Whenever I feel the urge to make something but don’t have time to deal with the more fiddly elements of sewing, I reach for the neoprene. It’s such a versatile fabric, and I’m sure I’ve mentioned before how much I love it because you never have to sew hems (winning!). A little while ago I crafted up this skirt in a matter of minutes – with virtually no sewing, it’s a lazy girls dream DIY come true.
Wearing: DIY skirt, H&M knit, Mode Collective heels, Perfume bottle clutch (with lace lining inserted).
Thi project combines two of my fave skirt DIYs from the past – the circle and the scuba skirt. For this you only have to create one piece (that’s right!).
You need:
- 2m (2.4 yards) of Neoprene
- Scissors
- a measuring tape
How to:
1. Start by cutting your skirt piece. To do this you’ll copy the process I used to cut the skirt in this project. I’ve included the pattern from that skirt below for you reference. Basically you want to fold your neoprene in half and then fold it again, and then cut out a circle from the folded point which is the same size as your hips (or waist if that’s where you want to wear it).
2. The best thing about neoprene is that it holds a bit of stretch – cut the circle for your waist a little smaller to allow for this.
3. You then war to cut the skirt hem in a circle shape. Make sure you cut the skirt extra long, particularly if you think you’ll be wearing your skirt on your hips – when you put it on it’s always short than you think it will be (trust me!).
Because the neoprene stretches you can avoid having to do a zip or anything else time consuming like that, I don’t think it gets any better than that does it?
Voila!
Outfit photos by Marion Tessier
You look adorable. I love that cute skirt 😀
xx Mira
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Clever! Might copy this idea 🙂
This DIY skirt is so fab. I’ve never used neoprene before, so this will be a trendy, new craft to make. :] // itsCarmen.com ☼
Great post! Love the outfit and the purse and the fact that you made it yourself makes me so happy!
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Te quedo espectacular, apuntare la idea.saludos
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Thanks a lot for showing this DIY! This looks like as if even I with my not really huge skills in sewing would be able to do this 🙂
xx from Germany/Bavaria, Rena
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Want it! It looks so easy!
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Lots of love, xx
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This is so cute.
I’m going to try it out!
Much Love, M
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I am obsessed with this idea!!
Emma| With A City Dream
I made a circle skirt using this pattern a while ago (see my blog post here) and it turned out great aside from the hemming on the bottom. I used black devore fabric which made it even more difficult so I’d love to try making some pieces with neoprene! My local fabric store doesn’t seem to stock it though, anyone know where you can get it for a decent price?
xxxx
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Oh my goodness this is amazing. I can’t wait to try this out with some friends soon. Thanks for the DIY!
Warm Regards,
Alexandra
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Love this! I need to find neoprene fabric because i’m definitely going to make this!
x
It’s gorgeous! Amazing DIY!
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loving the skirt! cool!
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I love circle skirts! Definitely going to have to try this out soon. Now off to the store to try and find some neoprene.
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Awesome DIY idea! Thanks for the tip! I actually prefer sewing my clothes, but this one looks so good that I will definitely change my mind and try it for a change. Thanks!
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Loving it! And sooo easy to craft!
Love the idea, but if you haven’t sewed anything. How did you fix the seam?
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Wow, this idea is amazing and very easy, I have to try it, thanks for sharing this 🙂
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You look fantastic. What perfect way to make a DIY quick and easy, yet beautiful skirt.
Love this! I’ll have to try it out 🙂
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You always make everything look so easy and chic! I am going to try this… I just got a new sewing machine!
X Nina
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It’s gorgeous!! gr8 idea 🙂
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Woooow!!!
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This is very cute!! I love circle skirts – so much easier than fiddly patterns. I just recently used a no fray fabric for the first time and will definitely be going back for more – a good match for my impatience and attention span!
Gorgeous! No sew projects are totally up my alley 🙂
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Love the swing of your skirt and your see through bag. So chic!
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You don’t know how amazing this is omg! Well you probably do since you made the skirt yourself
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Hi Geneva,
Ann here. Do you recommend a place over there in Sham Shui Po to buy neoprene. I definitely want to try this one out.
Thanks! It’s a good one:D
Ann of Kremb de la Kremb
Hi Geneva,
Ann here. Do you recommend a place over there in Sham Shui Po to buy neoprene? I definitely want to try this one out.
Thanks! It’s a good one:D
Ann of Kremb de la Kremb
Love the bag!
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Amazing! I’ve got a Craft Gossip post scheduled for this evening that links to your tutorial:
http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-no-sew-neoprene-circle-skirt/2014/08/26/
–Anne
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I can’t find neoprene 🙁
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This is awesome, I need to make it
Lauren
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I love this skirt, I will be making one of these for my trip to Paris at the end of September 🙂 xo
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This skirt is beautiful, you did a great job!
xx Kelly
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Oh my! That skirt looks lovely. I think I gotta try this DIY now. Thanks for this!
no WAY!
i’ll make this right away.
Quick question, where did you find the neoprene fabric? The skirts are lovely!
I am totally in love with this DIY skirt.
This is an amazing project! I totally need to start using neoprene in my DIY projects too, thanks for introducing it to me 🙂
This is such a cool idea! I’ve worked with neoprene before and it’s quite scary to sew, so not needing to is a bonus! I love how much flare it has, it looks super cute.
Super cute idea. Can’t wait to try it!
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very cool
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Very gorgeous skirt and beautiful knitted top! Where do you get neoprene?
FF
Wow, this is fantastic! I can wait to try it out. I love the navy-coloured fabric you’ve used as well; it’s very classy!
Rhiannon x
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That’s so cute, definitely gonna try it out 🙂
xox Carina
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Hello! I’ve linked to this and used 1 photo with photo credits & link in my DIY blog post on best no-sew DIY tutorials. Hope that’s ok! You can view the post on hapinesswherever.wordpress.com – hope that’s OK, thought this was too awesome not to share 🙂
Where did you find your fabric?