How to Make a Skater Skirt EASY! | No Zipper or Elastic | Sewing Projects for Beginners
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- Learn how to make an easy half circle skater skirt in this sewing project for beginners or anyone looking for a quick and easy tutorial - no zipper, no elastic, and no sewing pattern needed!
Skater skirts are a basic and very trendy staple piece perfect for all figures and body types from petite to plus size and you'll be able to customize this one exactly as you like with your favorite stretch fabric (solid fabric, prints, and whatever length you prefer). This tutorial is episode 2 of my Wardrobe Basics mini series where you'll learn to make staple pieces for your closet. Pair it with the t-shirt from episode 1 and you'll have a complete outfit ready for any occasion!
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SUPPLIES NEEDED:
-1 1/4 yards of a stretch knit fabric (mine is for an above the knee skirt so you may want extra fabric if you want a longer skirt)
-Basic sewing supplies - sewing machine, thread, tape measure, chalk, scissors, ball point needle, pins, etc.
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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
You'll learn how to measure your waist, how to calculate a half circle skirt waist size easily, and how to use those numbers to draw out your half circle skirt; you'll learn how to create a waistband, how to sew the pieces together, and how to hem the edge of the fabric for a clean finish. I'll also give you my tips and tricks for how to sew stretchy knit fabric!
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Thank you, You are wonderful. Thanks to you I made my first skirt ever. I am 48.
This is EXACTLY what Ive been looking for
I'm so glad this was what you were looking for!!! :) Thanks for watching!
Amazing tutorial!! I'm so glad that I found you. I am teaching myself to sew using CZcams I have made couple of skirt from others CZcamsrs butwas afraid of working with strchie fabrics but you make it so simple and easy In heading out to the fabric shop today and when I get back from this vacay I will be making a couple of your creations
+Dhoralynn Gonzalez Aw thank you for this lovely comment!!! Sorry for the delay in responding, I was out of town and I'm just getting caught up lol. I'm so glad you found this easy enough to want to work with stretch fabrics! Honestly they are my favorite to work with (which may be obvious since I only have a few non stretch tutorials lol) because they're so comfortable and easy to wear! I really hope you enjoy working with them too... if you're just trying to get the feel for them, run a few seams on a little spare stretch fabric and try a few stitches out to see what you like! Good luck sewing and I hope you have fun! Thanks for watching 😃
Wow this was amazing man. SIMPLE and straight to the POINT! Thank you sis ☺️
So happy to hear it was easy for you to follow 😃 Thank you so much for watching!!
I acually managed to do this without a stretch fabric! Love your tutorials,
Love this! Going to go the fabric store as soon as they open 😜
+Piper X Aw so glad you liked it!! Fabric shopping is the best - I hope you found something good 😄 Thanks for watching!
Thank you
Thanks
I just have to say thank you so much! This tutorial was so great! I made my first piece of clothing last night with my grandpa guiding me as I went while using a pattern. It was an A line skirt, and it was okay. Stitching was good but the cut and fit didn't end up great. HOWEVER, today I realized I wanted something different I wanted a skirt that I would feel comfy in, and I found your video, and by god this skirt came out perfect. I'm so proud of how it looks and I have to say it's mostly due to your directions being so clear as well as how you formatted your video which made it easy to understand the steps and it made the process easy. I finished it in about 5 hours and I can't explain how happy I am. Thank you so much! I can't wait to look through more of your videos to see what I can learn!
Thanks you so much! I didn't have access to a zipper
I looked at a few other video tutorials for this same idea and yours was by far the best.
Your tutorials are simply amazing. The final product is spot on!
+Um Tammany Aw thank you! That's so nice and I'm glad you enjoy them 😄 Thanks for watching and commenting!!
Thank you for the easy to follow waistband without elastic. I was looking for an example for PJ shorts.
Oh I’m so glad this helped 😃 Thank you for watching!
Thank you! Easy to follow, succinct video. I'm super happy with my skater skirt!
OMG WHAT FABRIC IS THAT IT LOOKS GORGEOUS
Brilliant
Thank you! I didn’t have enough fabric for 2 large pieces so made a paper pattern and cut 4 smaller panels, adding a tiny bit of seam allowance for each piece, and it came out perfectly! I shall be making lots more!
Oh awesome, I'm glad you were able to work it out so you could make it with the fabric you had! :) Thank you so much for watching and letting me know it worked out! Happy sewing :)
Amazing video ! Love that ! I do have a question : How would you go about adding pockets ?
Amazing tutorial, thank you!! I actually used it to make a cloak, but it was so easy to follow.
Grear tutorial! Made a nice skirt from this. Thanks!
This was great! I'm a beginner and I really appreciate the step by step instructions with video. : )
+drivesmecrazy1000 Oh I'm so happy to hear the instructions were good for you as a beginner! I always try to make everything as step by step and easy as possible to it means so much to hear your comment!!! Thank you so much for watching and I hope you have fun sewing! 😃
omg you are the best i just found what i was looking it is so easy to learn thanks for sharing your talent with as i appreciate that well done please post more so we can learn from you
+Suldano Osman Aw thank you so much for this lovely comment 😄 I'm so happy the tutorial was what you were looking for and you thought it was easy! I am editing a new dress tutorial that I'll hopefully have up next week, then I'll be working on more episodes of this wardrobe basics series for some more easy tutorials! I hope you'll enjoy them 😃
Omg I’m so glad I got this video! I just got a sewing machine and I wanted to start making my own clothes and this seems like a easy start! 💕
I’m really glad you enjoyed the video! I actually just posted an updated tutorial for this same style skirt with a few more tips on my channel in January so if you need any more guidance it may have a little extra information in it 😃 That’s so exciting you got a sewing machine!!! Happy sewing!
Thank you for this! Such an easy tutorial to follow along with 😄
Nice. I will definitely try and let you know how it is.
Thank you for watching! Good luck making it and you'll definitely have to let me know how you like your skirt! Happy sewing :)
Fantastic tutorial! Just made my first stretchy skirt using it (the crushed velour feels so nice!)
You're awesome! I love how easy you made this ❤️
That is so cute!! Amazing tutorial, now I just need to get the right fabric to sew this x)
Thank you for this!
cool, thanks for this :)
Great directions!
+Whitney Sews Thank you very much! 😃
I love your channel it looks so easy
Great well done Monica
+Joy Asolo Thanks!!! I'm glad you liked the video 😄 thanks for watching!
I've watched this video about 5 times. I want to make one and hope it turns out as pretty as your skirt. BTW, praying that this hurricane will hurry outta there, and that has minimal damage. God bless.
I hope you enjoyed making your skirt!!! :) I'm sorry this response is so late but thank you so much for the prayers! We wound up having 2 of the hurricanes come through as tropical storms where I live and luckily the damage we got was not to our house so we were incredibly blessed! Our prayers continue to go out to all those who were absolutely devastated by the storms.
I followed this tutorial step by step and everything turned out great apart from the waist ended up being almost 2x too big!! I don't know what went wrong... I ended up cutting the side open, cutting the excess and sewing it back up again.
Cute skirt🎉thanks for tutorial 😊x
Great tutorial! You make it so simple! I love it!
Aw thanks so much! I'm glad you liked it 😄Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for this Fun and very Useful Tutorial!! 😊
Aw you’re so welcome! I’m really glad you liked it and thought it was helpful 😊 Thank you for watching!!
Thanks lovely video good explanation and you looking pretty on these dress make more thanks
+Aisha Begum Thank you so much! I'm happy you liked the skirt 😃 And will do, I've got more videos in the works so I hope you'll enjoy them! Thanks for watching my channel!
Really good instructions! So simple to follow. Thank you!!! :)
Thank you!!! I’m so glad you liked it and thought it was easy to follow - that’s the best compliment 😄 Thank you for taking the time to watch and leave a comment!
Thank you for keeping things so simple!! I am still learning. Do you have a tutorial for the ever popular wrap maxi dress??? They look easy, but I haven't seen a tutorial by anyone.
I'm so glad you found it easy to follow! 😃 I don't have a tutorial for that style... but I have an ever growing list of ideas and suggestions so I'll add that to the list and hopefully someday I'll be able to make a tutorial for one, thanks for the idea! And thanks for watching my channel and leaving a comment, too!
Thank you!!!!
+Amanda G. Long No problem! 😃 Thanks for watching!!!
Very nice.. Thank you
Aw thank you! :) I'm glad you liked the skirt!
Would love to know how much fabric you used to make the skirt. An earlier comment mentions that your fabric was 58 to 60 inches wide, but letting us know the length of yardage to purchase would be very helpful.
amazing video!!! straight and to the point ... one thing tho.. got kinda lost when u did the measurements.. can u simplify a bit if possible?? thanks
+BLaCC BeaUTY Thanks so much! Sorry for any confusion. The best way I can instruct is to start by taking your waist measurement wherever you want your skirt to sit on your body. Then plug that number into the calculator and divide it by 3.14 (this is the formula you have to use to be able to draw out the waist of a half circle skirt based on your measurement). Whatever number you now have on the calculator, you'll want to then subtract 0.5 inches (this will build in seam allowance when you draw the skirt out so you'll have that half inch seam allowance to sew the skirt to the waistband). So basically the whole thing you'll be plugging in to the calculator is this:
YOUR WAIST MEASUREMENT divided by 3.14; press enter, then subtract 0.5 to get the final number. The final number you get is what you'll draw from the corner of the fabric in a curve to get the waist, which I show on the video.
And the other calculation is for the length which is just deciding how long you want the skirt to be (you can use your tape measure and measure from your waist to wherever you want the skirt to stop), then add an inch to that number. This is so that once you sew the skirt to the waistband, and then once you hem the skirt, it will be the length that you want.
I hope that helps! I'm not a math person at all but that's the formula you have to use so just plug in those numbers like I explained into the calculator and you will be good to go. Good luck! Thanks for watching and commenting!
love it. Can you make a high and low skirt
Thanks, glad you liked it! 😃
million thumb up love it
+rasheeda mohammed Glad you liked it!
You’re such a beautiful girl. Thanks so much for sharing!
Aw that's very nice of you to say, thank you! Thanks for watching!!
would this work if I don't use stretchy cloth?
No zipper and no elastic! Aha! Thanks for explaining the type of fabric and yardage. Was it 45" or 60"?
I'm so sorry I missed your comment - I missed several posted at this time and I'm just seeing them. I believe the width was 60" for this! I'm making an updated version of this skirt now and the fabric I used was 58" which worked great too. Again sorry for the delay!!!
What is a stretch stitch?
A stretch stitch is basically a stitch designed to work with stretch fabric. It’s important to use either a stretch stitch or a zigzag stitch on stretch fabric because the stitches will stretch with the fabric whereas if you use a regular straight stitch it can break when stretched. For example if you use a straight stitch on this skirt and go to pull it on over your hips you’ll probably hear the seams breaking because they’re not made to stretch, but if you use a stretch stitch the seams will stretch with the fabric as you pull it on, so no ripped stitches 😃 You can usually look in your machine’s manual to see what stitches are designed for stretch fabric! One of my go to stretch stitches is called the triple stretch stitch which on my machine’s dial looks like three little straight stitches right next to each other.
I’ve actually made an updated tutorial of this same style skirt which I think may have a few extra tips in it if you’re looking for a little more info about sewing with stretch fabric! Here’s that tutorial if you wanna check it out: czcams.com/video/mjtqDnDfDXM/video.html
I hope I’ve been able to answer your question!
I love this, but I would like to add pockets!!!
Pockets are an easy add! Easiest is to just add one pocket and back the back seam a side seam instead, cut two in a half oval shape, but on the diagonal and be sure that when you pin the pocket in, you're only sewing the edge of the corresponding skirt seam to the pocket and not sewing it shut! Slip stitch the exterior ends as necessary.
Fingertip length please, but otherwise very cute!
How do you make this but with an elastic
I would suggest cutting out the skirt and sewing the side together first. Then instead of cutting out the waistband you could get a wide elastic waistband, measure it and sew it together at the size you want. Then match it up to the waist of your skirt with right sides together, sew around the waist to secure the waistband, and then you’ll have an elastic waistband instead of the fabric waistband. Sorry for the delay in response, I’ve been under the weather and am finally catching up. Good luck and thanks for watching!
Comicat Creations thank you and get better soon
xx_ rocio_xx Aw thank you! I am feeling a lot better now 😃 I appreciate it!
Does it have to be stretch fabric? I want a denim material skater skirt
I'm sorry I'm just seeing your question! Yes, this does need to stretch. If you're making it from denim, you'll need to add a zipper in the back instead of making it without a zipper like I have here. I don't have a tutorial for one with a zipper but I know there's lots of great tutorials on CZcams that will show you how!
would you think 2 metres is long enough for a maxi skirt?-im going to my elder cousin tomorrow so she can make one for me:)
great video! what was the width of the fabric for this fabric?
+SereneEcho13 Thanks so much, I'm glad you liked it! I believe the fabric was 59 or 60" wide. I don't have any more to measure it but I'm pretty sure based off how big I made my skirt that's what it was. Great question - I will have to start including that in the description box of my new videos!! Thanks 😃
Can someone please tell me why you SUBTRACT your seam allowance??
Great question because you're right usually you add seam allowance! It's really hard for me to explain in text, but basically I subtract the half inch at the end to build in the seam allowance when drawing out the waist. If I didn't subtract that last half inch, I would measure from the corner and make marks for the size of our waist, then I would have to add another line a half inch closer to the corner to add the seam allowance for when we sew the skirt to the waistband. Since those new markings would be a half inch closer to the corner, I just subtract the half inch from the number we get to build in that extra fabric that way we don't have to draw out two sets of lines. It's hard for me to explain, but on one of my videos that's even older than this one, I make a half circle skirt where I draw out the waist without subtracting that half inch, then I draw another line a half inch in to add the seam allowance (you can see that part at about 1:40 on this video, although apologies because I talk SUPER fast in my old videos: czcams.com/video/ukIn-pL1ups/video.html ). Basically by subtracting that half inch, we just skip the part where we have to draw that second line for seam allowance. I hope that makes a little bit of sense! I just build it all in with the math so you only have one number to worry about and one set of lines to draw.
Thank you so much
can you stitch this by hand instead of using the sewing machine?
I'm sorry I'm just seeing this! I think it may be best to use a machine for this one, I worry that the hand stitching may break easily since this skirt stretches when you take it on and off, so I worry the stitches might break. I have another skirt tutorial that may be a little easier to make by hand because it uses cotton material instead of stretch fabric. Here's that tutorial if you're interested: czcams.com/video/bYrKDmgIbzU/video.html
In some of your other videos you used a template, but I can't seem to figure out what kind of paper you used. A lot I've seen just use copy paper, but yours almost looks like tissue paper! I just can't figure it out. :)
In some of my videos I've used tracing paper because it comes in a big pack and you get pretty large pieces of paper (I used a 40% off coupon and got a big pad of tracing paper from Michael's or A.C. Moore and it lasts for quite a long time), but at times when I ran out of the tracing paper and couldn't get another pack yet (since it is a little expensive) I'll grab a piece of tissue paper, especially when I need to trace something. It's a super affordable option (a big pack is $1 from the Dollar Tree) and it works great for smaller things like sleeves because you can see through it to trace the sleeve! I've also seen other CZcamsrs use the back of wrapping paper which I thought was a great idea, so I've used that for a couple of my skirt templates when I don't need it to be see through, and that's a great option because you can get it discounted after holidays, plus it's a big piece of paper which is great for circle skirt patterns! I hope that helps :) Thanks for the comment!
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Could you make a skirt without using a sewing machine
I rarely do any hand sewing, but I suppose you could make a skirt without a sewing machine if you'd like to! I'd recommend starting with the skirt from my tutorial called "how to make a skirt for beginners with any fabric" because you can use a basic cotton fabric that doesn't need any special stretch or zigzag stitches like this stretch fabric skirt does. You'd be able to hand stitch everything on that skirt with a regular straight stitch 😃
Still cis tho