SAILOR SCOUT SKIRT TUTORIAL
STEP 3- FINISH THE BACK
STEP 4- ADDING THE "V"
Once you have your skirt fully pleated, hold it up to yourself about belly-button height to make sure it turned out the right length around. Once your skirt is the right length around, finish the back with a French seam (a seam with the raw edges enclosed)
Time to cut out the signature “Sailor V” from the front and back of your skirt. First lay your skirt out flat with the front side facing up and the middle pleat centered. On the middle pleat, measure 8” from the bottom of the skirt and mark that point with a pin. Then continue to use pins to mark out the V shape of the skirt, with the top of the V ending at either side of the skirt. Once you mark where the V should go, stitch along the line you made with you pins. Once it’s all stitched, cut out the V.
Now flip it over and repeat with the back of the skirt, except this time mark the tip of the V at about 9.5” from the bottom of the skirt.
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