HOME | DD

OhThePlushabilities — Pleated School Skirt Tutorial

Published: 2011-02-20 06:14:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 60557; Favourites: 1564; Downloads: 503
Redirect to original
Description My very first tutorial. Hopefully everyone can understand it. I was making a pleated school skirt for my Ryofu cosplay and decided I would take pictures of the entire process and turn it into a tutorial. I also used this same process to make the tiny skirt for my plushies. If you have any questions just ask

Oh and if you use my tutorial to make a skirt I would love to see pictures!
Related content

OhThePlushabilities - Yoshi Earrings

OhThePlushabilities - Cute Pumkin Earrings

OhThePlushabilities - New Toast Earrings

OhThePlushabilities - Digivice Plush

OhThePlushabilities - Tardis Charm

OhThePlushabilities - The Simpsons Box

OhThePlushabilities - Black Digivice Plush

OhThePlushabilities - Flaaffy Phone Charm

OhThePlushabilities - Dead Bunny

neptunyan - Pleated skirt tutorial - Kagome Higurashi.

mariedark - plaid skirt sewing tutorial

Auris-Lothol - Lolita High-waist skirt tutorial and pattern

Aidotcom - Pleated Skirt Tutorial

losertastic124 - Pleated Skirt Tutorial

LiJianliang - Toradora School Uniform Skirt

Deviant-Mutha - Easy Skirt Tutorial

Macabreskiss - +__ Bow tutorial

UndercoverKadaj - Bow Tutorial
Comments: 82

not-your-prey [2016-03-25 07:13:14 +0000 UTC]

how wide did you make the pleats?

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

karkawaiikat [2014-12-13 16:38:43 +0000 UTC]

whoaa, thanks! it's so helpful <3

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

SophiaHeartwell [2014-06-14 23:16:49 +0000 UTC]

This is going to be so helpful for me!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

funnbunny123 [2014-06-12 21:44:42 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for this *_* you just saved my life (my cosplay needs to be done by tomorrow and I haven't even started yet XD)
I've been looking for a short but easy to understand tutorial for this without using too much math XD 

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Cookie00Raider [2014-03-01 12:59:48 +0000 UTC]

awesome tutorial

do you remember how much fabric you brought ?

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Cryaotic1girl In reply to Cookie00Raider [2015-10-27 01:09:28 +0000 UTC]

I'd assume a couple yards. If you want to be cautious, then possibly three?

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Cookie00Raider In reply to Cryaotic1girl [2015-11-02 08:48:44 +0000 UTC]

thank you  

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

LilxPie [2014-03-01 01:25:58 +0000 UTC]

I'm going to try this for making my Teto skirt.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

KitMcSmash [2014-02-13 12:29:45 +0000 UTC]

great tutorial, I'm making a skirt for Sakura (street Fighter) so this tutorial will be a big help!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

MoonPeachBlossom [2013-12-18 09:19:55 +0000 UTC]

Great this will help me with my Sailor Guardian cosplay I hope to do during the holidays.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

UnknownOtaku4 [2013-11-26 15:24:11 +0000 UTC]

Good! Or Very Good! I'm going to make one!!! ^.^

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

CasslynTheHedgehog [2013-09-21 12:32:57 +0000 UTC]

Great tutorial! Thanks! ^^

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

VampireMoonBlood [2013-06-12 21:02:31 +0000 UTC]

how far apart do you measure the pleats

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

presidentofpizza [2013-05-24 07:01:32 +0000 UTC]

what fabric did you use?

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

polychromedreams [2013-05-15 23:18:42 +0000 UTC]

Great tutorial!!! Did you hem the bottom of the skirt before or after you began the pleats?

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

PinkOtakuGirl In reply to polychromedreams [2013-11-10 16:17:27 +0000 UTC]

I normally hem the bottom of my skirts before I pleat them ^ ^~ Hope it helps~

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

MarshmallowAlgae [2013-04-27 22:28:07 +0000 UTC]

thanks! my sister loves to sew, and she loved this pattern when i showed it to her! i might just have her make one for me too for cosplay and stuff.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

katharinathecurst [2013-02-17 02:57:56 +0000 UTC]

How thick did you make the waste band?

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

OhThePlushabilities In reply to katharinathecurst [2013-02-17 05:26:03 +0000 UTC]

I made the waistband 8 inches and then folded it over like you see in the 10th step. So after you fold the waistband over and sew it to the other side of the zipper the waistband ends up being 4 inches.

👍: 0 ⏩: 2

katharinathecurst In reply to OhThePlushabilities [2013-02-17 20:13:50 +0000 UTC]

Ah! Thank you so much. When I make one I'll be sure to show you.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

katharinathecurst In reply to OhThePlushabilities [2013-02-17 20:10:32 +0000 UTC]

Ah! Thank you so much. When I make one I'll show you a picture.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Skarlog [2013-01-31 06:18:46 +0000 UTC]

How much overlap did you do on the pleats?

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

OhThePlushabilities In reply to Skarlog [2013-02-07 03:36:00 +0000 UTC]

I think it was a 1 overlap. It has been a while so I don't remember exactly but I am almost positive it was a 1 inch overlap.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

yukiangel51 [2013-01-01 01:51:04 +0000 UTC]

ya did good

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Pandagirl87 [2012-12-06 17:35:00 +0000 UTC]

This is great. I haven't been able to find a good pleated skirt pattern anywhere. This is going to help SO much! It will be perfect for my Vanellope Von Schweetz costume!!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

DhanaSwastika [2012-11-18 06:31:50 +0000 UTC]

thank you
this tutorial was very helpful

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Chubby-Berry [2012-08-18 09:48:25 +0000 UTC]

Ah thank you T___T That's exactly what I needed I've done this kind of a Skirt once, but with the Mom of a friend, so I can't really remember HOW xD This Tutorial is easy to understand - Great Job! *looks to the fabric for her K-ON! Skirt* Well then : Let's go!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

OhThePlushabilities In reply to Chubby-Berry [2012-08-18 19:58:08 +0000 UTC]

I am glad I could help . I cant wait to see how it turns out

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Chubby-Berry In reply to OhThePlushabilities [2012-08-19 07:14:27 +0000 UTC]

Will sew it today maybe x3 I'll post a link back 'kay?

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

OhThePlushabilities In reply to Chubby-Berry [2012-08-20 19:45:52 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I cant wait to see how it turns out

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

andianco [2012-08-02 00:47:55 +0000 UTC]

Great tutorial. Seems easier than what I imagined!... but I have never done this so let's see what I get.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Joker-sMad-Sarcasm [2012-07-26 19:12:50 +0000 UTC]

hmm did you sew the the every pleat up to down or left to right with the waistband?

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

OhThePlushabilities In reply to Joker-sMad-Sarcasm [2012-07-26 22:28:15 +0000 UTC]

Hmm I am not sure what you mean. I folded every pleat to the left and iron all the pleats down. Then I sewed the waistband on top to keep the pleats in place.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

FlareTheFox3 [2012-07-24 00:03:27 +0000 UTC]

so CUTE !!!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Skys-Gal [2012-06-25 23:54:08 +0000 UTC]

Thank you SO much! I had to make a new pleated skirt for a con in December, and it sucked. Hopefully my next one will look better

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

StarSmith [2012-06-19 06:26:55 +0000 UTC]

Very nice step by step tutorial!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

LegendofZeldaGirl [2012-06-14 19:45:02 +0000 UTC]

I'm slightly confused...Is the waistband a separate piece of fabric or what...? Sorry for being a noob

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

blanchstar [2011-12-30 05:32:08 +0000 UTC]

Here's a picture of the skirt I made with the help of your tutorial: [link]
Thank you so much! <3

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

OhThePlushabilities In reply to blanchstar [2012-01-03 03:54:57 +0000 UTC]

It looks awesome! I love the lace trim!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

blanchstar In reply to OhThePlushabilities [2012-01-28 07:39:53 +0000 UTC]

LOL. Thanks! I was nervous when I was sewing that part. I doubted that the lace will be sewn correctly and firmly too .

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Tranen-Hexe [2011-12-10 06:27:07 +0000 UTC]

I hope to begin sewing soon, and this looks really helpful!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

O-Pumpkin-O [2011-11-01 23:26:06 +0000 UTC]

thankU soo much, awesomness on high-level , indeed ^^

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

oOMewCookieOo [2011-10-21 22:34:17 +0000 UTC]

Super-helpful, especially with the pics! Thanks!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

xx-yukixsasuke-xx [2011-09-30 11:01:00 +0000 UTC]

i you for making this!!!!!!!! DDDDD

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

takaratoast [2011-09-30 02:16:44 +0000 UTC]

um i dont understand step 5 could you explain it a little more?

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

OhThePlushabilities In reply to takaratoast [2011-09-30 02:35:35 +0000 UTC]

For the waistband if you want a 4" waistband then you would cut out an 8" piece of fabric and then fold it in half to create the waistband. To attach the waistband fold the 8" piece you cut out in half, lay it on the right side of the fabric and sew along the top then just flip the waistband over. I hope that makes sense

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

takaratoast In reply to OhThePlushabilities [2011-09-30 23:40:49 +0000 UTC]

yes it does thank you!!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Masqueraderrr [2011-09-29 23:41:56 +0000 UTC]

THANK YOU ; V ;

I've been looking everywhere for a pleated skirt tutorial and Ahh... I'm so thankful for this ♥

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Ashirexx [2011-09-13 01:24:16 +0000 UTC]

How would you know how much material would you need? I'm trying to make mine flow-y. Do I have to measure my hips and multiply it by 2? Sorry to bug you. xD

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

OhThePlushabilities In reply to Ashirexx [2011-09-13 01:39:24 +0000 UTC]

Oh no problem at all! I would say you need at least three times as much fabric as your hips. I used 3 yards for mine and had a little left over but I made really tight pleats. The smaller your pleats are ( 1" pleats as opposed to 3" pleats) the more fabric you will need.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1


| Next =>