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Title: Yoke Skirt Pattern? Little Help
Post by: Beaudan Tocks on July 16, 2010, 01:28:58 PM
Do any of you fine folk know where I might find a pattern for a Yoke (sp) Skirt like the ones pictured at this link?
http://www.crimsongypsy.com/yokeskirt.htm

I need to make one for M'Lady

Just grab me by the shoulders and point me in the right direction please...  Thank You
Title: Re: Yoke Skirt Pattern? Little Help
Post by: Dinobabe on July 16, 2010, 02:21:51 PM
I don't think you need a special pattern.  It just looks like a waist cincher with the skirt sewn on.  The big three have waist cincher patterns.

$85 dollars!!  Geez Luise!
Title: Re: Yoke Skirt Pattern? Little Help
Post by: Beaudan Tocks on July 16, 2010, 02:28:03 PM
LMAO...  I Know... Right?   Hence the "I need to make one for M'Lady" statement...
Title: Re: Yoke Skirt Pattern? Little Help
Post by: Dinobabe on July 16, 2010, 02:33:32 PM
And don't forget to wait for those $1-2 pattern sales.  Hancock's always has a rotation schedule every month for the big three.  I NEVER buy a pattern for more than $2!  $18 is ridiculous! ::)
Title: Re: Yoke Skirt Pattern? Little Help
Post by: gem on July 16, 2010, 03:22:03 PM
It actually looks more like the yoke goes around the hips (which I have to say looks terribly unflattering), and not around the waist like a true waist cincher, which would look MUCH better, IMO. You don't need a pattern for a waist cincher: just measure the waist and then decide how wide/tall you want it to be, then draw out a shape like this (http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL417/1033223/4707019/311197155.jpg) to those measurements (the one shown is what I made for my MIL's measurements.). You'll want to either bone or heavily interface/interline it, so it doesn't scrunch. Then just gather or pleat ~4 yards of fabric to the bottom edge.
Title: Re: Yoke Skirt Pattern? Little Help
Post by: Beaudan Tocks on July 16, 2010, 03:30:14 PM
You ALL ROCK...   Really HARD 8)

Thank You
Title: Re: Yoke Skirt Pattern? Little Help
Post by: Kate XXXXXX on July 17, 2010, 03:06:22 AM
I'd certainly make it as a waist cincher with plenty of boning.  REAL boning, not cable ties, but that' the professional dressmaker in me!   ;D