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DIY
Making Your Own
Skirt Pattern
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First take your HIP
measurement. Measure the WIDEST part of your hip, across the
butt and the hip bones. (Not the waist.)
Add 8 inches to that measurement. Write your number down.
Katie will be our model for making
this skirt pattern.
(Katie's hip
measurement is 44" plus add the 8" = 52")
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If you don't have
paper for making a pattern just use anything you have around the house.
Tape grocery bags or computer paper
together. We are going to make only ONE pattern piece that
will be placed on the fold.
Use the
straight edge of your paper and make that
the fold line of your pattern. Mark it "Fold Line" with arrows pointing to
the line as shown in the photo. |
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From your waist or
wherever you wear your skirts and pants at on your body, measure down to the point on
your legs where you want the skirt to stop (the hem). Take that measurement and add
3
inches to it. This will be your length measurement of your skirt pattern.
Mark it Hem at the bottom, and Top at the
top as shown in the photo.
Katie likes her skirts just above
the knee. Her measurement was 18" then she added 3".
That's 21"
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Take your total inches
that you calculated in step one and divide that by 4. This is the
width measurement for the top of your skirt pattern. Draw a line
perpendicular to the fold line as shown in the photo. This is the
top of your skirt pattern line.
Katie's hip measurement calculation was
52" (step one). Divide that by 4, 13. She drew a line 13".
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Since we are making a Straight
Skirt pattern, draw a straight line on the opposite side of the fold line
connecting the hem with the top as shown in the photo. |
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Mark your pattern with:
My
Straight Skirt Pattern
Front & Back
CUT 2 ON FOLD
Your straight skirt pattern is done.
Remember - Your ONE pattern piece that
you made will be placed on the fold. This one pattern piece will be the
front and back of your skirt. When pinning and cutting, you will need to
cut two on the fold. (One for the front and one for the
back.)
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Article 01 March 08, 2010 |
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