prairie/hippie skirt pattern wanted!

[RockersAgainstEmo]

I'm really gunning for making a few prairie skirts for Spring, so if anyone has some nice patterns out there, I'd really appreciate them!  Thanks!

[GloryB]

You really don't need a pattern for that style of skirt.  Measure the skirt length that you want, add 3 1/2 inches for a hem and waist seam allowance, Multiply that by 3, add 1/4 yard, buy that much fabric. And a 7" zipper.  Cut 3 skirt lengths, out of the remaining fabric cut your waist band, You should have enough for a pocket, too.  Sew the panels together, putting the zipper in one of the seams.  Gather the top edge to fit, and sew on the waist band, and hem the bottom.
That is how we made our first skirt in Home-Ec when I was a freshman in high school

[Randommarble]

I thought a prairie skirt was one with tiers Aren't they made by getting one piece a little longer than ur waist and then add a little more to each tier and gather till they fit each other then sew together, sew a casing and thread elastic (about the length of ur waist or perhaps slighty shorter) through top and hem the bottom.

[GloryB]

A "prairie" skirt is simply a full gathered skirt.  It can be tiered, or have a ruffle around the bottom, or not.  It can have either a set-on waist band or elastic waist.  And it should be a least mid-calf length.

[Randommarble]

GloryB - thanks for the explanation

[RumGummbleBee]

Hey I just found one! and it is cheap too!!!!! wooohoo, I am going out tomorrow to get it:

[Randommarble]

If you are making a tiered one like that, you should come and join the gypsy skirt sewalong (on the sewalong board). Most people are just winging it but it may be useful to have someone there with proper instructions for when I can't explain things. The more, the merrier.