how to sew a MINISKIRT (make your own pattern + detailed tutorial) 

Love this!! And I hope you love how your skirt turns out! A little trial and error is the best thing when you're sewing because you learn that much more. Thanks so much for commenting :)

how did you figure out the darts??? im so confused

@@rdmoo123so the fabric I'm using is stretchy and I wanted it to be a little tighter on the waist. So I pinned about an inch on each side and then sew it and I kept trying it on and sewing it a bit tighter each time then at the end I just made sure they where both the same length. Probably not very practical but that's how I got it to fit the way I wanted.

so glad you liked it!!! let me know how it goes if you try it out

Thank you Ellie!! That means so much -- thank you for your comment! I'm so glad your skirt worked out :)

Wish I had read this comment before attaching mine, this sounds like it gives a much better finish! I'll give it a try next time, thanks for the tip

Yay good for you! I love that this was your first project! Thank you for your comment, I hope you love the skirt :)

Hi Constanza, thank you! This reply is super late coming, but I am so glad you liked the video :)

Aw you're welcome :) Makes me so happy to hear!!

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@Jason Ty Definitely, I've been watching on Flixzone} for since november myself :)

@Jason Ty Yea, have been using flixzone} for since december myself :)

this made my day!! so glad to hear you liked the tutorial

That makes me so so happy to hear!! Thank you! xx

Ahhhh thank you so much!! Made my day!

Thank you so much for the feedback! So glad :)

Thank you for the feedback! So happy to hear

Hi!! sorry I took so long to reply, but thank you so much for saying that

Hi Rhianne! I realize this reply is coming a year late - but thank you for your comment! So encouraging! I'm so glad you found it helpful.

Thank you, so glad you enjoyed watching!!

Hey, thanks for the question! technically if you kept on going or left the threads loose then it would come apart, so when you sew up both edges of the slit, you also have to make sure to sew a small line across the top as well (I tried to show this in the video). That should secure the stitches from coming undone anymore. If you wanted a bit of extra security, you could also backstitch a few stitches on your machine just above where you finished seam ripping. All of my skirts have been ok so far tho :) Thanks for watching, and have a great weekend

So glad to hear!!

Thanks for this comment!! I'm so glad you liked the tutorial and the skirt worked out :) Also that red check table cloth sounds amazing - Love to see that!

Hi Coralie, of course! I'm so glad to hear you made your mini-skirt, and that the tutorial helped. I hope you make more, I have three myself haha :)

I don't see why not! I think you'd just have to be really careful to make sure both pieces are lying super flat against each other as you sew, to make sure you don't get any unevenness/ warping. Definitely use pins! Another thing I might do is make two copies of the skirt, and then sew them together (right sides together) around the top of the waistband before you attach the zipper, then flip it so the right sides are facing out, then continue with the rest of the tutorial as normal (adding the zipper, folding down the waistband, etc). Hope that made some sense haha! let me know if you try it out, good luck!! :)

I'm so glad you found it helpful!! Let me know how it goes :)

@@selonalice I just finished my skirt and it came out beautifully. Thank you for the tutorial once again😀😀

@@carolinasotorivas8469 That makes me SO HAPPY to hear!! amazing job, and enjoy the skirt!

Hi!! I believe I used around a metre, depending on how big you need to make the skirt! As long as there's enough for the front and back. Hope this helps :)

@@selonalice That is what I ended up getting, and it was the perfect amount. I have made two skirts so far, and I love them. Thank you for this amazing tutorial- it was sooooo helpful!

@@Sarah-yi9zn Perfect!! so glad it worked out :)

so glad you enjoyed it!!

Hi Hannah, yay so glad you are trying this out. I definitely think you could use a lighter, flowy fabric - I would just make sure to add the full inch of ease around your hip measurement (I talk about this around 2mins in). To extend the skirt, you would have to extend the pattern down to wherever you want the skirt to land - but instead of measuring straight down like I did (around the 3min mark in the video), I would extend outward on either side on more of a diagonal. Then to cut out the pieces, I would probably cut the back piece on the fold where the centre line is (so instead of cutting out two back pieces, cut one piece on the fold). And then for the front, I would cut it out on the fold BEFORE you cut down the dart lines in the paper (so skip the step at 5:15). Once you have that cut in the fabric, THEN cut your pattern paper up the centre dart. Then take that back to your front skirt piece and only cut up one side of the skirt, rather than on both (the side that you want your dart). I would also add the zipper to the side seam instead of the back - so at 12:11, pin your zipper into one of the side seams, (the instructions in the video for sewing the zipper still apply). I think that would look much nicer for a more flowy skirt. I hope this doesn’t sound too complicated! In all honesty I haven’t actually tried this out, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work. But if you are looking for more instruction, I found that Jess Dang makes a great Midi skirt w/ a slit tutorial, and so does Rosary Apparel (if you buy her pattern). Hope this was helpful :)

Hi Adeola, I'm sorry if this reply is coming a bit late, but I'm so glad you liked the video and made your skirt!! I think you could definitely make a tube dress, but it's a bit of a different pattern. If it was me, I would probably use a stretchy fabric if you want it tight-fitting, and then extend the bottom (if you want it longer), and then extend from the waist upward to the top of the dress. You can measure around the upper chest area to get how wide you need it at the top, and sew in an elastic to make it strapless. I hope this helps if you still need this! I'm sure there are loads of videos on youtube for a tube dress. Good luck :)

Thank you! So happy to hear :)

Hi Charlotte! I believe I used around a metre, depending on how big you need to make the skirt. As long as there's enough for the front and back. Hope this helps :)

No it shouldn't matter too much! I've done it with fabric without stretch as well, it will just have less give to it - mostly when sitting down lol. Good luck and let me know how it goes!

@@selonalice it workt it tuned out really pretty its a bit short but rlly thanks for the help 😘

so glad you enjoyed it!!

glad you enjoyed!

I used brown craft paper I got from Michaels! But I've also used sheets of newspaper or wrapping paper - whatever you have on hand! hope this helps :)

Hi! I don't see why not, it might just fit a bit tighter to the body and have less give. But totally give it a try! Let me know how it goes :)

Sure, thankssss! 😊