Skirt Pattern

Beginner - Half a day - Complete

Keywords :

Fabrics - Long skirts - Sewing machine - Measuring measurements

It’s essential to have a sewing pattern to create a skirt. Or maybe not! With this tutorial a quarter of a circle is enough to make a stylish pattern free skirt!

Supplies

Tools

Sewing supplies;
Scissors;
Ruler;
Pencil;
Paper;
Sewing machine.

Materials

Fabric with lycra or spandex (cotton jersey used here);
About 40 inches of 1.5 inch wide elasticized border for waistband;
Pattern;
Matching thread.

Directions

Measure the simple skirt pattern

You have 2 options when making a skirt.The first option to create the pattern is as follows:
- Calculate R: the radius of the arc, R = waist measurement divided by (0.5 x 3.14)
- The other variable, L is the length of the skirt;
- Create the pattern using these measurements;
- Trace at right angles 2 x the radius R (or diameter D) to obtain a quarter of a circle (it’s not as difficult as it sounds- see the photo!);
- Draw the arc using a thread the length of the radius R. Hold one end firmly in the right corner of A and B and use this to mark a line- this marks the waist of the skirt;
- Mark the desired skirt length (L) on the paper- here we’ve used 19 inches;
- As previously, draw the arc between C and D to mark the bottom of the skirt.

Alternatively you could enlarge the pattern shown which is at 1/6^th. The pattern shown is a small size 4.   The patterns are drawn to scale, 2 squares = 2.4 inches (6 cm).

Size    Waist size      R ¼ circle      R ½ circle      1=2.4 in          1=1.6 in

4    24.5 in     16 in 8 in     6.7          5.0

6 26.5 in       17 in     8.5 in   7.1          5.3

8 28 in      18 in    9 in     7.5    5.7

10 29.5 in       19 in               9.5 in   8.0    6.0

12 31 in       20 in 10 in 8.4    6.3

Make the pattern of the simple skirt

To trace the waist line, attach the pencil to a thread or ribbon at the length shown in the table (for example, for the size 6 we’ve used a length of 42.7 cm).