This fat quarter skirt is the perfect project for little girls. It’s fast, easy, and uses just one fat quarter of fabric! It’s a great scrap fabric project and would make an adorable gift!
My daughter is getting interested in skirts so I decided to make some simple ones with fat quarters. I wanted to use a small amount of fabric, and I wanted the baby sewing project to be fast!
These fat quarter skirts are so fast! They would be fun and easy to make as a baby gift. They are also fantastic scrap fabric projects, since these use just a fat quarter of fabric! These work great for babies and toddlers, but wouldn’t work well for anyone older since they are shorter.
Here’s a giant list of free skirt patterns so that you can make something you’ll love!
I made these skirts for my both of my daughters when they were toddlers. They got into a phase where they wanted to wear skirts all the time, so I made a bunch of these to please them. They love wearing them and spinning in them!
If you want a little nicer look you can make them an easy skirt with a flat front. You can also turn a scarf into a skirt with this refashioned skirt tutorial using scarves! There’s also a DIY full circle skirt and a DIY half circle skirt.
This is the first skirt I made for my first daughter. I used a kite fabric fat quarter. It just reads “childhood” to me. Sew some other easy fat quarter projects for clothing! This is such a great beginner sewing project!
When I made this skirt in the past, I’ve attached a diaper cover and little shorts to the inside of the skirt. It’s a great way for busy little girls so they don’t have to wear a separate garment.
DIY Fat Quarter Skirt
Supplies
- One Fat Quarter
- 1/4 inch elastic – here are some ideas for finding elastic to reuse
- Sewing tools
Cut any white selvedges off of the fat quarter.
Cut the fat quarter in half crosswise.
With right sides together sew each piece together on the short sides. Finish edges with a zigzag or a serger.
Fold up the hem 1/4 inch twice and press. Then hem 1/4 inch from the fold.
Finish the raw edge of the top of the skirt.
Fold the edge down 1/2 inch and press.
Sew a 3/8 inch casing around the top of the skirt. Leave a 2 inch hole.
Insert elastic.
Overlap elastic 1/2 inch and zigzag to secure. Pull elastic into the casing.
Sew the hole closed.
If you make something using this tutorial, I’d love to see! Please share it on social media with the hashtag #heatherhandmade and tag me!
Tess says
I’m not sure how long my elastic needs to be for this project. Can you help? Her waist measurement is 20”. I haven’t made anything other than masks, so I appreciate this project so much! Hoping to make a skirt and face mask to match!
Heather Handmade says
I would make the elastic 18 inches long (2 inches smaller is a good guideline) but there’s a chance it would need to be even smaller than 18 inches depending on the elastic.
Debby D. Twede says
What do you mean cut the fat quarter crosswise? A fat quarter is 22×18 so are you cutting the 22 inches in half or the 18?
Heather Handmade says
Cut the fat quarter in half across so that each piece is 9 inches tall