40's Agent Carter Inspired Skirt

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  Step 1

  First off try on the skirt and get a good idea of how much you will need to take in. My skirt was about 4 sizes too big so I had plenty of fabric to work with but the pockets were a bit of a road block. Because of the pockets I decided to put two box pleats in the front and one in the back and leave the side seams alone. I started by measuring the length I wanted and cutting off the excess fabric. After that it was much easier to see the idea of what I wanted. Then I started on the front. I tried it on and decided where I wanted my box pleats to start and marked it with a pin. Instead of regular box pleats I basically sewed two seams that started out small and gradually increased until by the time I hit the pin marking where the pleats should end I had taken in an inch and a half of fabric. I then ironed it like it was a regular box pleat. This is what it should like from the inside.

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  Step 2

  A close up of it from the outside.
  At this point I realized that I had too much fabric left to take in and if I tried to take it all in one seam It would pucker like crazy. So, I put in a box pleat just like in the front and decided to try to take in the extra fabric on the side seams. I had wanted to avoid the side seams but when I looked at it it actually turned out to be pretty easy. I just tried on the skirt inside out and fitted it with pins (accidentally sticking myself with pins several times, no biggie) then sewed it with a straight stitch.

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  Step 3

  Then all I had to do was hem and trim off the excess fabric!

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