Sewing tutorial: Box Pleated Skirt

[xStrangeIove]

Thank you! This was helpful.

[Beautysiasm]

love it !

[wakko888]

Do you have a tutorial on how to make the petticoat?

[MrPandramon]

exactly how many inches do I add up on my waist measurement for ,y waist band?

[7cakemomma5]

That is a great skirt girl!!!! It's so basic but so versatile and easy to wear! I love it!

[lulu97ization]

You should do a vid on this skirt with POCKETTTSSS!!

I loooooooooveeeee skirts with pockets n this skirt would be PERFECT PLZZZ do this thx and love the skirt!! :)

[joyfulfishies]

I would like to make the Alice: Madness Returns steampunk dress to cosplay, but I'm having a hard time managing the stripes. Would I be able to accomplish these stripes by sewing the box pleat all the way down the length of the skirt?

[CatherineRose15]

this helped me complete my first project so much

and the invisible zip is a lifesaver!

[pockyzofawesomeness]

can you do a tutorial on the petticoat? :3

[iHavePassion4Fashion]

Adorable!!!

[lunadalionly1]

I would only make one suggestion, to add interfacing to the front side of the waistband. this is what all my sewing reference books say to do...thanks for the tuturoial! i've seen your others and they are so helpful!

[RukiaPromise]

I absolutely love this, can you make on on making a pettycoat too? ^^

[GeekieOtakuGirl]

This is a great tutorial! I like the box pleats because, as you said, you sort of get the same effect as gathering but it's much neater. Definitely going to test it out.

[Beyoncefanny]

So if I measure my waistband to be.. let's say a total of 36" then my waistband would be 36" wide and my skirt would be 3 times 36" wide. Right :)?

[RedxXxSnow]

Thank You so much!!! This really helped me!!!

[LittleBulleteye]

I really like the tutorial, and yes, that fabric is really cute!

But I have one question. Well, I'm working on a renaisance based costume and the only thing I have to make now is the skirt. But I'm quite short and I'm not sure what is best: a box pleated skirt with small pleats or a gathered skirt? Please answer!

[Evange]

@LittleBulleteye I think renaissance skirts usually have cartridge pleats. But it depends on the look you're going for. Box pleats are certainly neater, but gathering can be made much fuller.

[riechanster]

thankyou so much for the tutorial! I was looking for a pleated skirt tutorial, luckiy you got one ^^ I'm wondering, if I want to make a pleated skirt that falls as an A-line skirt in stead of a cupcake skirt (which this one is, right?) How could I do that? I'm going for a more classic style ^^

[Anayokari]

Hi! I was just wondering how you hemmed the skirt? Overlock and invisible stitch? Or folded up with a visible seam? Thank you!

[sailorwaterprincess]

I have a question, how would you attach this to a top to make a dress?

[Evange]

@sailorwaterprincess Instead of a waistband, you attach it the bottom of your bodice.

[Tarty78]

Thank you! I absolutely try this!

[crystalshmistal]

When I see you...I think Megan Fox and Angelina Jolie's child.

[raspberryqueen]

WOW. Beautiful work on sharing this with us!!! I can't wait to make my own... I've only sewn clothing a FEW times.. Kinda nervous, but I think I can do it! It'd be so much cheaper than buying my own skirt...........

Thanks once again! You give DIY a great name 8D

[itubeth]

Awesome tutorial. You just took the scary out of zippers for me! I'll be using this to make a dress with box pleats, so much easier than I ever imagined!

[TurtleDove81]

Nice Video -really helped

[ntxaijsbabiesmomma]

OHN MY GOD! I LOVE THIS!

[Evange]

@ntxaijsbabiesmomma Thank you *blushes*

[3838bbla]

Excellent Tutorial!

[DarqKiwi]

Is there anyway you could go into more detail in doing the actual attachment of the waist band and eye hook?

[Evange]

@DarqKiwi I think my circle skirt video goes into more detail on how to make a waistband.

[watashiwasaranghae]

omo that skirt is amazing... are you a professional or do you sew for the lolz?

[Evange]

@watashiwasaranghae Just for fun ^_^

[YurinaSensei]

you should sell these XD

[charlotte07071]

I love this video! I love the way you do pleats, I wanted to learn to do it so they all match, like yours.

I have one question that I really want to know the answer to, how come you sewed in the zipper before you put on the waistband? Surely now you'll be able to undo the zipper but there will still be the waistband, which defeats the point of the zipper? Please reply :) x

[Evange]

@charlotte07071 It depends on the waistband. With a narrow one like the one I did, generally it's simpler and neater to have the zipper end before the waistband. With a wide waistband it cant really be avoided, but I think it looks better when the zipper is not part of the waistband.

[ybunnygurl]

thank you i could never get my pleats to stay, but when I did it your way it worked thanks

[JaimseyGirl]

Thanks so much, I'll have to try this when I get some fabric. :) 

[Killzthrillz]

I really like it when you talk in your videos, I really learn better this way!

[OohLaLaHolly]

very pretty! your very talented!

[blackinktrio]

I'm working on my first lolita dress that I want to use as my businesses uniform, but I need to learn how to make "Inverted Pleats" can you gimmie some type of hint on how to do that?

[Evange]

@blackinktrio Same thing as this but backwards.

[ChisatoShino]

good tutorial 5/5

[leahmeister]

omg thank you for this tutorial, i needed this so much cuz im gonig to a con in March and im going to be making a Cardcaptor Sakura cosplay, specifically her little red lolita-style dress with white petticoats underneath, this helped me so much on how to make the skirt part :D you explained everything so clearly and well here and it was easy to understand ^ u ^

[NyuHikari]

I looooved this tutorial, it was very very helpful *___* I made a skirt today based on it, and I think it went very well (considering my horrible sewing skills XD)

Thank you X3

[FaithLittleRed]

you're look very good in lolita... ^^

[nenaermoza]

awww I adore it!!! because I want to become lolita, and in my city there are no places wich sell that kind of stuff, and my mum don't want to buy anything on the internet :( thank you so much!!!

[lovecats18]

ahh... thank yooou!! this is totally what i needed!! and the way you explain how to do it is awesomely easy!!

thou i did have a question, i was wanting to make a pleated skirt, but i was wanting the pleats to be, just like in the vid, but 2 or 3 in. if i did that, how much fabric would i need? o.o if you could help i'd be greatful!!

[Shadowfrights]

Hello! Thank you so much for making this tutorial! It's of great help for my newest project! =D

[strawberrysunsmiles]

Wow, this is a really great tutorial! super cute skirt!

You mention attaching it to a dress? It would be really awesome if you did tutorial on how to do that?

[drusilla91]

this was a good tutorial. thank you!!

[00miaaa00]

hi, i love this tutorial:) i was just wondering.. you know after you did the pleats, how if it doesnt fit my waist?what can i do?

[Evange]

@00miaaa00 make a couple of the pleats bigger or smaller, no one will notice.

[YamiHiko]

Did you make the cute little pink petticoat underneath the skirt in this tutorial?  Could you post a tutorial on how to make one of those? :)

[Evange]

@YamiHiko It's the skirt from my video "walolita cosplay". There's no tutorial for it (yet).

[122wen]

This is a very nice tutorial! Thank you~ 

[dencker]

You have a pretty face and your a talentet at sewing .. thats unfair XDD!<3

[ravenslolita]

Thank you for this! I'm going to have to get it a go on my next lolita skirt!

[camilamerino]

Do you have any how to make lolita sirts?? *-*, I suscribed, i just love this, im going to make all of my future stuff based on this, thank you! :3

[Evange]

@camilamerino I'll get to shirts eventually. But first I want to go over all the basic types of skirts. Drafting a pattern for a shirt can be quite tricky, so I'd like to get the easy stuff out of the way first.

[anjelicabd]

Love the tutorials. Keep up the great work. Looking forward to seeing the petticoat video.

[findingmywayinlife]

oooo can you make a tutorial of a jumpskirt or a dress?

[Evange]

@findingmywayinlife I'm going to go through all the basic cuts of skirt before I move on to dresses.

[YakaiiO]

Oooh, awesome =D Thankies!

[CuteyBerry]

What should I do if I want elastic instead of a zipper?

[LoliSourGrapes]

*clapclapclap* Such skill!

[MadBadVoodo]

Looking Good Girl!!

★★★★★

[thejobloshow]

ur crafty huh?

[Evange]

@thejobloshow just a wee bit.

[Cookieanddough]

awesome!



[MorganAndInternet]

Your vids are great :) <3