The following is cutting directions for a 6 strip skirt where you only have 2 different fabrics OR a 9 strip skirt with 3 different fabrics... You should have 3 pieces of fabric(typically 1 yard in length).. fold this in half... with the length running selvage to selvage. see pic below . So if your fabric was 1 yard.. you would have a big rectangle measuring 18 inches by 44 inches (or whatever the width of your fabric was).
Now take your measurement for the top of your strip and divide by two -so if making a strip with a 42 inche waistband.. your top of strip measurement is 42/6 + 0.5 = 7.5 inches. Take that 7.5 inches / 2 = 3.75 inches. On selvage A measure in from the center fold 3.75 inches and mark. This mark is labeled (1).
Now measure from mark (1) to the edge of the cut edge of the fabric. (to clarify this... as in example above of rectangle 18 by 44... you would measure in 3.75 inches, mark it. Then measure from that mark to the edge and that would measure 14.25 inches). this measurement is the width of the BOTTOM of each of your strips. Move down to Edge B. Take the measurement of the BOTTOM of your strips (14.25) and divide that in half... 7.12 or something, LOL. Measure that amount in from the center fold of edge B (like you did at edge A ). Mark that (labeled as (2) )....
