Create a Fitted Half & Half Mini Skirt

8 Materials

$10

1 Hour

Easy

I love mini skirts and this half and half fitted design is probably one of my favorites. This contrasting paneled skirt can be made in a few simple and easy steps using a basic skirt pattern. To learn how to sew an amazing half and half mini skirt, follow my tutorial below.

Tools and materials:

Pattern
Pen
Ruler
Fabric
Scissors
Pins
D rings
Sewing machine

DIY fitted mini skirt

Adjust the pattern

To start this mini skirt, I drew a ¼ seam allowance on each side of the centerline down my mini skirt pattern which you can learn how to make here.

Fold the pattern

Cut out the fabric

I then folded the pattern along the seam line so that the left side was under the right side.

Cut the fabric

Next, I placed the pattern on one layer of the fabric and cut around it. I cut one layer only because I don’t want this skirt to have a mirror image on the front and back side. I then went ahead and cut a second piece for the opposite back side of the skirt, making it a little longer.

Refold the pattern

Next, I opened up the pattern and folded it at the seam allowance line to the right of the centerline. I then went ahead and cut out a front and slightly bigger back piece of the plain black fabric.

How to sew a fitted mini skirt

I cut out the waistband, adding notches to the fold.

Fold the strip

This next step is optional, but I had cut an extra small strip of the striped fabric by mistake so I thought why not incorporate it somehow. I folded the strip, right sides together and pinned.

Sew the front pieces

Sew the fabric

I then took the front right and left pieces and pinned them along the center front. I repeated the same for the two back pieces. I then went ahead and sewed along my pinned lines on the front and back pieces as well as on the little strip.

Fold the waistband

Next, I folded the waistband, right sides together, pinned, and sewed it down. I also took a piece of elastic and pinned and sewed it as well.

Fitted mini skirt pattern

Once all the pieces were sewed, I made sure to turn the little striped strip right side out.

Place the two sides together

I placed the front of the skirt over the back, right sides together, and sewed along the side seams.

Pin the waistband

I turned my skirt, right side out, and moved on to work on the waistband. I matched up the seam of the waistband with the seam of the elastic and pinned the elastic inside the waistband. I folded the waistband horizontally over the elastic as I pinned it so that it encased the elastic.

Add D rings

Add on D rings

Once I had pinned the waistband, I cut the little strip of fabric in half and thread it through a D ring. I pinned the strip to the center of the front, black side of my skirt, and did the same on the striped back of the skirt.

Sew on the waistband

I pinned my waistband to the top of the skirt and sewed it on. While I was at my sewing machine, I also hemmed the bottom of my skirt. I decided to draw a tiny heart on the waistband to differentiate between the front and the back.