SIMPLE SKIRT

Simple Skirt

Materials needed to make this simple skirt are : 2 fat quarters measuring 18x21 inch or 1/2 yard of fabric would do, or the simple way to do is measure your kids waist multiply by 2 that's the width of the fabric you need, of course if you want your skirt with more frills you could make even triple the size of the hip. My kid's size was 21inch so i have used two 21 inch width fabric that totals to 42 inch, and for the length of the skirt, measure the height from your kid's hip to knee add an inch to whatever number it is for the seam, I wanted the skirt to be long, so i just left it to 18 inch

                                                      Lay the two layers of fabric with right sides facing to each other and seal the edges like this along the length of the skirt.

                               

Now for the waist fold the fabric like this for about 2 inches, with wrong sides facing each other and measure the width of the elastic, mine was about 0.8cm so I made like three seams each measuring of about 1cm remember do not sew it all the way long leave at least couple of inches unstitched to insert the elastic.

                               

 

Now insert the elastic into each of the spaces and double stitch the elastic, and the length of the elastic depends on the hip size, say if the hip size is 20 inch, the length of the elastic should be 18 inches. And sew the leftover gap make sure that you don't run stitches on the elastic.

                     


This is how it should look once your done. now time to hem the bottom edge, double fold the edge to your desired width and stitch it.

                     

Front and back view of the skirt. You can follow the same steps to make an adult skirt.