Begin by copying your basic skirt pattern ignoring the darts.
Floor length box pleat long skirt pattern.
This is a more complicated pattern to explain.
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Make sure to cut the fabric in a straight line.
Baby pink print schoolgirl tartan plaid pleated junior plus size long skirt.
This will be the top of your skirt.
The pink fabric is a box pleat and the green fabric is an inverted box pleat.
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The pleats will be marked on the pattern with solid or dotted lines and arrows for the direction to fold press the pleat.
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Okay this time i mean fully pleated skirt.
Just measure their width.
Take this as a 44.
If you want 3 box pleats you can make a mix of this and the previous pattern.
Your stitches will connect 1 and 2 and 3 and 4.
For this tutorial i am going to presume that you are working with a pattern that has pleats.
Shop by length such as mid calf long below knee.
You will also need a 20cm 8 inch zip and a button or hooker for the waistband.
How to create a box pleat inverted box pleat.
Sew down the length of the sides of your skirt using a straight stitch.
Cut out the fabric.
You can just add or remove length to suit your height and taste.
For eg take the case of a skirt yoke with box pleats attached sewing pattern and tutorial for pleated skirt here measure the bottom edge of the yoke full round you have finished.
For example if your waist measurement was 30 76 cm and you want the skirt to be 35 89 cm long then you would need your fabric to be 90 229 cm wide and 37 94 cm long.
This is the roundup.
These will be the sides of your skirt.
From this video you can learn how to make box pleated brocade long skirt in simple and easy method.
Decide on the number of pleats you want.
Using your tape measure draw a slanted line connecting 1 and 3 do the same for 2 and 4.
The pattern takes 2 75m of fabric at 150cm wide or 3m of fabric at 112cm wide.
It is drafted for an 84cm waist which is approximately a uk size 14 and the length is 90cm.
Knife pleats all around.