Tutorial: Skirt

Here's to my first tutorial! YAY! I finally got my sewing machine up and running and my first project was an elastic waistband skirt! This is my second go at this project and it was a big success! So! Here we go!

Step One- Gather your materials.

You will need: Fabric (About 2 yards give or take depending what size you wear. EX:I wear a 16 and I got 2 yards, It made for a fuller skirt), Pins, Thread (to coordinate with the fabric), Elastic (for the waistband), Scissors, Safety Pin (to thread elastic through the waistband pouch), Tape Measurer (Helps measure the length you want your skirt to be, EX: I made my 28 inches long), and a Sewing Machine

Step Two- The Fold and Pin.

Cut fabric to your desired skirt length. Make sure to allot for the hem (1/2") and the Elastic waistband(about 1 1/2" depending on the thickness of your elastic)Fold Fabric in half Like a taco.(Make Sure the fabric facing you is wrong side out.) Notice: there is only one seam to sew!Pin- allotting 1/2" seam allowance.

Step Three- Sew Side Seam

Prepare sewing machine with the appropriate color thread. Take a deep breath 

and SEW! It's a straight line so it's pretty easy, though my first skirt was pretty off! 

HAHA! 

Step Four- Pin Hem and Sew

Pin the hem of the skirt. As with the side, make sure to allot 1/2" for the seam.  Sew as you did before to make your hem!

Step Five- Pinning the elastic Waistband.

Pin around the top of the skirt for the elastic. Depending on the width of your elastic allow 1/2" more. For example, I bought 1" wide elastic. So I allotted room for 1 1/2" for the seam. From the side seam you did in Step Three, Start pinning after 2 inches from either side of the seam. This way you have plenty of room to thread your elastic through.So basically your going to have 4 inches of fabric that is not pinned.

Step Six-Sew Waistband Casing

Like the hem, sew along the top of the skirt. make sure you are allotting room for your elastic. Also make sure you leave the four inches total around the side seam not sewn.

Step Seven- Thread The elastic.

Attach a safety pin to one end of the  elastic. slide through one side of the open fabric and work it through the casing to the other side, It is normal for  bunching and It's actually the desired look on this skirt!

Step Eight- Zig Zag Stitch Elastic.

Using the Zig-Zag Stitch on your sewing machine, 

overlap the two ends of the elastic and put two 

vertical lines of Zig-Zag stitches in it.

Step Nine- Sew Close the Elastic Casing.

Repeat step six on the 4 inches 

of fabric that was not sewn.

Step TEN!- You're Done!!!

Flip skirt Right side out, 

put it on and TWIRL AROUND!!!!