Australian Stitches

Design Your Own Skirt

Materials

•  Pattern Tracing Paper
• Pen Or Pencil
• Ruler
• French Curve
• Basic Skirt Pattern – Fitted To Your Personal Body Shape
• Sticky Tape

TIPS:

• The style of this design requires a fabric with soft, draping qualities.

• When making a pattern it is important to add a seam allowance to any section that you separate from the original pattern.

You will need to work with a full front and full back pattern. Using diagram 1 as a reference, follow the instructions for the front and back pattern plan.

Front and back skirt plan

Trace the full front and back patterns of your basic skirt block onto paper. As a

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