Heya Peeps,

I'm about to make a skirt from McCall's 5056 skirt with gores/godets. It'll be in a cotton poplin so it's got a bit of body to it, and I want to put a band all the way around the hem once I'm finished.

It'll be like this band, except less depth and the skirt will be longer. The two fabrics are very close in weight (although the plain blue is a little heavier). I'm also changing the waistband slightly to make it a shirred elastic rather than a tie.




These are my rough pics of the skirt a) without the band and b) with the band. The godets are striped and the straight bits are plain blue.

My question is - as the godets are slightly curved at the end but the bits in between are straight,should I make the band

a) as just a long band cut on the grain of the fabric?

b) as a bias-cut band

c) shaped to match the bottoms of the pattern pieces - some straight, some slightly curved?

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