September 8, 2025 • Updated February 25, 2026

DIY Chiffon Ballet Wrap Skirt

Spoonflower’s Chiffon fabric is making its center stage DIY debut today with the help of Ceri Staziker. This blousy and ultra-sheer fabric is a dream for projects that require a material with a light touch and beautiful drape. Follow along as Ceri shows how to make a gorgeous DIY Chiffon ballet wrap skirt using our free PDF pattern. Whether you are making this for yourself or your child, you’ll be twirling in style thanks to this custom Chiffon ballet wrap skirt for under $25.

This free pattern and tutorial will guide you to sew an easy and gorgeous ballet wrap skirt. The pattern fits waist sizes approximately 24–28 inches, but you could easily hack the pattern to fit a narrower or wider waist. The fabric is beautifully sheer yet surprisingly strong and smooth — essential qualities for a skirt that will be put through its paces in the dance studio. Spoonflower has the World’s Largest Textile Design Library, so you are sure to find the perfect design to wear in the dance studio. You can also create and upload your own design to be printed on Chiffon to create a one-of-a-kind ballet skirt.

Materials to Make a Chiffon Ballet Skirt

1 yard of Chiffon – I’m using my Ditsy Flora and Fauna
2.5 yards of satin bias binding
Sewing machine
Coordinating thread
Rolled hem foot (optional)

Ballet wrap skirt and printed pattern pieces

Steps to Sew a Chiffon Ballet Skirt

Step 1: Print Out the Free PDF Pattern

Print out and tape together your PDF Ballet Skirt pattern.

Step 2: Cut Out The Pattern Pieces

Trace the pattern pieces and cut them out of the Chiffon fabric.

Hem the edges of your ballet wrap skirt

Step 3: Make a Narrow Double-Fold on the Long Edge and Finger-Press It

With fine fabrics like Chiffon, one of the neatest way to do this is with a rolled hem. A rolled hem is a very narrow double-folded hem. Many sewing machines have a special foot which will sew a rolled hem for you, but if you don’t have one, YouTube is a great resource for tutorials on how to sew one by hand. The hand-sewn method will be more time-consuming but you will get a beautiful result. Alternatively you could serge your hem. Again, YouTube is a great reference if you need guidance for serging with sheer fabrics. Make a narrow double-fold at the starting edge and finger-press it.

use a rolled hem foot

Step 4: Sew a Hem along the Long Edge

It’s a little more fiddly to use a rolled hem foot with sheer fabrics, so its a good idea to practice first on a scrap. Place the finger-pressed edge under your rolled hem foot and stitch a few stitches to get started. Then, hook the edge of the fabric around the curve of the foot and continue stitching. Take it slowly and steadily, guiding the fabric as you go. When you’re confident, go ahead and sew the rolled hem on your skirt. It should look like this the photograph below. Protect the Chiffon with a cloth then press the hem with a warm iron. Do not use a hot iron!

hemmed ballet wrap skirt

Step 5: Attach the Satin Bias Binding to the Waist Edge

Find the centre of the waist edge of the skirt by folding the fabric in half and marking the centre point with a pin. Do the same with the bias binding. Match the center of the waist with the center of the binding. With right sides together, starting at the centre point, pin the (unfolded) bias binding to the skirt, working outwards in both directions. The bias binding will extend further than the waist edge as it will eventually form the ties. Don’t worry about this yet, just pin the binding as far as the edges of the waist.

Pin and sew the bias tape on the waistband to create a tie

Machine sew along the length of the waist edge, following the top crease in the bias binding, as shown in the photograph above.

Step 6: Press the Seams

Using a warm iron with a protective cloth over the Chiffon, press all the seam layers upwards towards the binding. Then fold over the bias binding to meet the stitched edge of the seam. Tuck in the raw ends of the binding at both ends. Pin of baste to secure.

Fold over binding and stitch onto fabric

Step 6: Machine Stitch Along the Length of the Bias Binding

Machine stitch along the entire length of bias binding to enclose the waist seam. You will have automatically created the ties at the same time. Press the finished waistband.