How to Sew a Pretty Cottagecore Skirt Step By Step

Tools and materials:

• 2 yards of white cotton fabric
• 2 yards of eyelet lace
• White invisible zipper
• A full skirt (for the pattern)
• Scissors
• Pins
• Measuring tape
• Fabric chalk
• Sewing machine

1. Use a skirt to create the pattern

To start, I folded my fabric in half, and laid a skirt I already owned on top of it. Leaving one and a half inches around the skirt for seam allowance, I used pins to mark where to cut all around the skirt.

2. Cut the fabric

I cut the fabric around the skirt, using the pins as a guide. 

3. Sew up one side seam, and pin the other

Once the fabric was cut, I had one front piece and one back piece for my skirt. I pinned the pieces together along one side, right sides facing, and sewed the seam.

I left the other side open, so I could place a zipper there later.

4. Hem the top edge of the skirt

Next, I folded over the top edge of the skirt about half an inch and sewed it down. 

5. Measure and cut fabric for a waistband

I used a ruler and fabric chalk to mark where to cut for the waistband. I measured a width of 6 inches, and to get the measurement for the length, I simply measured my waist and added an inch and a half for seam allowance.

Then, I cut the waistband out of the fabric, using the chalk lines as my guide.

6. Pin the waistband to the top edge of the skirt

I pinned the waistband all the way across the top edge of the skirt. 

7. Add the zipper

Once the waistband was in place, I pinned the zipper along the top of the open side seam, sewed it down, and then sewed down the rest of the side seam.

8. Create ruffles 

I wanted to add a ruffled border to the hem of the skirt, so I cut a length of eyelet lace about one and one-third the length of the hem of my skirt.

I ran the solid section of the fabric through my sewing machine using a long straight stitch. 

I did not backstitch at the beginning or end of the stitches. Once I finished stitching the length of the fabric, I pulled gently on the ends of the thread, bunching up the fabric as I pulled, creating ruffles. 

9. Attach the ruffles to the hem of the skirt

I adjusted the ruffles so they were spread evenly along the length of the fabric. When I was satisfied with how it looked, I pinned it to the hem of the skirt, right sides facing, and sewed down.

10. Make a ribbon for the waistband

I would have liked to use the same eyelet lace to make a border around the waistband, but I did not have enough.

So, I found a different piece of lace and decided to make a bow for the waistband instead. 

11. Pin and sew the raw edges

I pinned the raw edges along the length of the ribbon and sewed it down.

12. Tie a bow

Once the edges were hemmed, I tied my ribbon into a pretty little bow.

13. Make the finishing touches

Before attaching the bow, I sewed the two ends of the ruffle together by hand.

Then, I sewed the bow by hand onto the center-front of the waistband.

My beautiful, romantic cottagecore skirt is complete! 

Cottagecore skirt sewing tutorial

This skirt is just so flowy and feminine and I love it so much! I hope this tutorial was helpful. Let me know what you think of this skirt in the comments below.