FOR THE SKIRT

Buy the fabric - washable white satin. You can now purchase material from CMA, call Jill Cook at 720-308-9291.

Cut the fabric

1. Cut two lengths equal to the ankle to hip measurement all the way across fabric from selvage to selvage.
2. Cut a length 8" for the top yoke.
3. Measure child at hip, add 4" and cut width of yoke this amount.

Sew Skirt

1.   Stitch short side of yoke together with ½" seam (finish the seam as it is very ravelly!)   
   Leave 1 ½" open at top. This is the back seam. 
   
   
2. To make two rows of casing for elastic:  
   - Fold over 1-½" and either finish edge or turn under ¼".    
   
- Stitch close to edge, and again halfway between first stitching and top fold.  
- Run 2 pieces of ½" elastic through openings and stitch where comfortable.
3. Stitch skirt bottom pieces together at sides. (Keep selvages on as this eliminates need to finish seam edges.)
   The width of skirt is the same no matter what the size of the child.
4. Sew two lines of gathering stitches at skirt top, breaking stitches at sides. Gather.
5.   Stitch gathered skirt to bottom of yoke. Finish edge.
6. Make small hem with machine at bottom of skirt.  Length should be lower calf.

FOR THE BELT

1. Buy 1 yd. of gold lamé.
2. Cut a square with 30-½" sides.
3. Make a small hem on all four sides.  The square will be folded into a belt.

1. Out of leftover lamé, cut a piece 4" x 30".
2. Make a small hem on each short end.
3. Sew a ½" seam with long edges together. Turn tube inside-out.
4. Thread an 8" piece of elastic through and stitch ends.
5. Hand-stitch ends of lamé together.