Your Skirt, Your Way

Book excerpt: This brilliantly simple book teaches you exactly how to design and create your own gorgeous, unique skirts, with no need for shop-bought patterns. This brilliantly simple book teaches you exactly how to design and create your own gorgeous, unique skirts. Start by creating your own block and toile using a few basic body measurements; select a skirt shape; choose your fittings and fastenings; add your chosen details; then put the whole thing together with ease! The entire book is colour-coded by section and contains clear step-by-step photography and easy-to-follow instructions. The skirt tutorials are shown in miniature, which makes them incredibly easy to understand. The book contains a 'recipe' section at the back, which gives you 10 different options as a starting point for inspiration, created by mixing and matching the techniques covered in the book. With no need for shop-bought patterns, this book ensures that you can easily pull together all the design elements you really want into your perfect garment!