Everyone needs a wardrobe of good basic skirts. Ones you can wear every day or for lots of different occasions. This Wear Everywhere Skirt fits the bill perfectly. A classic straight skirt with a single inverted pleat center front, makes this skirt easy to wear, ideal for the office, working, shopping, the school run – in fact, anywhere and everywhere. Once you’ve got a great fit on this skirt, mark up your pattern because it’s a quick and easy sew you’ll want to make again and again.
We've talked before about sewing ‘real clothes for real women‘- sewing the sort of clothes you wear everyday, rather than too many fancy-smancy dresses and jackets that you rarely wear. You'll get plenty of wear from this every-day skirt.
I've made mine in a plain fabric so you can see the pleat detail easily, but this would look equally good in a small print. Or even a stripe. How about splitting the pleat down the center to follow through on the center front seam, and using a stripe to create the chevron effect that's all in fashion right now!
Download your Wear Everywhere Skirt pattern and instructions here. The PDF file can be downloaded from my design account at Payhip. If you have any trouble downloading, opening or printing the pattern, please see this post - How to download PDF sewing patterns.
Features:
- Straight skirt, fitted at waist and hips
- Easy to sew – rated for beginners
- Center front inverted box pleat
- Sits at the natural waist with darts for shaping
- Center back zipper plus waistband with closure
- Knee-length as standard, lengthen or shorten as needed.
- Sizes 34-50 inch hips
Watch me make one
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And of course, there are written step-by-step instructions too with plenty of photos to help you along the way.
If you are new to sewing clothes and skirts, check out the Sew A Skirt Beginner Tutorial Series. It contains articles on all aspects of sewing your first skirt from choosing fabric, to marking and sewing perfect darts, adding a zipper, even adding a lining.
You might like to give these skirts a try too.
I'd LOVE to see what you sew, from this pattern or from any of them. I get a LOT of pattern downloads every month, but rarely get to see the results. Please:
- drop me an email with your photos
- upload your completed project to Craftsy and link it back to the pattern
- share on the Facebook Page
Download your Wear Everywhere Skirt pattern and instructions here. The PDF file can be downloaded from my design account at Payhip. If you have any trouble downloading, opening or printing the pattern, please see this post - How to download PDF sewing patterns.
Do you have a blog or sewing site? I'm always delighted to see pattern reviews and read your articles. Link back to So Sew Easy and let me know so that I can share what you sew, and pin it to my Your Sewing Creations board to help bring you some visitors.
I’d love to try this when I’m on vacation
I am really disappointed to see that on this pattern when I print it out there are no borders on the paper to help me determine the proper way of taping the pattern pieces together. I was really looking forward to making this skirt but I can’t even get the pattern together. I would be happy to take it to a print shop but I don’t know what settings they are supposed to print it on or what size paper so I know that it is right.
Hi Alison, please have a read of this tutorial and see if this helps: https://so-sew-easy.com/print-assemble-pdf-pattern/
awesome website ,, the patterns are all useful for multiple outfits ideas ,, thank you so much for making sewing for beginners much easier and funner ,, it’s been a while that I was looking for patterns online and then I found your website and youtube channel ,, you have put a lot of effort to deliver your style ideas ,,
This is the easiest skirt I have made (and I am only a beginner). Thank you so much. I couldn’t have done it without the video to guide me through every step.
Just what I’ve been looking for. I have a RTW denim skirt like this that I wear all the time and I wanted to copy. (Of course the denim skirt has pockets, so I’ll have to add those in) Thanks so much.
So glad you found something you like. This skirt wears like a dream.
I have a source for beautiful medium and heavy weight 100% Linen for less than $10.00 a yard at Fabrics-Store.com. I needed a pattern like this so that I could make a wardrobe of crisp linen skirts in a variety of colors at a reasonable cost. I can’t believe how perfectly this pattern is suited to use with linen! Now I’m searching for the perfect simple jacket to go with the skirt. Thank you from this easy-to-use pattern.
Thanks Deby.
Downloaded this yesterday and couldn’t make it unless I made it from curtaining material. Going shopping next week for fabric YAY! My friend dropped me some grey fine wool material this morning and guess what? I am wearing it!! Love it, it is so comfortable. Just spent ages trying to get a decent photo and when I uploaded to my PC I lost it. 🙁 Will try later when my son pops in as he is more technical than me. Thanks again, I am going to have a bash at your wrap top next. Joyce x
Wow, that was quick Joyce, its only been out a few days. So happy that you like it.
I’ll be making a bunch of these soon, I think!
Can I ask about the top that you’re wearing with the gray skirt, is that one of your patterns? I hope so; I need a pattern like that!
No, I bought that one, and it promptly almost fell to pieces the first time I washed it. Reminded me why I rarely buy and RTW clothes here on Cayman, such poor quality.
Deby, thanks “sew” much for this pattern! I look forward to trying this soon! Happy sewing!