Make Yourself A Box Pleat Skirt!

Well, I was just about beside myself with wanting 

a cute preppy big box pleat skirt...

so I made one.

 I just drafted the pattern myself.

 

This was not hard to do at all!
I already had a basic pattern for an A line skirt already drafted.

(If you want to see how to do that you can check out

my Wrap Skirt Tutorial at Sew Mama Sew. 

Don't add in the 6 inches for overlap and boom.. basic A line pattern. )

Then I put in two inverted box pleats (Let Sally Stitch show you how!) 

about 8 inches apart and 2.5 inches deep.

Iron, pin the pleats closed at the bottom. 

Fold the rectangle in half and cut out the A line skirt front.

Trace a little facing and cut 2.
That is like the top  4 inches or so, of the skirt pattern.
An inner waistband for your skirt.

Then use the pattern to  cut out the back of the skirt.

Just a nice plain A line. 

No Pleats.

Put it together front to back. Add a side zipper. (traditionally on the left...)

Add darts to make the back curve with you and the waist fit perfectly.

Then stitch the facing to the skirt (right sides facing, flip to the inside and press)

and hand stitch it to the inside at the zipper.

Wasn't That Easy?