Need a quick skirt that's easy to make, comfortable to wear and looks great on most body shapes? Make this easy peasy a line skirt pattern that's ready to wear in just 10 minutes!
about 1 yard of knit fabricfor a child skirt (for an adult you probably need about 2 to 2 1/2 yards)
1piece2" elastic
Instructions
Get your measuring tape and measure around your waist, your thighs (or the widest area of your lower body), and the length of the skirt. Add 2" seam allowance to all measurements.
Decide how wide the bottom of the skirt would be. Mine was double than the waist measurements.
Draw a trapezoid shape using the thigh measurements for the top edge of the trapezoid, the bottom skirt measurements for the bottom edge of the trapezoid and the skirt length for the height of the trapezoid. Cut 2 pieces of fabric out, according to these.
Place fabrics right sides together, pin the sides and sew down.
Cut a piece of elastic that is as long as your waist measurements, plus 2" allowance.
Overlap the ends by 1" and using a zig-zag stitch, join the sides together.
Pin elastic band to the skirt at the sides and middle.
Attach to the top of the skirt using a zig-zag stitch, slightly stretching the elastic as you sew to match the length of the skirt.
Fold the skirt so the seams are now facing each other. You'll notice the sides are pretty pointy. Measure about 1" down from the end of the seam up, mark and round the seam up. If you don't do this step, the side of your skirt will be longer than the rest of the skirt when you wear it (and yes, the stripes don't match on this skirt because I didn't have enough fabric but still look pretty awesome when she wears the skirt)