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This sweet skirt by Amanda Walker is easy to stitch and will flatter any figure. Make to fit your measurements and whip it up in your favourite print, adding pretty buttons to make it a truly unique item in your wardrobe. If you require a larger or fuller skirt, simply adjust the fabric quantities.
Stitch a skirt
1 Measure the length you would like the skirt to be, adding 4cm for the hem and 1.5cm for a seam allowance around the waistline. Cut two pieces the full width of the fabric to this measurement.
2 Cut one piece in half widthways, this will become the centre front opening of the skirt. Snip two 4cm wide strips of fusible interfacing to the length of the skirt and fuse these to the short edges.
3 For the waistband, take a waist measurement adding 2.5cm ease, plus 4cm for the overlap on the centre front opening of the skirt. Cut a strip of fabric to this measurement 9cm wide, then fuse interfacing of the same size to the piece.
4 Neaten one long edge of the waistband by either zig zag stitching or overlocking. Do the same to all the short edges of your pieces, including the remaining larger one which will become the back of t
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