What is the best fabric for skirts?

The best fabrics for this style are fluid and drapey. Wool jersey, velour, and wool double knits are good for lightly fitted skirts; wool crepe, silk tweed, and fine worsted wool for fitted skirts. Silk crepe de chine and rayon are also good choices.

How to make a pleated skirt?

1) Gather your materials. Making a pleated skirt requires some basic sewing tools and a lot of fabric. 2) Measure your waist and skirt length. Use the measuring tape to get your waist measurement and skirt length measurement. 3) Cut the fabric to your measurements. After you have your measurements, cut the fabric so that it is 3 times the size of your waist. 4) Decide on the size of your pleats. Next, you will need to decide how wide you want your pleats to be. 5) Mark your fabric. When you have decided how wide to make your pleats, begin marking the fabric on the wrong side. [7]

How to make a skirt pattern?

Decide Your ‘Waist Point’ To start drafting your basic skirt block you first need to decide where you want the waist of the finished skirt to sit on

Waist To Hip Measurement Step two is to measure from this chosen waistline down to your hip line. This is your waist to hip measurement. Note it down!

Hip Measurement Next,you’ll want to take your hip measurement and add some ease to it,depending on how close you would like the fit at the hips.

Finished Length Measurement Finally,we need your finished length measurement. For the purpose of creating a basic skirt block,I suggest it is no longer than knee length.

Drafting The Skirt Pattern

How to make a circle skirt?

Gather your materials. Making a circle skirt is easy and you don’t even need a pattern.

Fold the fabric four times. Take your stretch fabric and fold it in half so that the shortest edges are even with…

Cut a bit of fabric off for your waistband. You will need to have a couple of strips of fabric to use for your…