Patchwork Maxi Skirt Tutorial for Women and Girls

I have a hard time throwing away scraps of fabric. In this case, I made 5 or 6 maxi skirts for my sisters and sister in laws last year. After making them I had a bunch of larger scraps of this really soft and comfy chevron knit fabric (its from +Riley Blake ).

I've been saving them for all that time thinking I would be able to make at least a couple of smaller maxi skirts. I wasn't sure how it would work out, but yesterday morning before church I thought I would give it a try

For this skirt I made sure that all my scraps had straight edges.

After trimming them all, then I grabbed my largest scrap piece and another piece that the longest edge of the piece had the chevron going in a different direction.  

I used my serger to sew them.  Then I grabbed another scrap piece and sewed it on.  Trying the entire time to get the chevron pattern to go in different directions. 

Most of the pieces that I was using were in the shape of triangles, so it ended up that the top of the skirt was skinnier than the bottom of it.  Which is exactly what I needed. 

I just kept sewing more and more onto the skirt, until I had enough that when I wrapped it around my girls waist that it was long enough and wide enough.  I tried to make sure it was in a sort of trapezoid shape.  Then I sewed the trapezoid shape into a skirt.  Then trim the top and the bottom of the skirt so that they aren't uneven.

For the waist band I took a piece that was 2-3 inches shorter than their waist measurement.  Serged the short ends together to make a band.  Folded that in half and serged the band onto the top of the skirt, all the while stretching the top band.

 

I love how the finished skirts turned out.  My girls were so excited to have "one of those long skirts just like yours!"

Its all about keeping them happy ya know!

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