Comments on: Sewing Skirts Without a Pattern http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/sewing-skirts-without-a-pattern/ Equipping Families with Practical Skills for Real Life! Mon, 21 May 2012 18:09:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jennifer N http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/sewing-skirts-without-a-pattern/comment-page-1/#comment-12293 Jennifer N Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:20:52 +0000 http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/?p=5511#comment-12293 Just saw this great yoga skirt tutorial on SewMamaSew's blog: http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/?p=8450 Just saw this great yoga skirt tutorial on SewMamaSew’s blog:

http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/?p=8450

]]> By: Kathy http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/sewing-skirts-without-a-pattern/comment-page-1/#comment-12288 Kathy Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:49:47 +0000 http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/?p=5511#comment-12288 Great suggestions Darcy! Great suggestions Darcy!

]]> By: Darcy http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/sewing-skirts-without-a-pattern/comment-page-1/#comment-12286 Darcy Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:42:35 +0000 http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/?p=5511#comment-12286 I've been making skirts for myself and my girls for a couple of years without patterns. I have a few techniques. 1. Take your waist measurement and cut your material 1 1/2 times that and whatever length you want (with a few extra inches for the hem and turnover for the elastic). Sew the side, hem the bottom and then turn over for the elastic. Feed the elastic through and close up the seam. You can do variations of this by doing tiers; for each tier, just do 1 1/2 times the tier before and run a gather stitch before attaching. 2. Take a pair of pants, cut off just above the cr*tch. Add one or more tiers as mentioned above for desired length. 3. Take a pair of pants that still look decent but might be a little short. Rip out the inside seam. Cut two triangular pieces of material and sew on the front and back. I’ve been making skirts for myself and my girls for a couple of years without patterns. I have a few techniques.

1. Take your waist measurement and cut your material 1 1/2 times that and whatever length you want (with a few extra inches for the hem and turnover for the elastic). Sew the side, hem the bottom and then turn over for the elastic. Feed the elastic through and close up the seam. You can do variations of this by doing tiers; for each tier, just do 1 1/2 times the tier before and run a gather stitch before attaching.

2. Take a pair of pants, cut off just above the cr*tch. Add one or more tiers as mentioned above for desired length.

3. Take a pair of pants that still look decent but might be a little short. Rip out the inside seam. Cut two triangular pieces of material and sew on the front and back.

]]> By: Kim M http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/sewing-skirts-without-a-pattern/comment-page-1/#comment-12283 Kim M Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:29:07 +0000 http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/?p=5511#comment-12283 Thank you! I will be comin' back to this post. Have you tried to make skirts out of pants? Two of my friends and I had a sewing party last week and transformed blue jeans into cute skirts. Super easy and really cute! We had a lot of fun with fabric. I filled mine in with red patterned fabric. http://frugalliving.about.com/od/colthing/ss/Jeans_to_Skirt.htm Thank you! I will be comin’ back to this post. Have you tried to make skirts out of pants? Two of my friends and I had a sewing party last week and transformed blue jeans into cute skirts. Super easy and really cute! We had a lot of fun with fabric. I filled mine in with red patterned fabric.

http://frugalliving.about.com/od/colthing/ss/Jeans_to_Skirt.htm

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