Elastic Skirt Tutorial

Hope everyone had a great weekend! We sure did, nice and relaxing...which is rarity in our household so it was very much enjoyed! Part of the weekend was spent whipping out this easy elastic skirt. The tutorial is below.

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I started out with 2 yard of fabric from my wonderful sponsor: Skye Reve Fabrics, the specific fabric I used can be found here. 

After measuring my waist, I cut a 2 inch wide elastic band the length I need (and added 1/2 inch) Then I sewed the two ends together to form a tube.

Next, I folded my two yards of fabric in half so that it was 72x22 and cut. Now I have two pieces that are 72x22 which is enough for two skirts!

 Then I ironed the top down across the whole 72 inches down by about 1/2 an inch. I then sewed a simple stitch (using the longest stitch length I could) and pulled the back stitch so that the skirt gathered at the top. The picture below shows the gathered stitch. You will need to go slowly here as you pull because you don't want your thread to break. It's a tedious process but the rest of the skirt is fairly simple so its worth it.

Once the skirt was gathered enough that it was the same width as my elastic band I pinned the two together (elastic band behind the material) and sewed! Then I used my iron to do a double fold along the bottom of the skirt and sewed that together...and that was it!

I love how it turned out! What a great material for fall don't you think!?