If you know how to sew and own a sewing machine and want to experiment with the knee length pencil skirt that has been lying in your wardrobe try this out !
It was getting very boring so me and my colleagues decided to have a theme day . As it was a weekday so we could not have chosen Hawaiian theme or traditional was out of question as we had some delegates visiting our office .
After many proposals and disposals it was agreed for women the dress code would be pencil skirt with classic cut shirt .
Shirt was fine but simple knee length pencil skirt was not happening . Every lady in the office was going to be dressed in knee length pencil skirt prints or no prints in monochromatic colors . So I manipulated my simple knee length pencil skirt to a new style . As a designer I am extremely comfortable in sewing a skirt in less than an hour . I pulled out the basic skirt sloper and traced out a new pattern . I finished my skirt and thought I should share the method with you .
Here is the method for you to DIY .
Basic skirt variation - I
1. Trace the basic skirt block front and back .
2. Taper side seams at hemline by 1 inch.
3. To add pattern on the front block draw lines as shown in the diagram - 1.
4. Mark each section as I , II and III as shown in the diagram .
5. Cut through the lines and separate each section as shown in daigram - 2 .
6. Cut fabric on bias for adding gathers in the central panel [ fabric length = half or twice the length of the central panel according to the fullness required . Width = width of the central panel ].
7. Gather / pleat the fabric neatly and place as shown in the diagram - 2 .
8. Heat set the gathers / pleats .
9. Finish the skirt .
Add seam allowance and hem allowance .
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