Once you have your two arcs completed it’s time to cut out your skirt. From that pin measure down the length of your waist to knee measurement that you took a few minutes ago.įollowing the first arc you made measure down that waist to knee measurement and mark with pins until you have a second arc across your fabric. Next find that first pin you placed in your fabric. Continue doing this until you have created an arc across that top corner of your folded fabric. Then rotate your ruler or measuring tape an inch or two, measure down the same distance and mark with a pin. For Ruths skirt I measured down 3.5 inches. Starting at the folded corner measure down the number of inches that you got from your math problem. Once that is done grab a ruler of measuring tape because it’s time to make the waist of this skirt. (Like you are beginning to make a giant fabric snowflake.) Take your fabric and fold it in half width wise and length wise…if I was teaching this to one of my children’s art classes I would tell them to just “Fold your fabric in half hamburger way and hot dog way.”. Whew! Now that that is over let’s cut this skirt out! So 20 inches plus 2 inches = 22 inches so then when I divide that by 6.28 I get 3.5 inches. Take your waist measurement and add two inches then divide that number by 6.28. Now it’s time for the math…I’m not going to explain all the whys because that is what made me avoid these skirts. Measure the distance from your waist to your knee (or where ever you would like your skirt to land). Measure around (the circumference) for your waist. So today I am going to show you how I take two measurements, do one math problem (on a calculator) and then with two cuts have a skirt that is ready to be sewn.įirst we are going to take 2 measurements: Because even though I like to sew and craft and such I’m also lazy…LAY-ZEE so when I would see all those instructions I’d think it was a good time for some nachos instead.īut then Elizabeth was over at my house one day and she made me try one….and it was like magic! It was so EASY I couldn’t believe it and it has now become one of my go to skirt patterns. When I started sewing I avoided circle skirts because every pattern and tutorial I saw had this math diagram with pi…and radius…and circumference….and then my brain turned off and I decided that I would just choose a different skirt to sew. And the skirts I have been making the most of are circle skirts…mainly because I can have one cut and sewn in less than an hour. As I said yesterday I have been on a skirt making binge lately.
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