Yoga Skirt

This is one of my most comfortable skirts. I bought it at TJMax while I was pregnant with Adeline and I've just continued to wear it. I've seen different names for it, Yoga Skirt being one of them, and I think it's a fairly popular style (at least among DIY'ers). So I decided to try it. 

 

 

I found some striped knit fabric at Walmart for $1.50 a yard. It was a very stretchy, yet sturdy knit. I laid my original skirt on a piece of paper and copied the shape. Using half, (cause I wanted to make a chevron pattern) I laid it slanty-wise on the fabic and cut it out, then laid THAT back on the fabric, matching up lines and cut four halves this way.

Honey Bunch wanted pictures taken as well.

 I laid out the skirt halves on the floor to match everything up, and as you can see, depending on how you look at it, it changes colors.

 

 

 Matching and pinning up the centers.

This is what I sew my knit on. ZigZag stitch, longest length, shortest width. I guess it has more give than just using a straight stitch.

Center sewed up.

 

For the waistband, I just took the fabric and stretched it around my waist, marking where the ends met and using that as my measurements. I made a tube and then folded that in half and stitched the bottoms together.

 

 

 I didn't take a picture of this step, but once the skirt part was sewn and the waistband was sewn, I matched up center, sides, etc. and sewed them together, stretching the waistband to match the skirt and I sewed.

It is definitely comfortable. It stays up (which I was worried about) and it was fairly easy. It would be much easier if it would be just plain instead of having had to make the chevron look. I think this will become one of my favorite patterns.