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by Jenny Gordy

Project photo on page 42; instructions

on page 77 of Stitch Winter 2008]skirttulip

Heavyweight linen makes the perfect all-season skirt in this tulip-shaped silhouette. Sweet details—the high waist, soft pleats, contrast buttons, and topstitching—make it fun to sew from top to bottom.

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GettinG Started Basic techniques & terms you’ll need to know for the pattern you have downloaded.

pattern

place on foldplace on foldplace on fold

CuttinG lineS Multisize patterns have different cutting lines for each size.

PlaCe on fold braCket This is a grainline marking with arrows point-ing to the edge of the pattern. Place on the fold of the fabric so that your fin-ished piece will be twice the size of the pattern piece, without adding a seam.

Grainline The double-ended arrow should be parallel to the lengthwise grain or fold.

notCheS Notches are triangle-shaped symbols used for accurately matching seams. Pieces to be joined will have corresponding notches.

dartS Dashed lines and dots mark darts. The dashed lines show where the stitching will be, and the dot shows the position of the dart point (signal-ing the point, near the end of the dart, where your stitching should taper down to the end).

drill holeS Circles with crossed lines inside indicate an area where a mark needs to be made, often indicat-ing dart points, but otherwise explained in the pattern instructions.

SlaSh MarkS Long lines indicate an area to make a slash. Further in-structions for making the slash will be included in the pattern instructions.

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Pattern SyMbolS & MarkinGS

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aSSeMblinG full-Size Pattern Printout

1To ensure that the pattern has printed at the correct scale, check the size of the TEST SQUARE. The Test Square should be 2 × 2” (5 × 5 cm).

2To begin assembling the pattern, cut off or fold the dotted margin around each page.

3The pages are numbered in rows, so the first row of pages is numbered 1a, 1b, 1c, etc. Line up the rows and match the dotted lines together so they overlap. Tape the pages together. Use the illustrated guide to match each piece. Once the pattern is complete, find your size, pin the pattern to the fabric, and follow the coordinating line to cut out or trace the pattern.

layout, MarkinG & CuttinG GuidelineS

1Find the lines that correspond to your size and trace the pattern pieces, either on tissue paper or directly onto the fabric, using tracing paper and a tracing wheel.

2 If you are cutting pattern pieces on the fold or cutting two of the same pattern piece, fold the fabric in half, selvedge to selvedge, with right sides facing.

3Lay the pattern pieces on the fabric as close together as possible. Double-check that all pattern pieces to be cut “on the fold” are placed on the fold.

4Make sure all pattern pieces are placed on the fabric with the grainline running parallel to the lengthwise grain.

5Copy all pattern markings onto the wrong side of the fabric.

6Read through all cutting instructions listed in the project instructions for directions on how many pattern pieces to cut out of your fabric and interfacing.

7Use weights to hold the pattern pieces down and use pins to secure the corners as needed.

8 Cut the pieces slowly and carefully.

Test Square2 2" [5 5 cm]

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CuttinG layout

44" (111.75 cm) XS, S, M, L, XL

Siz

e C

ha

rt Pattern Cutting Line Waist HiPs

Xs (size 4) 6¾" 36" s (sizes 6–8) 29¼" 38" M (sizes 10–12) 31¾" 40½" L (sizes 14–16) 34¾" 43½" XL (sizes 18–20) 38¾" 47½"Sample skirt shown in size Small.

skirttulip

back

front

front placket

back w

aistband

front w

aistbandbelt ties

place on fold

selvedge

selvedge

59" (111.75 cm) XS, S

back front

back waistband

front waistband

belt ties

front placket

place on fold

place on fold

selvedgeselv

edge

59" (111.75 cm) M, L, XL

Ffront back

back waistband

front waistband

belt ties

front placket

place on fold

place on fold

selvedgeselv

edge

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tulip

skirt

belt tiescu

t 2 self

tulip

skirt

front

cut 2

self on fold

place on fold

tulip

skirt

tulip

skirt

placket

cut 2

self, 2 facin

g (mark

as facing),

and 2

interfacin

g

tulip skirtback

cut 1 on the fold

tulip skirtfront waistband

cut 2 self2 facing

2 interfacing

tulip skirtback waistband

cut 1 self on fold1 facing on fold

1 interfacing on fold

NOTE

"Self" refers to th

e main

or shell (ou

ter) fabric.

1a1b

1c1d

1e1f

2a

2b

2c

2d

2e

2f

3a3b

3c3d

3e3f

skirttulip

tulip skirt

NOTE "Self" refers to the main or shell (outer) fabric.

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1b

tulip skirtplacket

cut 2 self, 2 facing (mark as facing), and 2 interfacing

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1c

tuli

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ont

wai

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cut

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elf

2 f

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ing

1d

1e

1f

2a

tulip skirtfront

cut 2 self on fold

tuli

p s

kir

tba

ck w

aist

ban

d

cut

1 se

lf o

n f

old

1 fa

cin

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ing

on f

old

2b

tulip skirtfront

cut 2 self on fold

tuli

p s

kir

tfr

ont

wai

stba

nd

cut

2 s

elf

2 f

acin

g 2 i

nte

rfac

ing

tuli

p s

kir

tba

ck w

aist

ban

d

cut

1 se

lf o

n f

old

1 fa

cin

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fol

d1

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rfac

ing

on f

old

2c

tulip skirtbelt tiescut 2 self

tuli

p s

kir

tfr

ont

wai

stba

nd

cut

2 s

elf

2 f

acin

g 2 i

nte

rfac

ing

2d

place on fold

tulip

skirt

backcu

t 1 on th

e fold

2e

2f

3a

3b

3c

3d

3e

3f