I’m already obsessed… and this is just in time for the upcoming local Scottish Festival in Eugene, OR 🤍 🏴 🤍 Thank you for fulfilling my pattern fantasies time and time again.
Love, love, love this pattern!
Also, this would be an excellent choice for a first-ever children's size hack, Charm et al.
I'm very excited for this! It will be a while before I get to it, but Im picturing a black light denim/chambray with all the pleats stay stitched at the edges to keep it crispish without too much pressing.
Oooo denim!!!!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️