Skirts

There are two methods for making a two-piece full skirt: one is the conventional method, and the other is my unique lazy method. Currently, there is no historical evidence to support the existence of two-piece pleated skirts, so please consider this information critically and make your own decision. ➤ Fabric: 5 meters or 6 meters. This tutorial uses 5 meters of fabric. Method One: Conventional Two-Piece 1. Cut two pieces of fabric, each 95 cm wide (your desired skirt length) and 2.5 meters long (5 meters divided by 2; if you want a 6-meter hem, the length should be 3 meters). 2. Fold the long edges of both pieces of fabric (the hem of the skirt) and finish the edges. Finishing the edges first prevents them from fraying later. 3. Pleat both pieces of fabric. The length of the waistband for the front piece should equal (waist circumference ÷ 2 + 15 cm), and the same applies to the back piece. You can leave about 15 cm at each end of the back piece unpleated, while the front piece should be fully pleated. This ensures that the overlapping parts of the front and back pieces do not look bulky and…