How to Make a Skirt

Making your own skirt is easy and fun. All it takes is some fabric, a few pins and the most basic sewing. This is a simple skirt to make, no zippers or buttons, and it takes about an hour to complete. There is no pattern required, and you can choose your own length--long and elegant or short and sassy.

1. • Wrap the fabric very loosely around your waist with the wrong side facing out, and place several pins to mark the area where it will be sewn together.
   • Remove the fabric from your body, lay it on the floor and finish pinning down the side where the seam will be sewn.
   • Sew a 1/2-inch seam along the side of the skirt where you pinned it. Press the seams with an iron, and turn the skirt right-side out.
   • Turn the fabric in 1/4 inch at one end of the skirt, and press the seam with iron. Turn the same seam under again 1 inch, and sew at the edge. This will be the casing for the drawstring.
   • Find the middle of the waistband, and make a small vertical cut from the inside. The drawstring will go through here. Tie a knot on both ends of the drawstring and feed the drawstring through the skirt.
   • Try on the skirt and tighten the drawstring to be sure it fits properly. Remember, it must fit loosely as there is no zipper.
   • Decide on a length, and hem accordingly. You can also decorate this skirt further by sewing on appliques, adding a yoke or attaching beads and fabric flowers.

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