Tutorial: How to Make a Pencil Skirt

For a pencil skirt, you’re going to want a relatively strong fabric. It also helps if the fabric has some stretch to it. Stretch twill works well. A heavier non-stretch fabric would also work. You can even use a thicker t-shirt knit or spandex, especially if you don’t want to fuss with a zipper and darts.

Pencil Skirt by SmarmyClothes.com

Difficulty:

Step 1

The key to a great pencil skirt is fit. To get a good fit you need good measurements.

First, you need to decide if you want the skirt to go all the way up to your natural waist, or just to your low waist.

If you want the higher waist, use the four measurements shown. If you want it at your low waist, you don’t need to measure your natural waist.
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contour bust or ruffle bust top or dress tutorial

This is a tube top style top with a contoured bust section that makes a little more form fitting than a plain old tube top.

contour bust top by SmarmyClothes.com

At the end of the tutorial, there’s a variation for a ruffle bust, which looks like this:

ruffle bust dress by SmarmyClothes.com

Difficulty:

Step 1

You will need 4 pieces for this one.

The back is pretty much a standard tube top back.

The front is 3 pieces: 2 contoured bust pieces (they kind of look like sunglasses), and the bottom. It’s kind of like a tube top, too, but with the boobs cut out.

Step 1

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