Box Pleat Skirt

Black and White Box Pleat Skirt

I always have big dreams of skirts, but am short and things never fit right! Since the advent of Pinterest, I can't help but dream of all the awesome things I could attempt to make. I quilt a lot, but don't do a lot of clothing. Enter the Box Pleat Skirt...

Box Pleat Tutorial

One of the many tutorials I found, this one seemed the most straight forward and easiest to follow. I read through all the directions, read all the comments and decided (against my better judgement) to attempt something with a zipper!

I purchased the same Ikea Fabric. As a shorter person (5'2"), I purchased 3 yards for my waist, but had enough for two skirts because of how wide the fabric was/is.

So many pins!

 For every pleat, there's 9" of fabric, so you'll be dealing with a LOT of fabric.

Longer length

 Pin before you hem!! I was tempted to take off two stripes worth. That would have been indecent. Much like curly hair, the shorter it is, the more it sticks out rather than laying straight. In the end I only took off the bottom stripe and as you can see in the final photo, it seems much shorter than that.

I really hate zippers

I didn't even want to post this photo, since it looks so bad.

Things I would have changed... Make the zipper closer to the pleats, 

and maybe just embrace it and try and exposed zipper.

Final Result!