Have an Old Pair of Jeans & Some Fabric? Make This Asymmetrical Skirt
In this DIY, we’re going to make an asymmetrical skirt. It's denim at the top and then has a gorgeous flowing patterned fabric coming down. This project is very easy and straightforward - great for those who are new to sewing.
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Tools and materials:
- Denim jeans
- Fabric marker
- Scissors
- Patterned fabric
- Pins
1. Cut jeans
Using a fabric marker, mark a straight line on your jeans just above the crotch, then cut across. Once cut out, you can use your scissors to neaten the line and make sure it is straight. You can also fold the jeans down the middle to make sure they are the same length on each side.
2. Measure the width
Next, measure the width of the bottom part of your jeans. Mine measured 50cm (19.7 inches).
3. Measure your patterned fabric
Now to make the napkin part of the skirt. Take a piece of fabric folded in half with the good sides touching and place your measurement of 50cm (or whatever your width was) as a curved line on one corner. Then, pin the fabric down.
4. Draw a semicircle
Measure 30cm (12 inches) from the corner of your folded side of the fabric. Draw a semicircle from one side of the fabric to another that is 30cm all the way along. Then mark that semicircle with a fabric marker and cut it out. Proceed to remove the pins that were in the fabric.
Now you can rotate the fabric and hold the curved side up against the bottom of the denim skirt. Our design is starting to come together!
5. Pin the patterned fabric
Proceed to pin the open side together, and once done, turn it inside out so that the good side is now facing outwards.
6. Join the pieces together
Lift the skirt up, and from the inside, pin it all the way around to your denim section at the top.
7. Sew
The next step is to sew. First, sew the open side that you had pinned. Next, you want to sew the two pieces of fabric together to make it into one skirt. Once done, hem your patterned fabric on all sides by folding it over and sewing it down to give it a clean finish.
Asymmetrical draped skirt DIY
Here's the finished asymmetrical skirt. The end product looks gorgeous! The patterned fabric contrasts with the denim beautifully, and obviously, you can go for any color of denim and any type of pattern that you want.
This skirt is different, unique, and was so easy to make. Let me know what you think of this tutorial and the final product in the comments below.
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Wow - nicely done! And the perfect solution for stained jeans. (I noticed the blue smudge on the knee.) I just wanted to share with you that I have never heard that hem style called anything but a handkerchief hem. My Midwest roots are showing. (In the US, roughly the land east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River, generally the states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois are called the Midwest region.)
It's nice to have the internet broaden my horizons. Hello, world!
This inspires me. That look won't look good on me, I'm overweight and over 70, but it would look real cute on my granddaughter whose turning 16. Also, I think I can make a skirt similar to that that I will like for myself by just changing the hem of the skirt. Thanks for the idea.