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In this tutorial I will show you how to make a circle skirt.
For this circle skirt you just need the skirt fabric as well as one long zipper that can go all the way from the waist down to the bottom.
I decided to go with an exposed zipper which is one of the easiest ways to make this,
so if you decide to make it the same way, choose a zipper that looks good and has a nice fob that you pull on.
That way, it will look very put together when it's all done.
In terms of the fabric, you can use whatever you like as long as there's good drape, flow, some weight to it.
It's super super cold where I live right now, and I want to be able to wear this skirt to work every day, so wool is very appropriate for my needs.
Overall, this is a pretty quick project compared to some of my other ones.
With the proper measurements and everything,
you should be able to finish it within 2 hours.
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Starting with your fabric, a long zipper and also some eye and hooks for fastening the top of the skirt
We're going to first lay out the fabric, fold it in half with a measuring tape along the side.
Our first cut is the distance from your waist to the bottom of the skirt
Take the circumference of your waist, divide that by pi (3.14), and that should be the distance between your first cut and the second cut
Now repeat the distance that you used in your first cut: the waist to the bottom of the skirt, and that will be your third cut
Fold the fabric in half along the middle, and then make another down the side that is the circumference of your waist, divided by pi, and divided by 2
Looking at those 2 little notches that you have near the waist, we're going to cut a semi-circle shape between the two of them
Feel free to use some kind of guide, I was feeling a bit adventurous and went for it free handed
Again, measure the distance that's from the waist to the bottom edge of the skirt,
and you're also going to cut that one in a semi-circle shape
Unfold the whole entire piece of fabric, and we're going to cut open one edge that will be the zipper edge
The other piece that we will need is a waistband, make sure that this fits around your waist generously, since we can always cut off fabric if we need to, and is symmetrical at the 2 ends where it meets
Sew that waistband to the skirt, right sides together, all the way around the top hole
Sew the right side of the zipper to the right side of the skirt on one of the sides of the zipper,
making sure you leave a little bit of room at the top so that you can fold down the waistband, and some room at the bottom so that you can hem the skirt when it's done.
Once that zipper is sewn on, try on the skirt, and then pin the other side of the zipper to the area of the skirt where it needs to be in order to fit the circumference of your waist.
Something you really need to watch out for is to make sure those 2 waistband seams line up at the top.
To make sure the zipper becomes an exposed zipper, don't feel like you need to sew super close to the zipper teeth,
leave some room and the zipper will show itself beautifully
Turn the bottom edge of the skirt upwards and sew that all the way around
I decided to go with a zigzag stitch to prevent the wool form fraying.
At the waistband, make sure you are folding in that excess fabric that's near the zipper, and then bringing down the waistband
I decided to sew all the way around the waistband seam, and then one more time around the top edge to help it all lay really flat.
I also added one more stitch along that zipper edge just to make sure everything stayed in.
The final step is to add the hooks and the eyes to the inside of the skirt, just above the zipper
There's no major rules on how these need to be attached to the skirt, just take out some matching thread and sew loops and loops and loops until you know it's secure
The best thing to do is to make sure they're hanging over the edge of the skirt, and that way they can actually reach each other when you interlock them and put the skirt on
If you have some more time on your hands, feel free to check out this video where I make a denim button up shirt