NEW! Stitch it! Sisters One-Seam Skirt Sewing Tutorial
New! Watch Stitch it! Sisters Program 210 One-Seam Skirt!
NEW! Watch Stitch it! Sisters Program 210, One-Seam Skirt Sewing Tutorial Video with hosts Deanna Springer and Dana Casey from Team NZP! In this video, the Stitch it! Sisters share how to make our NEW! One-Seam Skirt completely on a serger!
Make our NEW! One-Seam Skirt with just one yard of knit fabric and a yard-or-so of 3″ knit elastic. Our One-Seam Skirt has no elastic casing and is so fast to make – you’ll be sewing this summer wardrobe staple in two hours or less with our sewing tutorial, below!
Purchase one of the NEW! Exclusive One-Seam Skrit Bundle Boxes featuring our Crepe Knits and Ponte Knit Fabrics, Pellon Wonder-Under, and our Exclusive One-Seam Skirt Sewing Pattern featuring Team NZP’s – step-by-step instructions and photos/illustrations! NEW! Exclusive One-Seam Skirt Bundle Box includes everything you’ll need to make one One-Seam Skirt. You’ll supply the thread. Now available in EIGHT LIMITED EDITION COLORS/STYLES at ShopNZP.com!
NEW! Exclusive One-Seam Skirt Bundle Box – Teal
NEW! Exclusive One-Seam Skirt Bundle Box – Purple
NEW! Exclusive One-Seam Skirt Bundle Box – Royal
NEW! Exclusive One-Seam Skirt Bundle Box – Red
NEW! Exclusive One-Seam Skirt Bundle Box – Navy
NEW! Exclusive One-Seam Skirt Bundle Box – Fuchsia
NEW! Exclusive One-Seam Skirt Bundle Box – Charcoal
NEW! Exclusive One-Seam Skirt Bundle Box – Black
NEW! Stitch it! Sisters One -Seam Skirt Sewing Tutorial
by the Stitch it! Sisters
One-Seam Skirt Sewing Tutorial Supplies
NEW! Exclusive One-Seam Skirt Bundle Box by the Stitch it! Sisters
Clover’s Heart Shaped Straight Pins
Clover’s Retractable Spring Tape Measure
Clover’s Chaco Liner or Marking Pen
June Tailor’s Eze-View Pressing Cloth
Iron
Four Cones Coordinating Serger Cone Thread
Schmetz ELx 705 Serger Needles Size 80/12
4-Thread Serger Sewing Machine, such as our NEW! bernette b64 AIRLOCK Overlocker
Optional: NEW! bernette b42 Coverstitch Machine
Prepare your fabrics! Pre-shrink fabrics by steaming and pressing. Then, stabilize fabrics for the sewing process by pressing and starching fabrics with Quilter’s Starch Savvy.
One-Seam Skirt
Finished Measurements
Approx. side length from waist: 32″ L
Cut Fabrics and Supplies
- Cut four 1″ x 17″ strips Pellon Wonder-Under.
- Using a tape measure, measure waist.
- Cut elastic 2″ shorter that waist measurement.
- Mark knit skirt rectangle 34″ long, by waist measurement plus 2″- 6″.
Before cutting skirt rectangle, wrap greatest stretch of fabric rectangle around waist and test-fit through hips. Mark rectangle skirt width with pins – with desired ease in mind. Reminder to allow an additional 1/2″ for seam allowances.
- Using pins, quarter-mark elastic and upper edge skirt fabric.
- Place elastic to skirt top, right sides together, aligning edges and matching quarter-markings. Pin.
- Stretch elastic to meet fabric, and secure with additional pins.
- Insert a new Size 80/12 Jersey Needle into machine.
When attaching elastic to skirt with a flatlock stitch on a serger, place elastic to skirt with right sides together, and place pins parallel to cut edge.
When stitching elastic to skirt with a sewing machine, set sewing machine for a “wobble-stitch”: Choose a slight zigzag (2.0-2.5 length and .5 width). On the outside, this stitch will give the appearance of a straight stitch, while providing a slight amount of stretch to the seam! Or, choose a 4-thread overlock serger stitch. Now’s the perfect time to use a serger!
- Stitch or serge seam with 1/4″ seam allowance, or use presser foot edge as a guide.
- Stitch elastic to skirt top, stretching elastic as you sew.
- Be sure to backstitch at seam beginning and ending – when stitching with a sewing machine.
- Fold elastic up and gently open the flatlock serger stitches – revealing the ‘ladder’ stitches.
- Place skirt right sides together and pin along side seam.
- Using 1/4″ seam allowance, stitch side seam with 4-Thread serger over lock seam. Or stitch with a wobble stitch on a sewing machine.
- Insert stitched serger thread tails into eye of a double eye needle. Insert needle into stitched seam, threading tail back through stitched seam.
- Add a drop of Fray Block, and cut away excess thread tail.
Finish One-Seam Skirt
- Fold elastic to skirt inside with wrong sides together. Pin at side seam and at halfway – point (where a second side seam would usually be positioned).
- With sewing machine wobble stitch, topstitch along side seam, and halfway mark, securing elastic inside skirt.
You’re the designer! Choose your desired skirt length plus 1″, and shorten skirt by trimming away extra fabric.
- Using Clover’s Hot Ruler, Eze-View Press Cloth and iron, turn up lower skirt and press 1″ lower hem.
- Following manufacturer’s instructions, press 1″ strips of Pellon Wonder-Under Interfacing to wrong side of skirt hem.
- Remove paper backing from Wonder Under.
- Using Eze-View Press Cloth and iron, turn up and press 1″ lower hem.
- Stitch hem with a serger cover stitch, or stitch hem using wobble stitch, blind hem stitch, topstitch with a Double Needle stitching.
- Your One-Seam Skirt is complete!
Make one or more of our super-easy NEW! One-Seam Skirts!
NEW! Exclusive One-Seam Skirt Bundle Box – Teal
NEW! Watch Stitch it! Sisters Program 210, One-Seam Skirt Sewing Tutorial Video with hosts Deanna Springer and Dana Casey from Team NZP! In this video, the Stitch it! Sisters share how to make our NEW! One-Seam Skirt completely on a serger!
One-Seam Skirt Sewing Tutorial Supplies
NEW! Exclusive One-Seam Skirt Bundle Box by the Stitch it! Sisters
Clover’s Heart Shaped Straight Pins
Clover’s Retractable Spring Tape Measure
Clover’s Chaco Liner or Marking Pen
June Tailor’s Eze-View Pressing Cloth
Iron
Four Cones Coordinating Serger Cone Thread
Schmetz ELx 705 Serger Needles Size 80/12
4-Thread Serger Sewing Machine, such as our NEW! bernette b64 AIRLOCK Overlocker
Optional: NEW! bernette b42 Coverstitch Machine
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For a chance to be the random winner of one Double-Eyed Needle from Team NZP, please leave a comment below about our NEW! One Seam Skirt by the Stitch it! Sisters!
NZP will give away one Double-Eyed Needle to one US resident in the 48 contiguous states. Winner must reply within 30 days to the official giveaway announcement email message sent from Nancy Zieman Productions.
Happy Stitching!
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Shirl
I am not familiar with a double eye needle, but I can see where it has its use. I think I will try one. Thanks Stitch It Sisters for introducing it to me.
Susan
The NEW! One Seam Skirt by the Stitch it! Sisters! looks like a very easy project to quickly sew. This is wonderful for those of us who have limited time to sew.
Clovis
A very easy skirt to make.