Each time I go to the fabric’s store I look into the remnants bin and usually I find something good for leass than half the price. So yesterday I found a nice matte jersey knit fabric, it was almost a yard. At the time I had no idea what I was going to make with it but I just loved the feel of it. I knew whatever I did with it I wanted to make the most of the fabric. So I came up with this:
It really is simple to do, took me less than thirty minutes to make up. If you would like to try it here are the instructions
What you will need
2 yards stretch fabric, measure yourself first before buying the fabric
Scissors
matching sewing thread and other sewing notions
1/4 inch width elastic to fit your waist
sewing machine or sewing needles
- Measure your waist and divide that by two, this is the top part of your skirt
- Measure from your belly button to your desired length, for me I wanted to use all of the fabric so my length was determined by my fabric
- The bottom width is your waist measurement/2 and you add 3″ to both sides
- Draft your pattern using the above measurents as shown below
- Cut your two panels and stitch the two sides right sides facing
- Fold over the waist to create a casing for your elastic and stitch around
- Pull through elastic and close the casing
- I decided not to hem my skirt but this is optional
NB – I used a strech fabric so the draft pattern has no seam allowance, I did that to give the skirt negative ease.