My First Homemade Pattern!

I tried it and it turned out! My first homemade pattern So I thought I could share it with you!It is supper easy but I am glad I did it! I will do my best to explain step by step. I hope it will work for you as well. This is sized to fit my almost 2 year old so adjust if needed! Here it goes:
I sewed everything at a ¼ inch unless I tell you otherwise in the pattern.
First you need to cut 2 waist band pieces at 11 inches long by 6 inches wide.
Then you will need to cut The bottom parts of the skirt into 8 strips of 13 inches long by 5 inches wide. You will need 2 strips of each color you want to equal 8 strips, ( you may cut more strips for a fuller skirt if you would like).
Then sew the strips together alternating colors right sides together until all are sewn together like shown here.
Then taking the waist band pieces sew the two sides together at short ends like shown here.

Then back to the bottom of skirt sew a line at the top for your gather. After you have sewn that line go ahead and gather your fabric so that it will fit with your waist.
After you have done this go ahead and sew the end of you skirt together. Like shown here.
Then line up the skirt with your waist band and sew right sides together, ( this means putting your waist band on the inside of your skirt bottom) then sew together like shown here.
When this part is done you should have something that looks like this.
Then fold your top waist in about ½ inch at the top and sew, after you have done this fold the waist band down to just go over the raw edge of your skirt bottom and carefully sew, ( make sure your thread matches your fabric so that it really does not show up on the other side.) Leaving an opening for you elastic to be put through.

Measure your child to see what length you need for elastic and the thread it through the waist band like shown here, and then sew elastic together and wiggle into waist. Then making sure your elastic is at the top of your waist band sew just under the elastic that is inside your waist band to make your casing, again making sure your thread matches and that you do not catch the elastic. you want it to move freely!
Now finish the bottom of your skirt by folding twice to fit the length you want for your child, For Coral I folded it at 1 inch two times, and that will give you a finished look at the bottom.
And hopefully yours will look like this when you are done
Coral loved it and it fit her great!
Let me know If you like the pattern and if you are able to make one yourself!

Aloha!