1-2-3 Tier DressThis 1-2-3 Tier Dress is made from a child's tie dyed T shirt and a woman's very full long skirt. Both the tie dyed T shirt and the gathered skirt were found at the local Goodwill store. They were meant to be joined!
Materials Needed:
1 yard 45" fabric or long full skirt
T shirt
gathering foot
Zigzag sewing machine
Sewing notions
Supplies
Gather up T-shirts –
From friends, family, and second hand
stores
Look for Fun Fabrics –
Consider discarded skirts, second hand
stores, etc.
Sewing machine – basic machine with a zigzag stitch
Basic sewing needs: thread, scissors, hand needles, pins,
chalk,
safety pin, tape measure, ruler, etc.
Decorations – buttons, zippers, trinkets, beads,
etc.
1-2-3 Tier Dress
How To Instructions
From 45” wide fabric cut five 6” strips
RST, stitch the short ends together to make:
Tier 2 – 63” long (1.5 strips joined) tube
Tier 3 – 90” long (two strips joined) tube
The remaining strip is Tier 1, stitch short ends to make
tube
Clean finish edges if needed by serging or zigzagging the raw edges.
Gather the top edge of each tube with a gathering foot
Align gathered edge of Tier 2 on top of the lower edge
of Tier 1, adjust gathers to fit
Stitch in place
Align gathered edge of Tier 3 on top of the lower edge
of Tier 2, adjust gathers to fit
Stitch in place
Align gathered edge of Tier 1 on top of the lower edge
of T-shirt, adjust gathers to fit
Stitch in place using a zigzag stitch
Stitch in place using a zigzag stitch
