What to make from 1 metre of fabric

A straight or pencil skirt to the knee: at 1.4 to 1.5 m wide a metre is usually enough for hips up to 110 cm. See the article on skirts for the count.

Shorts, breeches or cropped trousers in a small size: more in the article on trousers.

A waistcoat, a sleeveless top or blouse, and in a small size even a simple sleeveless sheath dress: see the articles on shirts and dresses.

For children a metre is a whole garment: trousers, a skirt, a pinafore, a waistcoat or a small jacket. Dense cotton and corduroy are the most practical for this.

Two or three 40 × 40 cm cushion covers, a cloth for a small table, napkins, an apron.

Upholstery for two 40 × 40 cm chair seats, if the fabric is upholstery or dense cotton: how to do it is in «How to reupholster a chair».

A tote bag, a pouch, a laptop sleeve, a cap. Wool makes a warm scarf, and the rest even mittens.

A metre of a good fabric can also go into details of another garment: a collar, cuffs, pockets, a yoke or coat facings in a contrasting colour.

Check the width first: it decides whether the pieces fit side by side. Every piece states its size on its page.

Decatise the fabric before cutting: after shrinking a metre can lose a few centimetres. And if one fabric is too little, two pieces in matching or contrasting colours can be combined.