The Basic Skirt Block is the only pattern you’ll ever need to make any kind skirt design- pencil, puff, maxi, the list is endless! You can even team it with the basic bodice block to make a dress! Drafting the Basic Skirt Block requires a knowledge of basic high-school maths, but once you’ve finished, you have a universal pattern for all your skirt designs that fit to your own body, not to a set of predetermined body measurements based on the “average” person.
First things first, you will need:
- Your body and a tape measurer
- A ruler, preferably a long one such as a meter stick, pattern master or set triangle
- Pattern cutting paper or large pad of paper or several sheets of printer paper taped together. Your paper should be 5cm wider than half your hip + ease measurement and a few inches longer than your final skirt length.
- Pencils and rubber
- A hip curve
For a guide on measurements, check here.
I work in CM, so these measurements will be in metric.
OK, let's begin...