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When I get a bee in my bonnet about making something, sometimes I hyperfocus. In this case, I was flexing my drafting skills to create my own simple A-Line skirt that could be worn with a roll neck. The idea was to create a slim fit silhouette. The skirt had to have no closures i.e. it would be sewn exclusively with stable knit fabrics – specifically scuba.

This is one of the joys of drafting your own sewing patterns; you can really make them as specific as you want! So entre my Scuba A-Line Skirt!

The process involved using my skirt sloper developed using the excellent Suzy Furrer Craftsy class. You can check out the full review of the process here.

I started off with a circle skirt that was “too much” for the scuba I was working with – it still yeilded some lovely skirts even though that wasnt the flare I quite wanted. I however now have 2 more patterns for simple knit skirts.

Eventually, I got to the flare that I wanted after 4 further attempts. Each attempt included sewing up a garment. You can watch all my making adventures on my video here.

I lengthened the knit sloper, closed the darts and added 2″ flare. The length means that it only requires 0.75m of fabric.

HeatherSage Poppy Scuba Skirt

This is my favourite skirt of the lot! I love the sixties psychedelic pattern with the poppy red pops of colour. I used a 2″ black corded elastic for the waistband so that the black band could give a lovely contrast.

Midnight Rosette Scuba Skirt

The Midnight Rosette scuba is a popular print and I was taken with the big bold florals on a dark background. It was also finished with an elastic band at the waist.

Modern Art DIY Scuba Skirt

Lady McElroy Modern Art is not normally my colours but when I saw it on someone I was quite taken by how lovely it looked.

Lotus Charm Scuba Skirt

The deep purples and aubergine tones of this Lady McElroy Lotus Charm scuba caught my eye. I added a grey pom pom trim to give a fun hem.

This is what the working pattern for the above skirts looks like along with the first version. I used a remnant of a quilted jersey fabric that had been a long term stash resident.

The Knit Sloper

It started with this knit sloper that I developed in 2015. I had to check if it still fit me so I sewed it up in a scuba knit fabric.

The 4 Skirts – Journey towards the final working pattern

The pink sloper led to the 3/4 circle skirt which led to the half circle before the final pattern.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have you done any pattern drafting recently?

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