Circle skirt question.

[lucysmam]

If I make a half circle skirt, the two halves join to make the whole? (stupid, I know but am trying to work out how much fabric I need & whether to do it as four pieces, two or a full circle)

It is cut as one piece - I used this tutorial

I use this calculator, hope the link works...

byhandlondon.com/pages/circle-skirt-app

I've just had that up & then clicked off it thinking I needed to download it! I'll go back and look again, thank you.

JudgeJudy - I think I might love you! That has saved my brain a WHOLE heap of work!

Pikk that website has a four piece, two piece or one piece illustrated.

I was struggling to work out which way would get me more skirts from 2m ish of fabric (for school skirts).

I have always done it as two half circles, with side seams.

Make a pattern for 1/4 circle, fold fabric crossways and put centre front/back on fold and cut out one half on one side of the fabric, waist at outside edge. Fold again and cut out other half on the other side.

There is an overlap which will be less the longer the length of the skirt and the wider the fabric. I have no idea how to calculate it

There is an overlap which will be less the longer the length of the skirt and the wider narrower the fabric. I have no idea how to calculate it.

This is why I has so much spare fabric

I've never done one before but dd is desperate for skirts & these looked easy. Working the maths out is a bit baffling though

Oddly enough, I can manage more complicated stuff so long as there's someone to bounce ideas off.

Quite impressed with that website - reckon I might need more than the 2m of fabric I'd planned on though to get two out of it.

Can't make up my mind whether to line them or not or if that's just making more work for me.

I used to make calf-length one's for DTDs' RAD ballet, with layers of ribbon round the hem.

They are quite easy.

Work everything out on paper first (even little cut-outs to scale if necessary). If you are not sure, you could make a mock up with an old sheet/duvet or something.

Don't forget to add on a seam allowance for the waist and hem allowance. Double check that the circumference of the waist circle is the right size - I once made it twice as big because I got my diameters and radiuses in a muddle and had to chuck the fabric out.

The skirt itself - yes, easy....working it out is not my strong point I'm dreadful at maths.

I'll see if dp's mam has an old bedsheet I can chop up, I got rid of all ours last year before moving. At that point, I had no plans to sew again!

That website reckons 47.5" fabric length so I might even tape some greaseproof together tomorrow and make a compass from a pencil and string to test it out.

I have a selection of old cotton duvet sets (£3 each) from a charity shop and use them for dummy 1st attempts!

Good idea, there's one up the road, we'll have a wander up tomorrow and see what they have.

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Wtf. So the wrong thread.