Tier 1

Following the guideline of using 1.5x the width of each successive measurement, I'll give these sizes a try first. Taking a waistish measurement of 28" to start, Tier 1 will be 42", then #2 will be 63" and #3 will be 94.5". Grainline is to run with the warp so assuming 44" material at most, Tier 1 might make it in one piece but the others will have to be two or more. I don't like the thought of those seams, but since these are ruffled tiers over some sort of underlying skirt, I will try attaching them with the ends finished and overlapping. Hopefully this will be less obvious than a bunch of seams in the silk that will be used on the actual dress. I'll have to read the ruffler instructions to calculate the settings to get 42" to equal 28" and on down.