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A super easy skirt!
The skirt is basically a pair of rectangles with elastic. It didn't even need a pattern, but the finished result is quite adorable. I leave the raw edges of the strips shown, and after washing, it frayed a bit and the blue threads are exposed.

Materials:
Fabric for skirt:
- The length of the skirt will be a little bit shorter than half of the fabric width (for hem allowances), so please pay attention to the width of the fabric. The fabric that I use is 120 cm wide.
- The length of my fabric is 1 m, I think this will be suitable for almost everyone.

A pair of fabric strips, each as long as your skirt fabric:
- My strips are about 3.5 cm wide each. You can make it wider or narrower.
- I leave the raw edges shown, but of course you can add seam allowances to make a neat folded edge.

Posted by verypurpleperson • Published 18th December 2009 • See verypurpleperson's 8 projects »

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Step 1
- Cut the fabric in half, resulting in two long rectangles.
- Sew the short ends of rectangles together to make a tube shape.
- Sew short ends of fabric strips together, resulting in another tube.
- Mark placement of strips on skirt, about 5-6 cm from the top.
- Sew strips on skirt, matching the side seams together. Leave a small part unstitched for putting in the elastic.
- Measure your waist and cut the elastic. Don't cut too short, you can always cut later if it's too big.
- Put the elastic inside the fabric strips. When the fit is okay, sew the ends of elastic together. I usually overlap the ends of the elastic then sew over it several times using small zigzag stich.
- Sew the opening of fabric strips closed.
- Hem the bottom of skirt. You can also sew a pair of ribbon loop on the sides for hanging the skirt, like I did.
- Put on your new skirt!
Step 2
Some ideas:
- Instead of fabric strips, you can use wide ribbon. How about some pretty velvet ribbon?
- Use twice as much fabric to make a long skirt.
- Layer several transparent fabrics together (lace, chiffon) for a romantic look.