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[intro music]

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Hello! So today I'm going to teach you all how to make your very own "half circle skirt".

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Now what is the difference between this and a "circle skirt", you ask?

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Well, you use *half* the amount of fabric.

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What I've found with full circle skirts is that when you're wearing them out and about and if there's

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like, a *little* bit of breeze that day, your skirt just *woop!*

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Blows right up!

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And you flash everyone.

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So you always have to wear shorts underneath.

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And you have to hold it down all the time.

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So I've actually found that HALF circle skirts work a LOT better.

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And I actually like the shape of them a lot better. They're still quite full skirts,

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But they're not as big and dramatic as full circle skirts.

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So anyway, I'm going to teach you how to make them today!

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First things first, we need to make a pattern![br]Now these are the two pieces of fabric that

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you will need to cut out.[br]First, we’ll work on the skirt.

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To make a pattern for the skirt, you will[br]need to make some measurements!

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The first measurement is your waist, divided[br]by pi (which is 3.14).

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As an example, my waist is 30 inches, divide[br]this by 3.14 and you get 9.55.

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So, my first measurement is 9.55 inches.

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So I’m going to draw this out onto my pattern[br]paper. From the corner of the paper, I’m

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first drawing a bunch of marks 9.55 inches[br]out, then I connect those dots into a quarter-circle

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that looks like this.

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Then you need to make an outer circle measurement.[br]First, figure out how long you want your skirt

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to be. I want mine to be about 19 inches.[br]Then subtract from this whatever width you’re

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going to use for the waistband. I want a 3[br]inch waistband so I subtract 3 inches, which

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gives me 16.[br]Then, add your inner circle measurement. Mine

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was 9.55.[br]This gives me a total of 25.55.

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You should also add about ½ an inch for the[br]hem, so I’m just going to round this up

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to 26 inches.

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Then, also from the corner of the paper, I[br]draw this outer circle measurement.

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Then, I cut my pattern out.

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and it looks[br]like this!

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Next, fold your fabric in half, right sides[br]together.

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And yeah, I know the clothes I’m wearing[br]are pretty weird here – they’re my comfortable

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sewing clothes, don’t judge me.

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Now, place your pattern piece on the fabric, with one straight[br]edge on the FOLD of the fabric.

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Pin the piece of paper onto the fabric, and[br]then cut around your pattern.

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When you unfold it, you should have this half-circle[br]shape.

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Now we also need to cut out a waistband from[br]the remaining fabric.

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To make your waistband, take your waist measurement and add 3 inches.

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And this is the length of your waistband.

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Then, decide how wide you want your waistband to be,

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And double this measurement.

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And this is your waistband width.

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Now, this is a slightly different

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method of making a waistband then what I've shown in my videos before,

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So, right sides together, place the waistband

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onto the inner circle of the skirt like this.

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Line up the edges like this, and then pin[br]the waistband on. Then, attach the waistband

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to the skirt by using a straight stitch, just[br]like this.

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Then hem the unsewn edge of the waistband.[br]Fold the edge of the waistband over ½ an

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inch, just like this, and then sew right along[br]the length.

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To finish off the waistband, fold it down,[br]with the hemmed edge lining up with the stitches

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that you made when you attached your waistband to your skirt.[br]Pin this together, and sew around the waistband

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to completely attach it to the skirt. Make[br]sure you’re catching the fabric of the skirt

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underneath your stitches. You[br]should also use a thread that matches your

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fabric – I didn’t, but that was so you[br]could all see where I was stitching in this

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video.

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Then, you’ll notice that you have raw edges[br]on either side of your skirt. If you want

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to finish this off professionally, you can[br]either overlock these edges, or, if you have

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room to do this

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fold this edge in once, then twice,

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then sew over the top. Do this on both sides[br]of your skirt.

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Now, fold your skirt in half, right sides[br]together, just like this.

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Line those edges up and pin them together,[br]then, get your zipper and line it up next

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to the skirt.[br]Make a mark where the zipper ends. Below this

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mark, you will do normal-length straight stitches,[br]but above this mark you will need to do what

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are called basting stitches. These are very[br]long stitches used to temporarily hold your

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fabric together.

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From your stitching, you will have created[br]a seam that looks like this. Fold the seam

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open. You can also iron the seam here to hold[br]it open. Then, place your zipper onto your

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seam like this, so that the teeth of the zipper[br]line up with the middle of your seam.

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Then, you will need to sew your zipper onto[br]your skirt like this.

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If you have one, a zipper foot, which looks[br]like this, makes sewing zippers really easy.

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Then, carefully cut through those basting[br]stitches that you made earlier, in order to

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free your zipper!

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Now all we need to do is to hem the bottom[br]of the skirt. I always hear that you’re

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supposed to let a circle skirt hang for a[br]day or two before hemming the bottom, because

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the grain of the fabric will cause the hem[br]to drop in certain spots and not others. Or... something.

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But, this is the skirt 2 days later, and there really isn't a noticeable difference. If there is, even

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out the bottom with a pair of scissors, and[br]then continue on.

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Now, onto the hemming.There

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are three methods you can use for hemming[br]the bottom of your skirt.

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If you have an overlocker, go around the entire[br]outer-circle edge with the overlocker, then

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fold the overlocked edge up inside the skirt,[br]and sew across it using a straight stitch,

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all the way around the outer circle.

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So you can get yourself some pinking shears. These special[br]scissors prevent fabric from fraying. When

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you’re cutting out the outside circle on[br]your skirt, use this scissors instead. Then, when

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hemming, simply fold the edge over about 1[br]inch like this, and using a straight stitch,

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stopping every 10 inches or so to readjust,[br]carefully sew all the way around your outer

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circle.[br]Method 3 is if you don’t own pinking shears

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– you can make something called a rolled[br]hem. This is when you fold the fabric over

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once, then twice, then like in the other methods,[br]sew along all the way around the outer circle.

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And hopefully you should now have a finished[br]half circle-skirt.

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Thank you so much for watching!

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Make sure to subscribe to my channel and check out my other videos for more DIY projects and inspiration.

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See you next time, bye!