Arrow Skirt Tutorial

When I started designing a skirt for the collection, I had this image of arrows going up and down.

The idea of using a neutral base color for the skirt, with a true color kick to give it character. The Simply Color line was perfect.

In order to achieve the look I used a jelly roll of fabric and sewed it together, then I simply cut the yardage on the bias so that I could create a lot of fun arrow-like or chevron pieces to use for embellishments. (A more thorough tutorial is below).

To make this skirt you will need:

Materials:

1/2 – 3/4 yd fabric
Jelly Roll
approx. 20″ of 3/4″ elastic
Basic Sewing Essentials
Button Optional
Instructions:

Starting with the jelly roll.

Press seams open.

*Note – It is very important that you cut the strips on alternate angles if you want to achieve the chevron or arrow-like effect!

Press seams open.

Set aside strips so that we can cut the skirt panels.

For an in depth skirt chart with approximate sizes ranging from 2T thru 17 yrs see this post from Project Run & Play.

Repeat this for front and back of the skirt, depending on your desired finished product. 

For an in depth elastic casing tutorial, click here. And just in case you want to take it a step further – here is a tutorial that promises to keep the elastic from turning!
The button embellishment is simply sewn directly onto the waistband at the side of the skirt for an extra touch.

And there you have it, the super cute and fun Arrow Skirt!

Be sure to come back tomorrow to see what we made with those leftover Jelly Roll Cuts!!! You’ll definitely want to save those. (psssssst…..it’s a tote!)

Thanks so much for stopping by, and until next time…

Happy Sewing!