Fashion Designer Moments

So as I was saying in my last post, my dad rigged-up a jig for me so that I can make elastic waisted skirts with perfect gathers. Here is the result of the work.

my chosen fabric. It is a bit light, but I thought it would hang well.

made a pattern and cut to size

my dad's idea of basting includes using a C-clamp.

final product. Pretty cute.