A few weeks ago, I posted an article on making bags, which is an easy place to learn how to sew, but if you’re wanting to start sewing clothes, then a skirt is a nice and easy garment to start with. All of the skirt tutorials below don’t require commercial patterns, but are either pattern-less, or show you how to draw up your own easy patterns. Of course this way, the skirt fits perfectly.

I’ve scoured the web to bring together some great free skirt tutorials. I found so many wonderful skirt tutorials that it was hard to choose which to include. If in doubt, I added a link. I’ve tried to include a variety of styles, sewing techniques, difficulty levels and funky inspiration ideas so that mixing and matching from these tutorials means that you can make almost any type of skirt imaginable. There are a lot of skirts for young girls, but they can be just as easily be made for adults by changing the measurements or vice versa.

As usual, these tutorials are usually for personal use only, not commercial use, consult each individual website for details.



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Simple A-Line Skirts

1. 20 Minute Skirt

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2. Fast and Cheap Skirt

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3. 5 Minute Skirt

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4. Skinny Skirt

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This is actually a video but it gives a good idea of how to make it and looks really easy.

5. Bias Cut Skirt

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6. Gathered Skirt

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7. Simple short gathered skirt

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8. A-Line with Ruffle

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9. Ruffled Linen Skirt

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To draw up a pattern-less a-line skirt, check out this tutorial and this tutorial.

To make a skirt pattern with godets (little flared bits at the bottom, check out this tutorial.

Wrap Skirts

10. Wrap Skirt

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11. Short Wrap Skirt

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12. Longer Wrap Skirt

Part One and Part Two

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13. Complex Wrap Skirt

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Peasant Skirts

14. Peasant Skirt

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15. Peasant Skirt

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16. Summer Swing Skirt

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17. Petticoat skirt

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Pleated Skirts

18. Easy Pleated Skirt

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More on making pleats.

Circle Skirts

19. Tablecloth Circle Skirt

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20. Circle Skirt

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For info on a 1/2 circle skirt, click here.

21. Striped Skirt

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Panelled Skirts

22. Simple Circle 6 Panel Skirt

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23. Fishtail skirt

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Check out the same site for a pencil skirt and gored skirt or here for a gored skirt pattern, or here.

24. Two Colour Panel Skirt

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Maternity Skirts

25. Maternity Skirt

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The author altered this pattern to turn it into a maternity skirt

26. Maternity A Line Skirt

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To draw up a pattern-less a-line skirt, check out this tutorial.

Recycled Skirts

27. Skirt from Man’s Button Down Shirt

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Download the tutorial as a PDF

28. Scrap Skirt

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29. Skirt From Jeans

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30. Skirt from tablecloth

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Girls Skirts

31. Twirly Skirt 1

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32. Strip work Skirt

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33. ‘Charming’ Skirt

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34. Twirly Skirt 2

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35. Ruffled Girls Skirt

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36. Layered Circle Skirt

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37. Twirly Skirt 3

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38. Sydney’s Skirt

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39. Patchwork A-Line

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Something a bit different

40. Bubble Skirt

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41. Lolita Ruffled Skirt

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The black underskirt is a separate tutorial found here.

For a variation on the Lolita skirt see tutorials part one and part two here.

42. Full Gathered Skirt

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43. Gypsy Skirt

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44. Belly Dancing Skirt

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45. Eight Pointed Skirt

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46. Fairy Skirt

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47. Burlesque Bustle Skirt

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48. Victorian Skirt

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Know of a great skirt tutorial? Why not add it to the comments section below.


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