Gored Skirt

This is a eight-gored jeans long skirt.

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Denim gored skirt

Pattern

The skirt is simply made of 8 trapezes and a belt, since I'm lucky and my waist-hips-width_of_cloth measurements allowed for a straight line; a slighty more complex gore shape may be better for other body types.

You will need the following measurements:

  1. Waist
  2. Hips
  3. Distance from waist to hips
  4. Desired Lenght
  5. Desired hem circunference

#1 / 8 becomes the shorter base of the trapeze;, #2 / 8 becomes the width at #3 from the top, #4 is the height of the trapeze and #5 is the other base; I've chosen to have #5 + 2 * stitching_allowance = cloth_width * 2, to reduce scraps.

Sew toghether the 8 gores, right sides facing, leaving room for the zip in one of the sides; add the straight belt as usual, then the zip and a button of choice.

From the scraps I've made two applied pockets that can be added to the front panels.

Last update: 2005-04-06 13:20 +0200

This page by Elena of Valhalla