Sew along: no pattern: circle skirt

January 09, 2021

Sew along: no pattern: circle skirt

The idea

I had two African wax fabrics that I wanted to make into a skirt. After cutting into the darker blue wax I saw that it would be to short, so I added a gathered layer under it.

The pattern

No design, Cut it itself. The dark blue wax is a circle skirt, the light blue is a gathered rectangular.

Additional info:

take own size
Recommended fabrics: scraps
Not rated,
No pattern

The fabric

ca 0,1 meter light blue african wax
ca 0,5 meter dark blue african wax
ca 0,4 meter light blue quilting cotton.

Cutting the fabric.

The size of the scraps determined how I cut is. The dark blue wax was about 4 times longer then wide, perfect to fold and make four quarters for a full quarter skirt. The light blue cotton was as long, but much smaller, perfect for a gathered layer.

I cut the full circle skirt in two halves. Since I intend to make it with an elastic waistband I cut the waist opening royaly.

Made the waistband from a smaller piece of African wax. Fold in halve, iron inside seam allowance in.

Sew to skirt, topstitch inside of the waistband. Added elastic and sew in place.

Skirt was a bit short, so I added a lightblue cotton. As it was a long but narrow piece of fabric I gathered it.

So the darkblue is a circle skirt making the print sideways on the sides. You can see that in the black lines where they are horizontal on the sides and vertical in the front.