The Easy-Peasy Light & Breezy Skirt

May 11, 2014
In: Sewing
The Easy-Peasy Light & Breezy Skirt | Oomanoot #free #sewing #tutorial #skirt

We didn’t have much of a winter this year at all. It was warm-ish during all the months which should have been cold, but the second spring arrived it became scorching hot (and then it rained for a couple of days). Weird weather is upon us. In any case, it is clear that it’s time for some summer clothes. I must admit that I don’t usually sew clothes for my kids, because it’s a lot of effort for something I can buy easily and cheaply in a store, but this skirt is so easy and I got to use such fun fabrics (I mean, dancing ballerina monkeys? What could possibly be better than that?). It was totally worth the effort.

The Easy-Peasy Light & Breezy Skirt | Oomanoot #free #sewing #tutorial #skirt

Materials

  • 1” wide elastic, 18” long (or 4” less than your waist measurement)
  • 1 rectangle of fabric 44” wide and 20” long.
The Easy-Peasy Light & Breezy Skirt | Oomanoot #free #sewing #tutorial #skirt
  • Safety pin or other tool for inserting elastic
  • Standard sewing notions

Notes

  • These measurements are for a 3 and 3 quarters year old girl (that’s what she said), but can be adjusted to fit any size. What’s nice about this size is that it fits perfectly into half a yard of fabric. If you want the skirt to have more of a flair – make the width 2.5-3 times your waist measurement.
  • If you can’t fit your width into the width of the fabric, cut two rectangles and join them on both sides with a french seam (step 1 below) instead of just on one side.

Instructions

  1. Skirt body: We will be creating a french seam so that there are no exposed edges to serge or zigzag. With a skirt it’s quite easy and much neater – especially if you don’t have a serger.Fold the fabric in half lengthwise, wrong sides together, pin and sew 1/4″ from the edge. Turn the skirt inside out, and sew the same edge again – 1/2″ from the edge.

    Press the seam to one side

    The Easy-Peasy Light & Breezy Skirt | Oomanoot #free #sewing #tutorial #skirt
  2. Sew the elastic casing and hem: With the skirt still inside out, Fold over the top 1/2″ down and then again 1.5″ (this will be the elastic casing). Press and pin.Fold over the bottom 1/2″ up and then again 1/2″ up. Press and pin.

    Sew around the bottom hem.

    Top stitch 1/8″ from the top edge of the skirt. Edge stitch 1/8″ from the bottom edge of the elastic casing, leaving a 3″ gap for inserting the elastic.

    Insert the elastic using a safety pin. Sew the gap closed.

    The Easy-Peasy Light & Breezy Skirt | Oomanoot #free #sewing #tutorial #skirt

Enjoy!

The Easy-Peasy Light & Breezy Skirt | Oomanoot #free #sewing #tutorial #skirt

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Comments:

  1. beautiful happy skirt! amazing photos too!