Mod Cloth’s Shangri-La Skirt is the lined, black version of the maxi skirt of my dreams. Does this make me contrivedly hipster?
Mod Cloth’s version features an elasticized waist, making their skirt more forgiving than the tightly-fitted skirt I patterned. If you want to make this maxi skirt, try following my pattern with these edits:
1. Instead of inserting darts, make the circumference of the top of the skirt just big enough to slide over your hips.
2. Create the waistband ala these directions from eHow.com
-Cut the elastic between 1 and 4 inches shorter than your waist measurement. You need to have it smaller so that it fits snugly and won’t be uncomfortable.
-Cut a casing three times wider than the elastic, or at least enough to give plenty of room to fold over with the right sides together and stitch the bottom closed. Leave the ends open.
-Turn the casing right side out.
-Hook a safety pin to the end of the elastic and slide it through the casing.
-Push material on the end of the safety pin and then, from the outside, grab the end material and end of the safety pin and push the material down over the attached elastic. Do this until you have reached the other end of the skirt.
-Secure the elastic in place 5/8 inch from the end, tacking in place on one side of fabric of the casing.
-Sew the casing onto the skirt, stretching it as you go.
Ta-da! The maxi skirt of your dreams AND you can eat a burger in it.
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