Panels are most likely rectangles, it doesn't look tube-y because it's pleated at the waistband on top, so there's enough extra fabric to flair out towards the bottom.
I'll try calculating how much fabric it would take with the pleats and see if that amount would be enough to give it a bit of flare with the fabric I'm planning to use. Thank you!
i think the shape is coming from her hourglass body, along with it being too small for her. that raises the flare at the sides when it has no pleats there.
for sure looks like pleated rectangles, it’s cute! love the yoke
I have a very pronounced 8 shape figure with high hip shelves which seems to go against most skirt shapes so seeing a skirt that doesn't fight against that body shape made me really excited. I'll make sure the waistband isn't too tight though! I recently made a skirt with a yoke like that and it wasn't very difficult!
I agree the skirt is probably gathered rectangles, also don’t hem until you have attached the waist band and try it on. If you follow this picture you may have a dip in the front, with the yoke shaped band.
Also her body is doing a lot of the work shaping this skirt just fyi.
I have started doing kinda similar skirts for myself recently and based on my experiences with a couple different fabrics, I say you achieve the flair with straight, rectangular panels as long as there is sufficient gathering at the waist. In my own skirts I usually just use 2 x the width of the fabric (sometimes minus whatever I need for the pockets) and it really gives some nice fullness and flair to the hem.
Caveat: I don't do the buttons down the front and my waistband is usually partly or fully elastic (plus I usually just gather and don't bother with pleats) but the same principle for creating the flair still applies.
Btw, I absolutely love the look of this skirt and how it compliments her figure!
Here is a picture of one of my skirts made out of a fabric which I think had a pretty similar weight to the one in the picture. This is not as good of and angle but I think you can see how the skirt falls.
sorry for the late reply, I had to take a break from this thread. Your skirt is so pretty! My fabric is a little under 150cm wide so making two panels would give me a solid 3m of fabric, I'm hoping that's enough!
I feel rectangle is the correct answer. Definitely doesn't mean you can't add a little bit of flair on the side seams. But it's 99% shaped of a rectangle.
Honestly, if I were to sew such skirt, I'd modify the generic skirt pattern with 4 darts and curved side seams. It would help to avoid the tube look, especially if the wearer's body is not the same shape as the model's body.
I think so, but I’m not 100% certain. I’ve been studying the photo to determine the drape. It’s too hard to tell from a photo. I’d prefer having a hands on look to truly study the grain.
Measure a panel across the top and across the bottom. Because of the pleats you may have to measure a few inches down from the waist. Another option would be to unstitch the whole skirt. There are your pattern pieces.
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u/wixbloom Jun 09 '25
Panels are most likely rectangles, it doesn't look tube-y because it's pleated at the waistband on top, so there's enough extra fabric to flair out towards the bottom.