Finally finished, after some grinding of teeth. It seemed that the waist was going to be too small, and therefore leave an unacceptable gap in the back, so I actually made it about 3 inches more than their waist measurements. The gathered tulle takes up quite a bit of room there. On the smaller ribbon, I allowed 1″ for the fold over at each edge, and then when I sewed the longer ribbon on, I stopped about an inch short of each end so that if I’m wrong about the larger size being needed, I can overlap the shorter ribbon edge when I tie the bow. I hope that makes sense. My finished width, before gathering, was only about 68″ in the end, but seems to be more than enough. They are lovely, but pretty hard work with the measuring and cutting and trying to get things even. Working with the tulle is kind of like trying to pin down a cloud. I hope these notes help the next ones to try…..and thank you all for your help.
