Gathered Maxi Skirt Tutorial

    Supplies:

 1 1/2 Yards Knit Fabric (Fabric.com is were mines from)

2 inch wide elastic - your waist measurement + 1 inch

Matching Thread

Sewing Supplies

1.     Measure and cut your skirt Start by measuring just below where you would like the skirt to hit on your waist down to the floor.

Now lay out your fabric lengthwise and measure down how long your length measurement was. Using a pencil, mark a straight line across with a ruler to make a large rectangle.

Next I cut the piece of fabric down the middle on the fold, to make front and back skirt pieces.

2.      Make your fabric waist band. Measure around your waist, use this measurement to cut one long rectangle. The band will be your waist measurement by 5-6 inched wide.
     Fold your waistband to make a circle. with right sides facing each other sew a ½ seam allowance down the side of the waistband.

3.      Elastic waistband. 

Cut a piece of 2 inch elastic about 1 inch longer than the width of your waist. Overlap the ends of the elastic about 1 inch, creating a loop. With a wide zigzag stitch, sew the overlapping ends together. 

4.       Sew your skirt. With right sides together pin and sew up the sides of your skirt.

5.      Make the gathered waist. With the longest stitch on your machine sew all the way around the top of your skirt, then pull the bottom threads and make an even gather around your whole skirt about the same size as your waist measurement.

6.      Assemble your waistband. Take your fabric waistband and fold in half so that wrong sides of the fabric are touching, now put your elastic inside and pin the waistband together. This will make pinning the waistband to the skirt easier in the next step.

7.      Pin and sew your waistband to your skirt. With your skirt right side out pin the waistband around the top of the skirt sew a straight line around and then a zigzag stitch around.

8.      Hem the skirt. 

Try the skirt on and make sure it is the length you want.

Fold the bottom edge under 1/2 inch and then again another 1/2 inch, then top stitch in place.

And there you have it!