Finish the top and bottom edges of your fabrics. I serged them (regular overlock for the skirt piece and a rolled edge for the ruffle piece). If you don’t have a serger you can zig zag the skirt piece and then just take a very narrow hem on both edges of the ruffle.

Run a line of basting stitches about 1/2 inch from the top edge of your ruffle. Basting stitches should be your longest stitch. Make sure to leave long tails at the beginning and end and you don’t need to back stitch.

Gather your ruffle to your skirt and pin in place making sure the basting stitches are about 1/2 and inch above the bottom edge of your skirt piece.

Sew your rick rack on top of your basting stitches. This will tack the ruffle piece to the skirt piece.

With right sides together sew the short sides of your skirt together to form a tube.

Iron down the top about 1 inch to form a casing.

Sew around the casing a little larger than your elastic (we did a 5/8 seam allowance and used 1/2 inch elastic) leaving a small gap to add your elastic.

Using a large safety pin thread your elastic in and sew the edges together. Then sew the gap closed and you’re good to go.