EASY ELASTIC WAIST GATHERED SKIRT FOR WOMEN

I’ve been loving the full gathered skirts I’ve seen lately, and I’ve been wanting to make one for months, but I couldn’t quite figure out how I wanted to sew it up. I didn’t want a gathered waistband with elastic running through it, because gathered waistbands tend to look frumpy on women (think mom jeans). At the same time I was worried that a flat waistband with no elastic in it would be a little uncomfortable – I wear skirts because they are more comfortable than jeans, so if it’s going to cut across my stomach when I sit down I’ll never wear it. Basically, I wanted an elastic waist that doesn’t look like an elastic waist.