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If it’s made with no pattern then, um… how do you make it? I’ve been wanting to make a skirt like that with some beautiful stripe/ gingham Trelise Cooper fabric mah mama bought me.
Is it just a long pleated rectangle attached to a waistband?
Hi Lupinbunny,
Cut out two rectangles – the desired width at the bottom hem plus side seam allowances (measure the finished hem width of a skirt in the stores that you like the fit of).Keep a tape measure handy in your bag at all times!
Then invert the centre pleats and add two knife pleats either side of that – when finished , should fit to your waistband. Add a side zipper and sew on your waistband – which you will cut to your waist measurement plus overlap and seam allowance.
Add a 1.5 inch hem to the bottom of your skirt….and there you have a easy skirt.
cheers
Colette