How to sew a wrap skirt

The wrap skirt is especially good for women who are “always losing weight”, whose waist sizes are constantly changing, and for girls who are still growing. You can instantly change the size of the skirt by adjusting the belt or simply altering the button to another place.

But even if the parameters of your figure have been stable for many years, you also should not pass by the wrap skirt, because this season it is extremely popular!

Recently, designers have been betting on an asymmetrical cut: such a non-standard approach makes the thing more interesting and attracts the attention of others to its owner. And for you, as a needlewoman, this is even "on hand", because such a thing is easier to sew without spending a lot of time on accurate measurements of all the details.

How to quickly sew a wrap skirt

Relying on this creative design solution, we have chosen a very stylish youth wrap mini skirt that will take you a maximum of half an hour to sew!

1. Measure the volume of your hips at the most prominent point and the length of the finished skirt.
2. Prepare a piece of fabric with a width equal to the length of the future product and a length equal to the volume of your hips.
3. Fold and overcast the edges of the fabric.
4. Wrap the fabric around you, but at the same time connect the outer edge of the fabric not at the waist, but slightly below, at the level of the hip. If you planned to sew a skirt from the hip, then, accordingly, place the free edge of the fabric even lower.
5. Secure the fabric with pins.
6. Sew the edge on the sewing machine by grasping the inside edge of the fabric. Or sew on a decorative button and make a loop, then you can adjust the size of the skirt.

By the way, with this method of sewing, a lot depends on your imagination: you can make the inner edge of the skirt shorter than the outer one, or vice versa. In this case, you need to attach the free edge of the skirt not below the belt line, but on the contrary, above it.

How to sew a tie wrap skirt

The wrap skirt is very comfortable and on the beach: You can easily put it on without even going into the dressing room. Such a skirt is also very easy to sew, you can take either a very light fabric for it, or more tightly, then you can wear it in the city. Such a maxi-length skirt looks especially beautiful.

How to sew a long wrap skirt

1. Measure your hips and length from waist to ankles.
2. Prepare the fabric with a length equal to the circumference of your hips + 1/2 and a width equal to the length of the finished skirt + 5 cm. Do not forget the seam allowances.
3. Sew the edges of the fabric with a sewing machine.
4. Fold the top long edge of the fabric 2.5 cm inward and sew, leaving a hole for the belt.
5. Wrap the fabric around you so that the inside edge of the fabric is exactly on the side. Sew a 10 cm long and 1.5 cm wide tie from the remnants of the fabric to this joint. Sew the exact same tie on the inner edge of the fabric.
6. Make a belt for the skirt to your size and insert it into the hole you left earlier.

If you do not like the belt on the skirt, then both inside and outside you can make small buttons.

Another interesting option for sewing such a skirt - mark on the fabric a length equal to the volume of your hips and the remaining 1/2 of this volume to the edge tailor it obliquely.

Then you will have a nice, rounded, outer corner.

And by rounding the corners on both sides and making small darts in the front, you get a skirt that resembles tulip.

But it is quite possible to do without darts, then the skirt will simply be more straight cut.

Or simply, without using a pattern, cut off the edge of the corner.

How to sew a wrap skirt for a girl

The skirts described above are quite suitable for a girl, especially if for each of them you use the method of cutting the outer corner along the oblique - such a beveled edge can be sheathe bright, contrasting fabric that will surely please your fashionista. Decorate the skirt decorative buttons, buttons, beads or something else.

Also for a girl, you can sew a wrap skirt, taking as a basis skirt sun or half-sun skirt by making an incision as shown in the pattern and closing the skirt as described above.

How to sew a wrap skirt video

The video shows another way to sew a wrap skirt, which you can also sew for a girl from a bright, colored fabric.