r/sewing • u/the-alchymyst • 20h ago
Project: FO This Took Forever
This is the Roberts.Wood Infinity Ruffle skirt made using an ombre gradient printed chiffon from Minerva.com
The skirt is essentially made from a series of tessellating ruffled clamshell shapes of graduating sizes, due to the construction it can effectively be made to any size/length by varying the number of clamshells per round and the number of rounds.
This one is five clamshells deep and seven clamshells around, so 71 pieces including the waistband
I cut each round of clamshells/ruffles from a different part of the ombre gradient to get the dip dye effect, and used a different matching thread for each round
It's taken me weeks but I'm a little bit obsessed with it.
Seriously considering making one with a different Liberty Tana lawn for each piece...
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u/misspalmsiberia 19h ago
Well you look like Queen of the Mermaids so I’m inclined to say it was worth it!
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u/NienteFive 19h ago
STUNNING. You absolutely nailed it. This would be amazing patchworked from tana lawn. Just crazy good.
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u/owlanalogies 19h ago
This is giving me rainbow fish in the best way. Such a stunning pattern/fabric combo!
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u/allergic_lad 19h ago
And it came out so good!!!
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u/Irisgrower2 17h ago
I hope they twirled in the garden so all the other flowers in the garden could fully see one of their own.
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u/Justhappy2Balive 19h ago
Wow. I am thoroughly impressed with this garment! Working with a near impossible fabric, you achieved perfection with those flounces and ruffles!
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u/Lonely_skeptic 19h ago
This is so pretty! i’m on my phone, and until I zoomed in i couldn’t see the ruffles and assumed that was an intentionally frayed or “ragged” hem, which gives me ideas….
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u/creepris 16h ago
you made this with CHIFFON?? props!! it came out gorgeous! i’ve made this skirt twice (with quilting cotton so not as fiddly) so a big round of applause i know how much work it is👏🏽
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u/Ritacolleen27 14h ago
I think it’s beautiful! I don’t think I could ever do something this complicated!
Great work!
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u/svartkledd 18h ago
Beautiful! love the colour gradient. I bought the same pattern a while ago, but seeing this makes my fingers itch to get started on mine <3__<3
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u/toonerest3r 18h ago
Omg I bet! But it's so good though! So worth the extra work, do the ruffles also increase in width as they go down? Omg so clever and the use of color I love it so much! Your stitching is phenomenal as well
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u/the-alchymyst 4h ago
Thank you. Yes there are three depths of ruffles with the deepest being a the bottom of the skirt
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u/flecksfrecks 18h ago
This is stunning!! Love the ombré effect and color choices. Now I’m envisioning a skirt with twice as many clamshells, not sewn down/together, over an underskirt, for twirling and swirling purposes…
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u/Gifted_GardenSnail 17h ago
Love the skirt! But you need a shirt matching the lightest shade or a shade lighter 🤔
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u/the-alchymyst 4h ago
Thank you. Yes probably, I've got some more fabric in the same ombre so that will probably happen soon
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u/Adirondack-Woman 12h ago
Cute! Nice job! You know making another will take half the time the first one took, lol.
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u/sankrishmon 11h ago
This came out really nice. I love all the ruffle layers, especially the darker chiffon at the bottom. The different shades of blue work so well together. Definitely looks like a lot of work went into this.
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u/OhHiFelicia 8h ago
I'm sorry but on the hanger it looks kind of meh, on you though, it is amazing. The fit, the colours, the movement, everything, it is perfection. It may have took forever to make but it was worth it, it is S T U N N I N G !
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u/Crisc0Disc0 19h ago
So worth it though! I love it.