Simple Wrap Skirt

Over the weekend, I finished sewing up a new wrap skirt. I'm really happy with how it turned out and I'm very sure that I'll wear it often...knowing me, that means I'll wear it until it's faded and full of holes!

 A new skirt made by me!

I used two lovely fabrics from my stash. Fabrics that I've had for ages! No surprise that I chose blue fabrics for my skirt because blue is my most favourite colour! I love the twining flowers on the main fabric, the brighter colours make them stand out against their blue background. The tiny dotted "waves" of the deep blue trim is the same fabric I used to make a tie on this dress. I think the two fabrics, while very different, work well together.

Twining flowers for pops of colour.

Tiny white dots repeated over and over again.

The pattern I used was the very simple Make it Perfect Versatile Wrap. There were no paper pattern pieces to cut out, you simply measure and cut your fabrics. There are three main skirt panels which you just sew together to make a generous wrap-around, then you sew a very long strip to make a trim that forms the waistband, hem and ties. A button hole, to thread the longest tie through as it wraps around the waist, helps secure the skirt too.

Three panels make up the wrap skirt.

Pinning the trim to the bottom of the skirt...a very easy hem!

This skirt is one of the projects I've made as a way to teach myself some basic sewing skills so I can make some of my own clothes.  With this skirt, I had to measure out and mark the pattern pieces straight onto the fabric rather than relying on paper pattern pieces. I double-checked everything I read so I got those measurements correct before I cut! I also learned how a narrow trim can form the waistband and hem of a skirt like this. I think I could transfer the way I did this to other skirts I might make. 

Wearing my new skirt.

Overall, I found this a very simple skirt to make in what was really only a few hours all up. A quick project but one that's resulted in a skirt that I think will indeed be quite versatile. 

Have you done any sewing lately? What have you made?

Meg