Fantastic & flirty no pattern required skirt

If you are a follower of this blog, you may have noticed a trend.

I love to make no pattern required clothes.

I have a new take on the no pattern required skirt.

It reminds me of a skirt that comes straight from the 19-50’s or 1960’s

I love how it is full & pretty.

This skirt is just 2 long rectangles, sewn up the side, elastic casing sewn & hemmed.

I measured my widest measurement

(of course it’s my bum!)

& tripled it.

Halve that measurement & that is how wide to make each rectangle.

(click on the diagram to enlarge)

Sew the 2 rectangles together as in the diagram above.

Sew the elastic casing & hem.

I used these strips of paper (in the pictures below) to make a neat hem & elastic casing.

I used them as a guide to iron the allowance then pinned & sewed.

Thread the amount of elastic needed to sit snugly on your waist & sew it securely.

You then have yourself a beautiful full & flirty skirt.

Team it with a pair of ballet flats for an everyday look or with a pair of heels for a more sophisticated look.

It would be perfect for a day at the park, a shopping trip with friends, a lunch date, a dinner date & even the office.

It would look great with a little strappy singlet in summer, a plain t-shirt in spring, with a little black cardigan in autumn & even fantastic with a denim jacket or blazer in winter.

Dress it up with a load of bling or funk it out with some big chunky bracelets.

Well, I think I may have to make 10 of these!

I could make one in every colour of the rainbow, every bright bold print, every delicate floral……

you name it, it would be perfect!