Pattern-Free Gathered Skirt

Emily Levey | Runtime (49 min)

Learn how to sew a classic gathered skirt with a flat made-to-measure waistband and button front closure that will be the envy of your friends! Using only one measurement from your waist this skirt eliminates the need for pattern pieces. In this easy-to-follow video you will learn all the techniques you need to sew this lovely full skirt including gathering, adding a waistband and button plackets, using covered buttons, buttonholes and hemming.

You’ll love this sewing video if you:

• Want to make your own clothes without complex patterns
• Love fabric and want to wear more of your favorite designs
• Want to learn the technique of gathering
• Just want a pretty skirt that you made yourself!

In Pattern-Free Gathered Skirt, you’ll learn how to:

• Make a skirt without a pattern using just your waist measurement
• Create even gathers for a fuller look
• Sew a waistband with interfacing
• Sew a button placket and buttonholes
• Make covered buttons

About the Expert:
Emily Levey has a passion for sewing and loves to share her knowledge and skills with others, teaching forgotten techniques in the hope students will find it as addictive as she does! She first started sewing 20 years ago and has not put her needle down since. Her initial love was dressmaking but then she found patchwork and quilting and was hooked. Today she can always be found in her studio, surrounded by fabric, rustling up a new dress or working on her latest quilt (while drinking tea, eating cake and stroking fabric). She has written many tutorials, which you can find on her blog Strawberry Patch Ramblings, where she also charts her shenanigans with fabric.