Isla Wrap Skirt Expansion Pack

Comfortable and quick to whip up, you’ll have a dozen beautiful Isla Wrap Skirts in your wardrobe before you know it with this free Skirt Expansion Pack.

 

This is not a complete pattern – you will need your original Isla Wrap Dress pattern to use this expansion pack.

 

 

The Details

If playful gently gathered skirts are your thing, then the Isla Wrap Skirt Expansion Pack gives you the option to extend your current Isla Dress pattern into an easy to wear back wrap skirt.

The Isla Wrap Skirt includes side seam pockets and falls gracefully to below the knee. The back skirt overlaps almost side seam to side seam (it’s stepped back just a smidge so you can’t see the edge of the skirt when looking from the front), meaning you have plenty of coverage across the back – even in windy weather.

The long ties give you the option of a dramatic front or side bow, and these lengths are easily adjusted for your own personal preferences – making them shorter for a less show bow or longer to give the option of tying in the back.

There are no additional closures needed for your skirt – the underside tie is threaded through a buttonhole made on your sewing machine, which makes for a quick and easy sew, with no extra fuss.

Make Isla in floatier fabrics with some drape – think cool linens, floaty cottons and sleek rayon.

Wear your Isla Wrap Skirt with a short or long sleeved Gable Top, or try the blouson style of the Luna Lounge Set blouse or Aisling Blouse for some extra whimsy.

 

 

Skill Level

The Isla Wrap Skirt is suitable for beginner seamstresses.

While Isla has no additional fastenings, you’ll be learning about sewing in-seam pockets and buttonholes as well as top-stitching and gathering.

 

 

Using your Expansion Pack

I’ve designed this expansion pack so that there is no need to re-print your Isla Wrap Dress pattern. Simply print out the expansion pattern and grab your already printed skirt and pocket pieces from your dress pattern.

This Expansion Pack includes a skirt waistband and waist ties, as well as the additional instructions needed for constructing your wrap skirt.

Please note that the expansion instructions refer to your original instructions often where techniques and steps are the same – so keep these handy during construction.

 

Fabric Options

Check out the original Isla Wrap Dress listing here for fabric recommendations.

My Isla Wrap Skirt is made from a light-weight cotton-linen blend. It is shown paired with a Gable Top.

 

Sizing

The Isla Wrap Skirt includes both the Original and Curve size ranges. The Original includes sizes 6-24, and the Curve includes sizes 16 to 34.

For more info on sizing and Finished Garment Measurements, please see your original Isla Wrap Dress Instruction Booklet.

 

Tutorials

 

• Choosing your JLH Cup Size
• The importance of choosing the right High Bust size
• How to adjust the bust height on a princess seam

 

Meet the Model

Jen wears a size 10 Original Isla skirt.  No other adjustments were made to the pattern.

• High Bust: 84cm / 33 1/8″
• Full Bust: 89cm / 35″
• Waist: 73.5cm / 29″
• Hip: 99.5cm / 39 1/8″
• Height: 170cm / 5′ 7′