How to Make a Convertible Skirt
- 1). Measure and cut a square twice as long as the length you want your skirt. Fold the square in half one way, then the other way so you have a smaller square. Hold a piece of string in one corner of the square and line up the other end of the string with an adjacent corner. Attach a piece of chalk or a pencil to one end of the string. Keep the string in one corner of the square while you swing the chalk end of the string up to the opposite corner, keeping the string taut. You should have an even quarter-circle. Cut along the curved line you drew.
- 2). Measure your waist with a measuring tape and divide the measurement by four. Use the same piece of string with the chalk or pencil tied to one end, but cut the string so it is your waist measurement divided by four. Use the same method described in Step 1 to draw another quarter-circle in the corner of the skirt piece you cut out. This cut is the waist hole for the skirt. Cut out the waist and unfold the skirt.
- 3). Cut a rectangle waistband 10 inches tall and the width of your waist measurement. Fold the rectangle in half so it is still 10 inches tall, but only half the waist width measurement. Secure the raw ends of the waistband (the 10-inch side) with straight pins and sew a 5/8-inch seam with a sewing machine or with strong, tight hand stitches.
- 4). Measure and cut out two straps. They should be 20 inches wide and 1 1/2 times your height. For example; if you are 64 inches tall, your straps should be 20 inches wide and 96 inches tall.
- 5). Insert the waistband into the hole in the top of the circle skirt with the right sides facing each other. Use straight pins to pin the waist band into the skirt all the way around. If the waistband and the waist opening in the skirt don't match up perfectly, it's okay to add a few pleats. Sew the waistband to the skirt with your sewing machine, or using a needle and thread.
- 6). Turn the waistband over so the seam is visible. Lie the short ends of the straps over the skirt so the short ends match up with the waistband seam. Overlap the straps and pin them in place with straight pins. Sew the straps in place. Hem the raw edges if you like, but you don't have to hem anything if you don't want, because the knit fabric won't fray.
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