Pleated Mini Skirt
Added 2025-09-07 10:23:05 +0000 UTCInstruction from Armstrong “all around pleated skirt” (p323).
This is the simplest pattern ever. It is literally just a rectangle.
There is a pleat tool in Clo, but I do it manually.
This is the old-school textbook way of doing pleated skirt, which start with hip measurement, then adjust the waistline to fit the smaller waist. I watch many YouTube videos where they only use the waist measurement, and the pleats will flare out naturally to accommodate the wider hips.
I think the most confusing part is how to sew the pleat in Clo. In real life sewing this is easier because you will sew the waistband over the pleat in one go. There is probably a better way to attach the pleat to the waistband in Clo other that what I did here.
I did not record the detailing because there is nothing more other than changing to plaid fabric and adding some topstitch. For sewing the toile later, I will combine the two parts and add side zipper.
Full scale SVG of the diagram is available at the attachment.
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