Easy Peasy Skirt Tutorial

Great news!  I am back from my trip and we had a great time visiting the Navajo Nation.  My sister and her family live there so we stayed with them for a few days.  We even had an authentic Navajo Taco Easter dinner!  Good times! 

Now that I have done the laundry, put away suitcases, cleaned out the van (OK, my sweet husband did the van), and finished my book, I am reaedy to add the turial for the skirts.  These are soooo easy and if I had a girl who would wear skirts to school, I could have her 10 skirts in an hour, I bet!

So, here is the finished product. 

I used the amazing fabric from Pat Bravo called Coquette.  You can buy a bundle of this for a great deal at my Etsy shop, Yards and Yards. 

The things about this fabric is that it feels amazing!  I have worked with a lot of fabric over the years and this is by far, the best cotton for clothing that I have ever felt.  I LOVE THIS STUFF!

So here we go.

I apologize in advance for my snazzy artwork.

1.  Gather your supplies:
Sewing machine
Fabric (about 1/2 yard of A and 1/4 yard B for a skirt to go up to 6T)

Elastic (about 18")

Thread

Scissors (seriously, did I need to type that?)

2.  Cut your fabric.

Note: I made this skirt my my 4, almost 5-year old.  Adjust the measurments as needed.

Fabric A (main fabric of skirt):  42" x 14"

Fabric B (bottom contrasting fabric): 42" x 6"

3.  Take fabric A and fold about 3/4" across the bottom and iron.  You should fold it so wrong sides are together.  NOTE:  I shaded to show the patterned side of the fabric. 

  4.  Take fabric B.  Fold it in half, wrong sides together and iron.

 5.  Sew A to B.  Place A right side down on your table.  Put fabric B on top lining up the raw edges with the folded edge of fabric A.  They should over lap about an inch.  Pin.  Sew two lines across the fabric as shown.  Mine are about 1/4" and 1/2" from where the fabrics meet.

6.Fold your skirt, right sides together and sew up the side, as shown.

 7.  Sew a casing along the top of the skirt.  Fold the top of the skirt down about 1/2 " and iron.  Then fold it down again about 1/4" wider than your elastic.  My elastic was 1/2" so I fold it down about 3/4".  Iron again.  Then sew around the entire opening leaving a 2" opening to put your elsatic through.

8.  Attach your elastic to a safety pin (couldn't you tell from my drawing?) and thread it through the hole.  Carefully work the elastic through the hole, holding the end of the elastic in your mouth... or at least, that's how I do it.

 9.  Pin and sew the two ends of the elastic together. I go back and forth about 10 times since this really has to hold up well.

10.  Sew the 2" opening closed.  You are done! Enjoy!


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