All the Cute Skirts

Four super cute essential skirts styles with a choice of lengths to suit your personality and mood every day!

Skirts for every occasion, style and mood. This will quickly become your ‘go to’ skirt pattern!

Featuring a cute gathered skirt, classic pleated skirt, chic a-line skirt and smart pencil skirt. There is a perfect variation for every outfit! You can make them short and flirty, or in a demure knee length.

This pattern is a best seller and for good reason, it is the perfect starting place for anyone who wants to learn how to sew their own clothing.

You can make All the Cute Skirts in sizes 1 – 8.

We designed this pattern to provide everyone with a skirt to suit their own style and tastes.
The instructions include a step by step tutorial for a classic centred zip which is used on all four patterns. This can be swapped out for an invisible zip using our step by step tutorial .
As with all MHW patterns, the instructions include clear photos, so even the most novice sewer will be able to successfully sew up ‘all the cute skirts’.
Make it your way for every occasion.
A Line
A fun A-line skirt, this style is ideal for beginners. It features a faced waistband creating a smooth silhouette and a classic centred zip.
Pencil
A close fitting pencil skirt perfect for a smart day to evening look. The skirt features a faced waistline and a back split to give great freedom of movement.
Gathered
A pretty gathered skirt, ideal for adventurous new dressmakers. Learn how to create neat gathers in your fabric with our step-by-step photo guide. This style features the same zip insertion, but this time adding a standard waistband with a button or skirt hook fastening.
Pleated
A crisp pleated skirt. Deep, inverted pleats give this style a more structured look. This style features the same classic centred zip insertion, with a standard waistband with a button or skirt hook fastening. Make in stiffer cotton, linen or even brocade for a more structured contemporary look.
For the Gathered skirt, opt for lighter weight woven fabrics. Suitable fabrics include: cotton lawn, chambray, viscose challis, viscose twill.
The Pleated, A-line and Pencil skirt can be made in a slightly heavier weight woven fabric. The Pleated and A-line suit crisp, heavier weight fabrics which hold creases well. The fitted style of the pencil skirt means you may feel more comfortable using a fabric with a little stretch. Suitable fabrics include: denim, cotton poplin, craft cotton, cotton lawn, cotton twill, linen, corduroy.
If you’re a more experienced sewist, you may enjoy the challenge of working with velvet, brocade, wool, geometric prints or horizontal stripes.
Fabric 110cm/45” wide:
A-line: 1.5m – 1.6m
Pencil: 1.5m – 1.6m
Gathered/pleated: 1.5m (narrower fabrics not suitable for sizes 6+)
Fabric 150cm / 60" wide:
A-line: 1m – 1.5m
Pencil: 80cm – 115cm
Gathered/pleated: 1.5m
All the Cute Skirts can be made in sizes 1 – 8.
It is vitally important, when sewing your own clothes, to take accurate measurements of your body, and not rely on the sizing you expect to buy on the high street. For this pattern we have opted to use sizing 1-8, which approximately covers UK sizes 8-24. Measure yourself first to choose the right size for you!