Heyhey,

here are the steps for the simple skirt with ribbons:

start with a box: your waist/4 and your wished skirt length

draw a line about 20 cm below you waistline, that is your hipline

split it up into 3 strips that a similar wide

calculate: your hip measurement – waist. And that number divide by 4 and that again by 2

thats the number you put at the hip line between the strips

on the waist they join and they split up towards the hem, this way your sure it will be big enough to fit over your butt.

draw onto paper and connect lines between the strips, add seam and hem allowances

then place it at the fold of your fabric, pin and cut

and do the same again, so you have one front and one back-part

mark with tailors-chalk the lines where you want to place your ribbons on both parts

close the right side seam (so the zipper will be on your left, left handed people, close your left side seam)

sew and if your fabric frays like mine use some overedging

now place your first ribbon on the marked line and sew (I only did stitches in the middle of the ribbon, because with this one it worked best

do the same with all your ribbons

use overedging for your open side seam

then pin the invisible zipper in place (how to’s for invisible zippers here and here)

looks like this finished

now pin the rest of the side seam, and be sure the ribbons are matched up

sew the side-seam from the end of the zipper seams down to the hem, and then secure he ending of the zipper with a few stitches

next pin the hem, I folded it twice up for a clean finish

sew, try your best that it doesnt interfere with your ribbons

draw the top of the skirt pattern onto another paper

double it to the side, and make it about 6cm wide, that is your facing at the waist

 cut it twice  sew one side together and use overedging, then also overedge the down end

 pin to the right side of the skirt, and sew

 fold over and pin the fold

sew parallel to the edge

 finished! Because of the ribbons it got a little stiff thats why it keep more in a v-shape, but I still like it!

keep sewing and smiling and vote for your favorite drawing of the remaining 3 here!

your TailorFairy