Tutorial : two-faced skirt

Okay so this is my first tutorial, so try your best to follow!! Let me know if you have any questions at all! I came up with the idea for this skirt because I had leftover a scrap piece of really cute fabric that I used to make a dress for Taylor (previously posted). I didn't have enough to make an entire skirt from it so I decided to make the front part out of the design and the back half out of a matching plain cream knit.

What you will need:

-2 different fabrics, preferably knit or any stretch, about 1/2 a yard of each.

-elastic band, measure to fit width of waist

-sewing basics, string, scissors, pins, etc.

First start by folding both of the fabrics in half, pattern side down and cut a basic skirt pattern out. Honestly, I just kind of winged the shape of it. I'm sure skirts are the only thing you can get away with doing that. 

Next, open both the pieces up good sides touching each other and pin together the sides of the skirt (the skirt will be inside out while sewing). Then sew down the sides top to bottom on both sides. After sewing, go back and trimmed any extra fabric off the sides. Be sure not to get too close to the stitch, wouldn't want to risk cutting one! Set the skirt aside, for now.

     


Cut two identical pieces of fabric, one of each you are using. Make sure these fabrics are half of what you need the waist to be.  I added an 1/2 an inch on each fabric for seam allowances. Make sure the width of these are a little bit more than your width of your elastic. My elastic band was a 1 inch so i made the band a little more than 2 inches. Once cut, sew one side of each fabrics together, good sides facing each other. Once sewn, fold the entire piece in half, width wise good sides together and sew down the entire length. Turn the band right side out, causing the right sides of the fabric to be on the outsides and your stitch to be inside. 

Sew the casing (with out the elastic in it) to the skirt. Be sure to sew the bottom of the casing (where the seam is) to the top of the skirt. The casing should be on the outside of the skirt. I know, doesn't make much sense saying it...but after you sew it like this you will flip the casing up and the seams will be nice and hidden. If you want to double check that you are doing it correctly, pin it first, using the pins horizontally and then flip up the casing. Believe me, I pin and check before sewing all the time, better safe than sorry! 

**Be sure to leave the beginning and end of the casing un-sewn. (Remember, there's no elastic in there yet!)**

Slide the elastic band into one side and slide it through the entire casing. I find it easiest to use your pointer finger and slide the fabric on finger like hanging up curtains! I'm sure this method won't work if you have tons of fabric, but find what works best for you.


**Pin one end of the elastic to the casing when you unravel the fabric...believe me you will smack yourself if you forget to and you lose the elastic back into the casing!**

Pin the elastic sides together and sew them together. 


**I went over this stick about 3 times...wouldn't want the elastic to break from not begin secured properly.**

Pin the sides of the casing together, one overlapping the other. Be sure the tuck the top one's edges for  a clean look. Sew together using a straight stitch. 

Fold the casing, now with the elastic in it, back down and finish sewing the gap you original left. Be sure to overlap your original stitch a bit to secure it. 


**The last step is to hem the bottom. Unfortunately, I can't hem this until my child wakes up in the morning. So this part is missing, but hemming is a pretty self explanatory step.**