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Wednesday 25 June 2014

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How to sew a KNIT pencil skirt…or at least how I do it…
Today is all about how to sew a knit pencil skirt in just a few easy steps!
This week we’ve been having a pencil skirt making sew along. On Monday we gave you all the instructions for how to create a pencil skirt sloper using your own measurements and then yesterday we gave you instructions for how to cut your fabric and sew up your pencil skirt.
But yesterdays instructions were for fabrics like cotton, denim, and wool. So what if you are like me and want to make yourself a pencil skirt from a knit fabric?
Then today is your day! Knit pencil skirts are seriously a breeze to make…they are actually one of my favorite projects right now because they come together so quickly and you have something so fun when you are finished.
Let’s get started.
The only supplies you will need are the sloper you created for yourself using Monday’s “Drafting A Skirt Sloper” instructions , your fabric, scissors, pins, and a serger.
Once you have gathered those five things we are going to decide where we want our waistband. For mine I measured down the curved side of my sloper about 3.5 inches and then drew a curved line that mimics the curve of the waistline. After I drew my line I then cut along that same line to remove the top section of my sloper that will now become my waistband.
Repeat this on both your front and back sloper pieces.
Next cut out your main skirt front and back piece. Do this by cutting 1 front and 1 back piece on the fold.
Now it’s time to cut our waist band pieces.
Place your front waistband piece on the fold.
Trace the bottom and side of your piece.
Then flip that pattern over like a page of a book.
And trace again.
When you are finished your waistband piece should look like this:
If it does, cut it out. If it doesn’t send me an email and let’s figure out what’s going on….
(Make sure you repeat this process for both your front and your back waist band pieces.)
Now it’s time to get sewing…if we’ve done everything right we have a main front piece of fabric, a main back piece of fabric, a front waistband piece, and a back waistband piece.
Place your front and your back waistband pieces right sides together and serge the two end sections together.
(It should look like this when you are finished.)
Next place your main front fabric and your main back fabric right sides together and serge.
Perfect! Now fold your waistband in half lengthwise with the right sides out.
And now your waistband is ready to be attached to your skirt!
Do this by placing your waistband inside the skirt (so right sides are together and the raw edged side of your waistband is aligned with the raw top edge of your skirt).Knit Pencil Skirt Tutorial Step 8
Then pin the side seams of the skirt to the side seams of the waistband. And then start pinning the skirt to the waistband around the entire circumference.
Once you are pinned you are ready to surge!
Surge together your main fabric to your waistband.Knit Pencil Skirt Tutorial Step 9
When you are finished the inside of your skirt will look like this.
And now all you have left to do is to hem your skirt in with whatever method you like to use best.
Then get all fancy and kick up your heels because…Pencil Skirt Tutorial Knit Green
You’re done!!!
But before I sign off for the day I want to give you a few tips for sewing pencil skirts with knit:
Knit stretches…seriously….so when I am cutting out my fabric I don’t add any ease or seam allowances to my sloper…I just use it “as is” for a pattern. And sometimes I even cut my skirt a quarter inch smaller than my sloper if I have really stretchy fabric.
The heavier the knit the happier I am with my skirt…both the fit and the appearance of the skirt.
Pencil Skirt Knit Tutorial Blue
And as for where to get knit….well…..each of the skirts shown in this post were made from knit purchased at a thrift store…thick, smelly, heavy, vintage knit…that I am absolutely IN LOVE WITH…it’s my favorite (and because I bought it all at a thrift store it made the cost of ALL three skirts and the poster board for my sloper less than $10!). But I realize that moth ball scented fabric isn’t for everyone so if you are looking for great apparel fabric I’d check Michael Levine’s online store…they always have something cool.
Alright! So that is it for me today.

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