1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,160 [intro music] 2 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:21,560 Hello! So today I'm going to teach you all how to make your very own "half circle skirt". 3 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:25,440 Now what is the difference between this and a "circle skirt", you ask? 4 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:26,540 Well, you use *half* the amount of fabric. 5 00:00:26,540 --> 00:00:30,460 What I've found with full circle skirts is that when you're wearing them out and about and if there's 6 00:00:30,460 --> 00:00:33,560 like, a *little* bit of breeze that day, your skirt just *woop!* 7 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:34,558 Blows right up! 8 00:00:34,558 --> 00:00:35,693 And you flash everyone. 9 00:00:35,693 --> 00:00:36,557 So you always have to wear shorts underneath. 10 00:00:36,557 --> 00:00:38,716 And you have to hold it down all the time. 11 00:00:39,394 --> 00:00:43,714 So I've actually found that HALF circle skirts work a LOT better. 12 00:00:43,714 --> 00:00:46,800 And I actually like the shape of them a lot better. They're still quite full skirts, 13 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:49,520 But they're not as big and dramatic as full circle skirts. 14 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:51,640 So anyway, I'm going to teach you how to make them today! 15 00:00:52,010 --> 00:00:56,070 First things first, we need to make a pattern! Now these are the two pieces of fabric that 16 00:00:56,070 --> 00:00:59,140 you will need to cut out. First, we’ll work on the skirt. 17 00:00:59,140 --> 00:01:02,329 To make a pattern for the skirt, you will need to make some measurements! 18 00:01:02,329 --> 00:01:06,399 The first measurement is your waist, divided by pi (which is 3.14). 19 00:01:06,399 --> 00:01:13,070 As an example, my waist is 30 inches, divide this by 3.14 and you get 9.55. 20 00:01:13,070 --> 00:01:16,530 So, my first measurement is 9.55 inches. 21 00:01:16,530 --> 00:01:21,590 So I’m going to draw this out onto my pattern paper. From the corner of the paper, I’m 22 00:01:21,590 --> 00:01:26,710 first drawing a bunch of marks 9.55 inches out, then I connect those dots into a quarter-circle 23 00:01:26,710 --> 00:01:27,990 that looks like this. 24 00:01:27,990 --> 00:01:31,750 Then you need to make an outer circle measurement. First, figure out how long you want your skirt 25 00:01:31,750 --> 00:01:36,420 to be. I want mine to be about 19 inches. Then subtract from this whatever width you’re 26 00:01:36,420 --> 00:01:40,799 going to use for the waistband. I want a 3 inch waistband so I subtract 3 inches, which 27 00:01:40,799 --> 00:01:44,500 gives me 16. Then, add your inner circle measurement. Mine 28 00:01:44,500 --> 00:01:48,979 was 9.55. This gives me a total of 25.55. 29 00:01:48,979 --> 00:01:52,369 You should also add about ½ an inch for the hem, so I’m just going to round this up 30 00:01:52,369 --> 00:01:53,759 to 26 inches. 31 00:01:53,759 --> 00:01:59,429 Then, also from the corner of the paper, I draw this outer circle measurement. 32 00:01:59,429 --> 00:02:02,039 Then, I cut my pattern out. 33 00:02:02,039 --> 00:02:07,410 and it looks like this! 34 00:02:08,239 --> 00:02:10,160 Next, fold your fabric in half, right sides together. 35 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:13,900 And yeah, I know the clothes I’m wearing are pretty weird here – they’re my comfortable 36 00:02:13,900 --> 00:02:15,750 sewing clothes, don’t judge me. 37 00:02:15,750 --> 00:02:20,700 Now, place your pattern piece on the fabric, with one straight edge on the FOLD of the fabric. 38 00:02:21,519 --> 00:02:26,370 Pin the piece of paper onto the fabric, and then cut around your pattern. 39 00:02:26,370 --> 00:02:30,459 When you unfold it, you should have this half-circle shape. 40 00:02:30,459 --> 00:02:35,000 Now we also need to cut out a waistband from the remaining fabric. 41 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,000 To make your waistband, take your waist measurement and add 3 inches. 42 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,000 And this is the length of your waistband. 43 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,000 Then, decide how wide you want your waistband to be, 44 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,000 And double this measurement. 45 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,000 And this is your waistband width. 46 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,000 Now, this is a slightly different 47 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,000 method of making a waistband then what I've shown in my videos before, 48 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:53,680 So, right sides together, place the waistband 49 00:02:54,140 --> 00:02:56,540 onto the inner circle of the skirt like this. 50 00:02:57,180 --> 00:03:01,439 Line up the edges like this, and then pin the waistband on. Then, attach the waistband 51 00:03:01,439 --> 00:03:08,439 to the skirt by using a straight stitch, just like this. 52 00:03:16,109 --> 00:03:20,999 Then hem the unsewn edge of the waistband. Fold the edge of the waistband over ½ an 53 00:03:20,999 --> 00:03:27,999 inch, just like this, and then sew right along the length. 54 00:03:28,180 --> 00:03:32,370 To finish off the waistband, fold it down, with the hemmed edge lining up with the stitches 55 00:03:32,370 --> 00:03:37,849 that you made when you attached your waistband to your skirt. Pin this together, and sew around the waistband 56 00:03:37,849 --> 00:03:41,659 to completely attach it to the skirt. Make sure you’re catching the fabric of the skirt 57 00:03:41,659 --> 00:03:45,480 underneath your stitches. You should also use a thread that matches your 58 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:49,760 fabric – I didn’t, but that was so you could all see where I was stitching in this 59 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:50,200 video. 60 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:54,150 Then, you’ll notice that you have raw edges on either side of your skirt. If you want 61 00:03:54,150 --> 00:03:58,290 to finish this off professionally, you can either overlock these edges, or, if you have 62 00:03:58,290 --> 00:03:59,219 room to do this 63 00:03:59,219 --> 00:04:01,930 fold this edge in once, then twice, 64 00:04:01,930 --> 00:04:04,749 then sew over the top. Do this on both sides of your skirt. 65 00:04:04,749 --> 00:04:09,790 Now, fold your skirt in half, right sides together, just like this. 66 00:04:09,790 --> 00:04:14,230 Line those edges up and pin them together, then, get your zipper and line it up next 67 00:04:14,230 --> 00:04:17,730 to the skirt. Make a mark where the zipper ends. Below this 68 00:04:17,730 --> 00:04:22,460 mark, you will do normal-length straight stitches, but above this mark you will need to do what 69 00:04:22,460 --> 00:04:26,750 are called basting stitches. These are very long stitches used to temporarily hold your 70 00:04:26,750 --> 00:04:27,970 fabric together. 71 00:04:27,970 --> 00:04:33,680 From your stitching, you will have created a seam that looks like this. Fold the seam 72 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:39,690 open. You can also iron the seam here to hold it open. Then, place your zipper onto your 73 00:04:39,690 --> 00:04:43,550 seam like this, so that the teeth of the zipper line up with the middle of your seam. 74 00:04:43,550 --> 00:04:46,720 Then, you will need to sew your zipper onto your skirt like this. 75 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:52,250 If you have one, a zipper foot, which looks like this, makes sewing zippers really easy. 76 00:04:55,770 --> 00:04:59,330 Then, carefully cut through those basting stitches that you made earlier, in order to 77 00:04:59,330 --> 00:05:00,949 free your zipper! 78 00:05:00,949 --> 00:05:04,740 Now all we need to do is to hem the bottom of the skirt. I always hear that you’re 79 00:05:04,740 --> 00:05:08,730 supposed to let a circle skirt hang for a day or two before hemming the bottom, because 80 00:05:08,730 --> 00:05:13,890 the grain of the fabric will cause the hem to drop in certain spots and not others. Or... something. 81 00:05:13,890 --> 00:05:20,890 But, this is the skirt 2 days later, and there really isn't a noticeable difference. If there is, even 82 00:05:23,660 --> 00:05:26,150 out the bottom with a pair of scissors, and then continue on. 83 00:05:29,090 --> 00:05:30,010 Now, onto the hemming.There 84 00:05:30,010 --> 00:05:31,100 are three methods you can use for hemming the bottom of your skirt. 85 00:05:31,100 --> 00:05:35,810 If you have an overlocker, go around the entire outer-circle edge with the overlocker, then 86 00:05:35,810 --> 00:05:40,750 fold the overlocked edge up inside the skirt, and sew across it using a straight stitch, 87 00:05:40,750 --> 00:05:42,620 all the way around the outer circle. 88 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:47,780 So you can get yourself some pinking shears. These special scissors prevent fabric from fraying. When 89 00:05:47,780 --> 00:05:53,160 you’re cutting out the outside circle on your skirt, use this scissors instead. Then, when 90 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:58,150 hemming, simply fold the edge over about 1 inch like this, and using a straight stitch, 91 00:05:58,150 --> 00:06:02,840 stopping every 10 inches or so to readjust, carefully sew all the way around your outer 92 00:06:02,840 --> 00:06:05,600 circle. Method 3 is if you don’t own pinking shears 93 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:09,900 – you can make something called a rolled hem. This is when you fold the fabric over 94 00:06:09,900 --> 00:06:16,900 once, then twice, then like in the other methods, sew along all the way around the outer circle. 95 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:24,160 And hopefully you should now have a finished half circle-skirt. 96 00:06:26,060 --> 00:06:28,140 Thank you so much for watching! 97 00:06:28,220 --> 00:06:33,220 Make sure to subscribe to my channel and check out my other videos for more DIY projects and inspiration. 98 00:06:33,220 --> 00:06:34,380 See you next time, bye!