Summer Skirt Sewing Tutorial

inside: Sew up a summer skirt for a beautiful wardrobe item you will want to wear everyday. Simple summer skirt with elastic waistband and optional pockets.

Have you been noticing the summer trend? I’m sharing sewing tutorials/patterns and ideas every Wed.. and I’m trying to go every other week with ME {women’s} ideas and kids sewing projects. This week I’ve got a super simple summer skirt sewing tutorial for you. If you have a sewing machine collecting dust, this is the perfect project to dust it off and sew something for yourself. The skirt is easy to sew and fully sizable based on measurements…

**Updated with new photos**

 My favorite part? I put in pockets!!! Pockets make everything better!!!

 

Summer Skirt Sewing Tutorial

for this project you will need 3″ elastic – long enough to go around your waist, and 2/3 yards of light cotton fabric depending on fabric width. You can get great deals on beautiful fabric through Craftsy and Fabric.com!

Measure your waist {or where you want the skirt to sit}_______ {mine is 28} X 2=______ {me 56}

Cut two panels the x2 width {me 56″}. Measure from your waist to knee {or where you want the skirt to fall} ______ MY fabric was really wide and I was able to cut it in half and then have two panels.  Add 3 inches for hem. total length_____

Now you should have to rectangle panels. The fabric should be 4x your waist. Cut pockets using the pocket template here. {just updated old link 4/22}

cut out 4 pockets… you can use different fabric if you don’t have enough of the skirt fabric left.

hold the fabric up to your front and estimate how far down you want the pockets on your sides. Mark where the top of the pocket should be and pin pocket there. Sew right sides together. Both skirt front and back should have 1 pocket side on each side.

Now, sew the side seams. sew down from top, AROUND the pocket, then down the rest of the side.

Trim the bottom if needed…

Sew your elastic waistband to fit your waist/hips as desired. Pre-gather the top of the skirt. I ran it though my serger to gather. You can also use your regular sewing machine. Gather to double the size of the elastic.

Mark four equal parts on the skirt and four equal marks on the band. Pin at these places, then stretch and sew the skirt to the elastic band. Back side of band to front side of skirt. The inside looks like this.

And you’re done!! I wore it with a tank here and the white shirt below and loved both. The skirt is really full, so a more fitted shirt looks good. Let me know if you have any questions while trying this summer skirt sewing tutorial, I’m here to help!!!

Here are a few more free sewing patterns and tutorials for women.

Free swim suit pattern

Free Tank Pattern in size S

Wrap skirt tutorial