Floral Linen Wrap Skirt -Inspiration Pic
As a DIYer I spend way to much time on Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram and just online in general searching for new ideas, tutorials, patterns and inspiration. Since I am constantly trying to expand and improve my self drafting skills. I like to screenshot or pin inspiration garments when I see them to try to recreate later. This skirt is a result of this screenshot I captured from Facebook.This is a basically a maxi circle skirt. I used By Hand London Circle Skirt Calculator to find my waist radius for a quarter circle maxi skirt. I traced this pattern onto paper as I had to get creative with my pattern placement on my fabric and I was sort of making it up as I went along. After I placed the front half of the quarter circle skirt pattern onto the fabric I freehandedly extended the waist curve some for the back piece so it would wrap around to the front. I also cut one side of the front piece at an angle so that the split would be open. (I think I cut it a little too much). For the waist band I used the skirt pieces as a guide to create a 1 piece contoured waistband.The final version of this skirt will be made out of linen or Ankara cotton. However since this was my first muslin I used this linen I found at Hancock on the Spot the Bolt table for just $2/yard! Thankfully I did have shoes that matched almost perfectly :) !As far as construction I sewed the two side seams (the side that was extended or cut at an angle) together, sewed a narrow hem on each end, Next I sewed two sets of waistbands (front and back) together at the sides then to each other at the top. Then I sandwiched the skirt in between the front and back waistband and attached a hook closure.I think this pattern still needs some tweaking but I'm fairly pleased that it resembles my inspiration skirt. I'm going to try again soon out of my actual fashion fabric.