#split side skirt

[thecozycuttlefish]

Make a linen split-side skirt - the ultimate customizable skirt

Follow along and see how I sewed a linen split-side skirt and made a few mistakes you can learn from on the way.

I made a thing and I think it's pretty cool. You should make one too!

[kimije]

24 Hour skirt which if I did it all at once would have been about 5-6hrs

Since this was all rectangles I got lazy and cut 8 layers at once, it worked surprisingly well

Giant Pockets! Miles of Sash!

The sash took about 20 minutes to turn out, it was big enough not to be frustrating, there was just a lot of it.

I was debating between pleats and gathering, but pleats seemed too fiddly for the timeframe I was working with so giant zigzag over string gathering was the method of the day.

the waistband of the back piece ties at the front with twill tape

the first seams I did I used an overcast stitch (really must go see if my overlocker still works) and then sewed it flat but for all the rest I did a rolled hem (favorite foot) and strait stitched it together. Less fraying that way.

the front half went much the same as the back, the black panels are there by design, but also because I wanted more skirt volume

I have not mastered the art of buying just enough fabric, I'm either short or I have a meter and a half left over.

I will say this is the least amount of scrap fabric I've ever had on a project (rectangles ftw), corner pieces from the pockets and about 5 inches times the total width because I decided it was too long

The first pic is with a petticoat and the second is without... I don't think it makes much difference. Its just with the amount of fabric in the skirt and the shape of me I don't think I need any assistance with volume.

To make this I skimmed through this video:

as well as part 2 and then just went for it.

Also pro tip, if the person taking your photos is taller than you get them to sit down. In the first photos we took it looked like I had no neck, no legs and was made of 90% boobs, the ones above are much more like what I see in the mirror.