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Hello! Welcome to Make Thrift Buy, episode[br]number 27!

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And as always, this is the show where you,[br]the audience, send me in pictures of cool

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things you’ve seen on the internet, and[br]then I do my best to recreate them.

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So today’s challenge was sent in by both[br]Cheese and Apple.

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Seriously?[br]Either, that's a weird coincidence, or...

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I've now got sentient food subscribed to my[br]youtube channel...

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Anyway, a cheese and an apple wanted me to[br]try and recreate this skirt.

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Which I found on a couple of cheap wholesale[br]sites from $13 - $30.

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So – let’s begin!

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Now I had this theory that this skirt was[br]just a square circle skirt. Okay that didn’t

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really make any sense at all, because how[br]can you have a square circle

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– but stick with me.

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First off I chose my fabric. This is a non-stretchy[br]tartan fabric that I got for free. Well, it's

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secondhand. When people know that you’re[br]into sewing, it turns out there’s a lot

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of people who have fabric they don’t need[br]anymore stashed away in their basements.

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Now I wanted the shortest part of my skirt[br]to be approximately 15 inches long, so I cut

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out a square that was 40 by 40 inches.[br]Then, I simply folded this material in half,

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folded it in half again… so that I had this.[br]Then I took my waist measurement – 30 inches

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– and I divided this by 6.28.[br]This gave me approximately 4.7 inches. So,

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I drew a quarter circle with a radius of 4.7[br]inches onto this corner of the fabric, using

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some chalk.[br]Then, I cut this quarter circle out, cutting

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through all layers of fabric.

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I then unfolded the fabric, and I have this!

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Then I tried the skirt on for size and for[br]some reason... this happened.

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Now I know that my circle skirt maths are[br]right, so, at first I thought this was all

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my fault – that it was due to the fact that[br]I didn’t put any pins in the fabric here,

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and then cut this circle out pretty haphazardly…

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BUT WAIT GUYS – NO – IT’S NOT MY FAULT[br]because then I actually read on this website

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that it’s the fabric’s fault, due to something[br]called “bias”.

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Which is, bascially, how your fabric stretches[br]diagonally. And according to this website,

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cutting on the bias will cause your fabric[br]to stretch. So they actually recommend taking

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4 inches off your waist measurement and THEN[br]calculating your circle radius!

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So, I should actually use a 26 inch waist[br]measurement.

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Well, now I know that for the future. But[br]unfortunately, I’ve already cut out my fabric

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IN THE PAST.

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But, never fear, I haven’t ruined my fabric,[br]because this is totally fixable – and let

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me show you how I fix it!

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So I cut straight up here - which I was intending[br]to do anyway - and then I folded the raw edges...

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over until the circle’s circumference is[br]about 30 inches, which is my waist measurement!

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So, I put a mark on these two points, pinned[br]these extra pieces out of the way, and then

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I continued!

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At this point, I also hemmed the bottom of[br]the skirt. First, I overlocked all the edges,

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then I folded the edges over about 1/2 an[br]inch, and then I sewed over the top using

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a straight stitch. Now I know that not everyone[br]has an overlocker machine, so if you do want

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to try out this project then check out this[br]video here, which gives you 3 different ways

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to hem a skirt!

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The next step is to cut out my waistband.

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I cut out a rectangle of fabric that is 4[br]inches wide, and my waist measurement, plus

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2-3 inches, long.

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Today, I’m making a cheat’s version of[br]a waistband.

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With the wrong side of the waistband facing[br]UP, I fold it over in half length-ways. Now,

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the right side of the waistband is on the[br]outside.

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Then, I simply sew, using a straight stitch,[br]down this edge.

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Now to attach the waistband to the skirt - with[br]the skirt right-side up, I line the sewn edge

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of the waistband up with the raw edge of the[br]waist.

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Then I sew the two pieces together like this.[br]And I’m going to be sewing directly over

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the top of the stitches that I made when I[br]constructed the waistband.

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I also make sure that I unfold those folded-over[br]edges on, that I made earlier to resize the

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skirt, before sewing over the top of them.

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I then go over these stitches again with my[br]overlocker to make it look neater on the inside,

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but again, this is not a necessary step if[br]you don’t own one of these.

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Then, I unfold the waistband and... this is[br]what it looks like attached to the top of

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the skirt.

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Then I fold the skirt in half, right sides[br]together, so that the two un-sewn edges of

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the skirt line up.

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And now I'm going to insert my zipper!

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So I grab my zipper, which is about 6 inches[br]long, line it up with the skirt (with the

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waistband at the top) and now I’m going[br]to sew basting stitches from here to here,

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and NORMAL length, straight stitches, with[br]a backstitch, from here to here.

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After sewing the skirt back together into[br]a loop, I press the seam open. Then I lay

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my zipper down on top of the seam, so that[br]the teeth of the zipper match up exactly with

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the seam.

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And then I’m going to sew the zipper onto[br]the skirt like this.

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It helps, when you're inserting a zipper,[br]to use a zipper foot, but if you don’t have

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one, then you can carefully use a normal sewing[br]foot or even hand-stitch it in.

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Lastly, I carefully cut through the basting[br]stitches to remove them, setting the zipper

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free! And I’m done.

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So – how does it look? How did I go?

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[music plays]

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So my conclusion is OBVIOUSLY:[br][scissors snipping sound effect]

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Make this for yourself![br]If you already know how to make a circle skirt,

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this is even simpler - because the most difficult[br]thing, I think, about making a circle skirt

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is hemming that curved edge - and this doesn't[br]even have curved edges!

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Anyway, thank you all so much for watching,[br]give me a thumbs up if you enjoyed this, and

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I'll see you all next time. Bye!