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| fiddlegirl89 |
Posted - Mar 23 2010 : 12:49:48 PM
OK! Here's my sketch of the wrap circle skirt. I don't know how well I am at sewing tutorials, but I'll give it a shot! If I forget something or if you need clarification, please ask!
You need 60 inch fabric, and mine takes about 3 yards. You can see here how you can figure up just how much fabric you'll need..
To figure out your waist cut-out, you'll need to take your waist measurment and multiply that by 1.5, for wrapping around you one and a half times. My waist is 30 inches, so my measurment is 45 inches. Then, you have to double that (90 inches for me) and then divide that by 3.14, to get the diameter that you'll need to cut out. Mine ends up being 29 inches. Then, you divide that by 2 to get how far you need to measure down, to draw your half-circle out for the waist. So, my measurment is 14.5 inches...
Now all you have to do is take how long you want the skirt, and mark that, from the edge of your waist measurment. Actually, you need to do this before you measure for the waist cut-out, so you can start at one end of the fabric and work your way across! So, I wanted to cut it at 40 inches. So, starting at the edge, you will measure 40 (or however long you want the skirt) inches, and then your 29 inches for the waist, and then you can measure 40 inches again on the other side. You also take the center of the the waist cut-out and measure 40 inches. When I cut these out, I take a piece of yarn the length of the waist AND the skirt (so mine is 54.5 inches) and tie one end to a pencil, and the other to a pin. Then I can stab the pin into the fabric (and in my case, through the carpet to hold it down!) at the center of the waist cut-out (all this is BEFORE cutting out the waist) and draw the whole half-circle out, like a compass. When you get done with that, you can cut the piece of yarn to 14.5 inches (mine) to mark the waist half-circle in the same way.
After cutting all of this out, you also have to cut a waist. I want to say I cut mine 90 by 4 inches. After hemming the two sides and the bottom of the skirt, you need to center the skirt piece on the waistband and sew it in. Then you can try it on and mark it for a buttonhole. Just wrap it around and decide where you want the hole. After you make the buttonhole, you'll be done!
Well, that sounds fine to me, but I know what I'm talking about, so someone please tell me if I left something out!!! I hope it makes sense!
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| dutchy |
Posted - Mar 30 2010 : 11:46:34 PM
Ohmy goodness, that is SO cute! Love the petticoat as well :)
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| MaryLD |
Posted - Mar 30 2010 : 8:11:09 PM
AWESOME!!!!!
I LOVe it!
I am also working on not looking like I just stepped out of the manure pile. It's been extra challenging lately since I am on a mission to clean up the pasture, LOL!
~ Mary LD
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| fiddlegirl89 |
Posted - Mar 30 2010 : 11:56:18 AM
I finally got pictures of the wrap skirt I made...out of the sheerish (isn't that a word?) green fabric. You can't really tell how sheer it is in the far away pics, so I hiked up my skirt so y'all could see the petticoat underneath. Sorry...my dog wanted to be in the picture with me!
I think this look is so...farmgirlish!!! I LOVE dressing this way to work, because we are constantly having people stop in unannounced. I hate looking like the cows drug me through the mud and over the barbwire!!! 
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| dutchy |
Posted - Mar 30 2010 : 10:35:24 AM
PLEASE don't hate me lol, but I have a 26" waist ;) SPO no I won't fit the 24" either hehe.
Love the skirt pattern though, adore those type skirts, nice and always look good IMO
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| katmom |
Posted - Mar 30 2010 : 09:19:03 AM
I made a felt 'Poodle Skirt' using the 1/2 circle method....(years ago) and I recently spotted a quilted skirt like this in an antique store...I would have bought it had I had a 24" waist! lol! I have not seen a 24" waist since I was a jr.teen! lol!
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| fiddlegirl89 |
Posted - Mar 26 2010 : 07:53:12 AM
Oh, yes, I love those skirts as well! I bought one in FL back in December...one of those silk ones!
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| beadbabe |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 10:26:35 PM
I love this! A few years ago I bought a wrap skirt for my daughter at a mall kiosk, and it is reversable. This pattern could be done the same way, just make another complimentary skirt a bit shorter, sew the waistband on with the skirt fabrics wrong sides together, and voila!, two skirts in one! The fabrics should be pretty light weight in order for it to drape well. It can solve the 'needing a slip' issue too.
Therese
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| MaryLD |
Posted - Mar 24 2010 : 05:44:36 AM
I whipped up the measurement of my skirt right away. I got out another wrap skirt and measured it at 19 inches long, which goes to the knee on me. I'm making the skirt for summer, so here in TX, I don't want it to be too long!
I have a piece of fabric I thought would be cute for this sirt that IS wide- and I'll have length left over on the fabric, a lot of it , actually.
So Kayla,
I'm going to figure out what the fabric requirements would be on a 45 inch wide fabric once I cut mine out of the 60 inch. Why do extra math, lol?
I have a swap I'm finishing and one I'm starting, so I may not get to this right away. But soon!! It DOes seem easy- no darts, zippers, elastic casings, buttonholes, FACINGS. Facings can realy slow ya down, LOL!
~ Mary LD
~ Mary LD
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| fiddlegirl89 |
Posted - Mar 23 2010 : 6:38:33 PM
Ok, that 40 inches is LONG! I made one this afternoon...went to go through my stash...again, and found a few yards of gauzy green fabric. It's pretty sheer, so I've never found anything I wanted to make with it. However, it was 60 inch, and I had enough, so I whipped one up. I'm telling you, they are SO fast! Course, I didn't hem any of the sides on this one, because of the way the fabric is...really didn't need hemming, and both sides are on the selvege. Ain't life good?! :) Anyway, since it's sheer, I'm wearing it over a lacy white skirt that I bought at Hancock's a while back..I wear it as a petticoat anyway, and it's just so cute like this! I don't have a picture yet, because I still need to trim a few inches off the bottom, but maybe I'll get a picture tomorrow. (I even cheated on the buttonhole...I slit and burned it!)
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| fiddlegirl89 |
Posted - Mar 23 2010 : 2:27:16 PM
Hm...you know, I really don't know what size I am as far as skirts go. I've made my own for so long now, I'm not happy with any I ever try on! I have big hips, so I always try on a large. My hips are something like 42 inches, I think. They better not have gotten any bigger since I measured last... I think I could probably wear that large, according to what other people think, but I'm not very comfortable in it! (Tends to be close on the hips and backside!) :) But, hip size doesn't matter on this one...you're just going off of a waist number. And you can modify that up there^ for how many inches you are around.
And as far as how wide the fabric is, you only have to have 60 inch if you want it that long. You can look at the numbers and figure up how long you can make it with how wide your fabric is. For instance, if I used 45 inch fabric for this same skirt, mine would be about 30 inches long. (It would be the 45 inches minus the waist cut out...) Does that make sense? Come to think of it, I may make another one with some 45 inch fabric I have around! That would be a nice, cute summer skirt! Maybe some cheerful gingham! Oh! I forgot to say that you don't need to use one-way or directional fabric, since it's cut like a circle...
And, DARN it, I WANT a craft room!!! :D
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| MaryLD |
Posted - Mar 23 2010 : 1:46:02 PM
Wow, Kayla, that was fast!!!
Thanks so, so much for doing this.
If you need a Farmgirl favor, just ask!
Mary LD
I was getting fabric for the quilt block swap, and while browsing Hancock Fabric, I did notice that they have 58 inch wide fabric today! I have a piece from the $1 /yd fabric store that I hope will be long enogh. Luckily, I'm SHORT, so the odds are in my favor!!! I'm going to measure against a different wrap skirt I made, that is more the " usual " kind to see how much lenght I need.
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| mrsamy |
Posted - Mar 23 2010 : 1:26:31 PM
That was actually really thorough and I might give it a try, too. I've been cleaning out the storage, catch-all, pit, bottomless hole upstairs and returning it to it's former glory as a craft room. I unearthed some fabric that had a fancy pattern that I'll probably never take the time to cut out (I had cutting tissue patterns. By the time I'm done, I'm frustrated that I haven't cut the fabric yet and just wanna sew!). This looks like I could get it done in a couple of sittings after the boys are in bed.
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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Mar 23 2010 : 12:58:34 PM
Ok...what size are you? I'm a novice, but I think I can do this one (you did VERY well :))...
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