Pattern and sewing of a wrap skirt

Every woman has her own wardrobe with a variety of beautiful things from accessories to warm outerwear. It is important for girls of any age to look beautiful and stylish in order to emphasize their natural image and add expressiveness. One of the most popular items of clothing is a skirt.

Nowadays, on store shelves you can find a huge selection of models from the simplest to collectible items. In our article we will pay attention to a wrap skirt and tell you how to make such a thing yourself at home. This will save your money and add a unique product of your own production to your wardrobe. With a detailed plan you can get the job done quickly and easily.

Women's wrap skirts - easy and comfortable

Many people think that sewing any thing is a costly process and requires a lot of time spent at the machine. In fact, everything is quite clear and easy to implement. Although this skirt looks a little unusual, it shouldn’t be difficult to make.

There are several options for its execution, which differ in some details and appearance of the product. In this article we will talk about the features of making patterns and sewing classic, short and long versions. We invite you to use ready-made patterns to make a skirt as quickly as possible.

The principle of constructing a pattern for a wrap skirt

To make this wardrobe item you need to have an idea of ​​the order in which the pattern is constructed. As with everything else, it is an important stage in the creation of a future product; the final result and quality of your new wardrobe item depend on it.

For the pattern you will need:

• Graph paper (it is better to observe the dimensions and draw a drawing on it).
• Pencil.
• Centimeter tape for measurements.
• Waist size. The measurement is taken at protruding points at waist level.
• Hip girth. It is measured along their middle part.
• The length of the skirt is selected according to your personal wishes.

Based on the measurements obtained, a drawing is constructed on paper, after which it is transferred to fabric, and then work with the material proceeds.

IMPORTANT! Leave a seam allowance of about 1.5 cm (depending on how large you make the fold when sewing), otherwise the skirt will turn out to be narrow in girth and will cause discomfort.

We sew a simple wrap skirt quickly and easily

To save time, you can use a simple method. This option is the most convenient to implement and does not require special skills. The basic idea is to give the piece the appearance of layering one part of the skirt over another, while leaving a slit in the center of the front half below knee level.

The easiest way is to use an old skirt.If you have unnecessary things, you can cut them out and use the resulting parts to create a new pattern. It will be enough to trace the silhouette on paper along the contour of the fabric and then transfer it to the new material from which you are going to make a new wrap skirt.

But if this is not the case, it’s okay, we will teach you an easy way to sew.

IMPORTANT! This image will not be distinguished by a particular variety of details; if you want to make an unusual thing, you should take a different pattern. We offer a method for quick sewing.

Pattern of a simple wrap skirt

A simple method involves making it from a single piece of fabric without unnecessary seams. To do this you will need a pattern of the classic straight version. Only, unlike this method, we do not need to make additional lines for the seam. In fact, it will be a rectangular fabric, which we will give the desired size, shape and cut off the excess parts.

1. Draw a pattern for the base or find a ready-made image online.
2. A typical product consists of a front and a back piece. For a wrap skirt, you need to change the front edge.
3. In order to get an elegant cut in the front, you need to expand the pattern along the edges by 7–10 cm and draw a line obliquely from the waist down.

Just imagine that you are not putting on a ready-made skirt, but wrapping fabric around your waist. In this case, first you overlap one edge, and on top of it the other, this is what the finished thing will look like.

Sewing a simple wrap skirt

Let's get to work, starting everything by processing the material and transferring the dimensions to the fabric. As mentioned above, we will need: knitwear 80×160, threads with needles, buttons, scissors.

A simple and accessible way of sewing:

1. Iron the fabric on both sides before starting work.
2. Fold the rectangle in half to create a square piece.
3. At the top corner of the fold, cut the material in a circle. This will serve as the future waist.
4. The bottom of the square can be left unchanged or cut around the circumference, depending on what kind of bottom of the skirt you want to get.
5. Now try on the blank, wrap it around your belt. To do this, bring the fabric behind your back and hold the ends in your hands in front of you. Cross the edges one by one, placing one on top of the other. Mark the location of the desired seam with chalk and secure with a pin.
6. After this, use a machine to sew a seam along the marked line or sew on several buttons to fasten it with.

For beauty, you can attach an elastic belt to the top edge, which will fix the waist and sit comfortably on you.

DIY short wrap skirt

If you have a desire to create a designer item and amaze everyone with your masterpiece, you can use a more complex option. Thanks to this method, you can adjust the height and place the cut on the side, front or even back.

IMPORTANT! Don't shorten the option too much. You should have enough material to smell and cut.

In order to make a beautiful short skirt, you will need to correctly construct a pattern in accordance with the dimensions. The process will not require much effort if you use the pattern for the base for a straight skirt.

Constructing a pattern

To create a pattern you will need to take graph paper and a pencil. You can transfer all the main dimensions from a classic skirt and add wrap details to it.

1. Make the base trapezoidal. To do this, you need to expand both parts at the edges by about 10 cm.
2. We will leave the back part unchanged, but we will alter the front part so that when put on it will overlap with the lower part.
3. To do this, on the front piece, draw an oblique line from the side seam, passing through the intersection of the level of the knees and the center of the product.
4. Do the same with the second half, only symmetrically relative to the middle.
5. You should end up with two pieces for the front and one for the back.
6. At waist level, mark the line of the belt holding the product. Just in case, take fabric with a margin of about 5 cm. This place will be the fastening of the future elastic band.
7. For ease of sewing, you can mark points for buttons or zippers in advance.

Since the model is short, this should be taken into account when sewing the belt so that it does not end up being too small. It will also look better to move the place of the smell and the cut to the side; this will add piquancy and will not look too provocative.

Step-by-step sewing

There are no difficulties when stitching; use the basic rules described above. However, in this case you will need additional places for stitching:

1. Prepare the material and cut it according to the constructed pattern.
2. Sew the back part and the two front parts together. You will get side seams.
3. Now you need to sew up the smell area. To do this, apply the fabric on top of each other and make a stitch in the marked place using a machine.
4. Additionally, install buttons in several rows in this place. This will allow you to change the width of the cut and quickly adjust the girth.

IMPORTANT! In this option, it is better not to install pockets, since they will stick out from under the bottom edge.

Long wrap skirt

If your image does not allow you to have short things in your wardrobe or you are simply embarrassed to appear in this form, but you really want to, you can simply increase the length. To do this, use the same base as before, but increase the side dimensions. The rear part will remain unchanged. But in the front ones it is worth extending the oblique line of the smell to the very bottom.

IMPORTANT! If you want to move the seam location for the cut, you should reduce one of the sides and increase the other accordingly. The overall part of the fabric will not change, but the seam location will shift.

How to cut fabric for a long wrap skirt

There are no special rules here. Using the resulting pattern, draw contours on the material from which you will sew. Using regular scissors, cut along the lines. If the fabric crumbles or unravels, it should be sewn along the cut areas with a double seam. After this, it is better to iron the parts and get to work. Since a long skirt will weigh more, it will require a reinforced belt that can withstand the weight.

How to sew a long wrap skirt

Using the general plan, we begin to create clothes.

1. Sew the front pieces to the back. Iron the seams.
2. At the intersection of the material, make a stitch, connecting the front edge together.
3. After this, install a row of buttons or a zipper.
4. For convenience, you can make pockets on the sides. This option allows us to arrange this.
5. Sew a long ribbon to the top edge to create a decorative belt.

Don't be afraid to experiment and create something new, you can decorate your clothes in different ways. Create your own unique image and always be on top.