So I gave in and made another for my dd. Ok, ok, I made 2 more, one for each dd. Now that I have a serger it went sooooo much faster. I can't even begin to tell you how much easier it was with a serger. I cut out all scraps. Based on the size of the scrap I had, dictated which tier it became. I needed 48 scraps and I used 40 so only a few became 2 pieces.

The waistbands and ruffles are actual yardage from my stash. I gathered the tops of the second tier and the tops of the third tier on the serger. Then I laid them in stacks. 1a here 1b here 1c here and so forth. Then I grabbed an "a" a "b" and a "c" and put them together. Then assembly line serged them together. Then once I had the gores together, I took 8 for the first skirt and 8 for the second. I actually made extra gores in case I needed the variation.

The bottom on these suckers is 15 feet!! The bottom of the edge measures 23 in., times 8 gores. The actual ruffle is 8 strips of full width fabric or 29 feet ruffled down to 15 feet!