I had one yard of fabric and I wanted to make myself a skirt with it. Granted, I am small enough that technically, I could make a skirt from one yard of fabric, but it would have to be sewn like a pillowcase with both ends left open. Which is not what I was going for.
After perusing the internets for ideas on how I should go about this, I saw a few different tutorials for skirts that were super cute . . . and all required about twice as much fabric as what I had. So I thought, I'll just make it up . . how hard could it be?
The answer? While making up a skirt pattern is not actually hard, my skirt is never going to be worn by me. Because one yard of fabric is simply not enough.
I traced myself a pattern piece from an existing skirt I own, cut two, both on the bias, and used the leftovers to make a ruffle at the bottom. I finished with 1/4" elastic sewn directly to the waist. It did turn out cute, if I say so myself. But.
But. The waist is 18 inches. It will be cute for a little girl, although I have no idea what girl's size that translates to.
Even so, I did learn something, and I will definitely be trying this again with a bigger cut. When I do, I'll share some more detailed instructions. I think this one gets filed in the "kind of worked" bin.
Now. . . what to do with a girl's size (8? 10? I have no idea) skirt?
I love that you were brave enough to try it without a pattern!
ReplyDeleteOne time I was making a skirt (with a pattern) but forgot to measure the pattern against myself to see how the sizing compared. Yeah, I totally made it way too small!
Awesome! I'm glad I'm not the only one who has made that kind of mistake!
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