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" Skill Level: Beginner   Materials: Scissors; 4 yards of main fabric, such as heavy cotton, upholstery fabric or felt, in 54-inch width (we used fabric from Calico Corners); pins; chalk marking pencil; 1 yard of string; iron; yardstick; 2 yards of contrasting fabric; matching threads; sewing machine.   Directions:   1. Cut main fabric in half to make two 2-yard lengths.   2. With right sides facing and raw edges even, pin pieces together along one long edge. Stitch from one edge to center (1-yard-long stitching line) with 1\u20442-inch seam allowance.   3. Fold fabric in half crosswise so stitching line ends at fold.   4. Tie string to pencil; pin other end of string to folded corner of fabric. Keeping string taut, use pencil to mark a quartercircle along open edges of fabric. Using a 3-inch length of string and pencil in same manner, mark a quarter-circle at folded corner to form trunk opening. Leaving fabric folded, cut along both lines.   5. Open out fabric; press seam open.   6. Mark and cut contrast fabric into 3- inch-wide bias strips. Sew strips together end to end to make long trim strip. Trim seam allowances.   7. Press under 1\u20442 inch on one long edge of trim. Sew a row of long machine basting stitches near fold.   8. Place skirt wrong side up. Pin unfolded edge of trim to outer edge of skirt, with trim wrong side up and trim ends even with each back opening edge of skirt.   9. Sew trim to outer edge of skirt with 1\u20444-inch seam. Topstitch back opening edges and trunk opening 1\u20442 inch from edges. Clip into curved seam allowance and trim lower corners; turn trim to right side of skirt. Press lower edge of skirt. Turn under back opening edges and trunk opening 1\u20442-inch along stitch lines; press.   10. Pull up long basted gathering stitches on trim so trim lays flat on skirt; press. Topstitch close to gathered edge of trim.   11. Turn under pressed edges of back and trunk opening 1\u20444 inch; machine topstitch or hand hem close to folds to finish skirt. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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