1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:06,100 Hello! Welcome to Make Thrift Buy, episode number 27! 2 00:00:06,100 --> 00:00:09,620 And as always, this is the show where you, the audience, send me in pictures of cool 3 00:00:09,620 --> 00:00:12,969 things you’ve seen on the internet, and then I do my best to recreate them. 4 00:00:12,969 --> 00:00:16,369 So today’s challenge was sent in by both Cheese and Apple. 5 00:00:16,369 --> 00:00:20,089 Seriously? Either, that's a weird coincidence, or... 6 00:00:20,089 --> 00:00:23,699 I've now got sentient food subscribed to my youtube channel... 7 00:00:23,699 --> 00:00:27,070 Anyway, a cheese and an apple wanted me to try and recreate this skirt. 8 00:00:27,070 --> 00:00:31,130 Which I found on a couple of cheap wholesale sites from $13 - $30. 9 00:00:31,130 --> 00:00:32,400 So – let’s begin! 10 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:37,780 Now I had this theory that this skirt was just a square circle skirt. Okay that didn’t 11 00:00:37,789 --> 00:00:41,629 really make any sense at all, because how can you have a square circle 12 00:00:41,629 --> 00:00:43,029 – but stick with me. 13 00:00:43,029 --> 00:00:48,200 First off I chose my fabric. This is a non-stretchy tartan fabric that I got for free. Well, it's 14 00:00:48,210 --> 00:00:51,320 secondhand. When people know that you’re into sewing, it turns out there’s a lot 15 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:55,000 of people who have fabric they don’t need anymore stashed away in their basements. 16 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:59,429 Now I wanted the shortest part of my skirt to be approximately 15 inches long, so I cut 17 00:00:59,429 --> 00:01:05,230 out a square that was 40 by 40 inches. Then, I simply folded this material in half, 18 00:01:05,230 --> 00:01:12,540 folded it in half again… so that I had this. Then I took my waist measurement – 30 inches 19 00:01:12,540 --> 00:01:18,250 – and I divided this by 6.28. This gave me approximately 4.7 inches. So, 20 00:01:18,250 --> 00:01:23,420 I drew a quarter circle with a radius of 4.7 inches onto this corner of the fabric, using 21 00:01:23,420 --> 00:01:28,740 some chalk. Then, I cut this quarter circle out, cutting 22 00:01:28,740 --> 00:01:30,079 through all layers of fabric. 23 00:01:30,079 --> 00:01:33,540 I then unfolded the fabric, and I have this! 24 00:01:33,540 --> 00:01:38,140 Then I tried the skirt on for size and for some reason... this happened. 25 00:01:38,140 --> 00:01:41,850 Now I know that my circle skirt maths are right, so, at first I thought this was all 26 00:01:41,850 --> 00:01:45,430 my fault – that it was due to the fact that I didn’t put any pins in the fabric here, 27 00:01:45,430 --> 00:01:47,520 and then cut this circle out pretty haphazardly… 28 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:52,210 BUT WAIT GUYS – NO – IT’S NOT MY FAULT because then I actually read on this website 29 00:01:52,210 --> 00:01:55,610 that it’s the fabric’s fault, due to something called “bias”. 30 00:01:55,610 --> 00:02:00,259 Which is, bascially, how your fabric stretches diagonally. And according to this website, 31 00:02:00,259 --> 00:02:04,609 cutting on the bias will cause your fabric to stretch. So they actually recommend taking 32 00:02:04,609 --> 00:02:08,500 4 inches off your waist measurement and THEN calculating your circle radius! 33 00:02:08,500 --> 00:02:11,440 So, I should actually use a 26 inch waist measurement. 34 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:15,880 Well, now I know that for the future. But unfortunately, I’ve already cut out my fabric 35 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:17,420 IN THE PAST. 36 00:02:17,420 --> 00:02:21,420 But, never fear, I haven’t ruined my fabric, because this is totally fixable – and let 37 00:02:21,430 --> 00:02:22,890 me show you how I fix it! 38 00:02:22,890 --> 00:02:28,230 So I cut straight up here - which I was intending to do anyway - and then I folded the raw edges... 39 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:37,140 over until the circle’s circumference is about 30 inches, which is my waist measurement! 40 00:02:37,150 --> 00:02:41,510 So, I put a mark on these two points, pinned these extra pieces out of the way, and then 41 00:02:41,510 --> 00:02:42,700 I continued! 42 00:02:42,709 --> 00:02:47,909 At this point, I also hemmed the bottom of the skirt. First, I overlocked all the edges, 43 00:02:47,909 --> 00:02:51,680 then I folded the edges over about 1/2 an inch, and then I sewed over the top using 44 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:56,090 a straight stitch. Now I know that not everyone has an overlocker machine, so if you do want 45 00:02:56,090 --> 00:02:59,710 to try out this project then check out this video here, which gives you 3 different ways 46 00:02:59,710 --> 00:03:00,819 to hem a skirt! 47 00:03:00,819 --> 00:03:03,140 The next step is to cut out my waistband. 48 00:03:03,140 --> 00:03:07,879 I cut out a rectangle of fabric that is 4 inches wide, and my waist measurement, plus 49 00:03:07,879 --> 00:03:09,510 2-3 inches, long. 50 00:03:09,510 --> 00:03:14,010 Today, I’m making a cheat’s version of a waistband. 51 00:03:14,010 --> 00:03:19,340 With the wrong side of the waistband facing UP, I fold it over in half length-ways. Now, 52 00:03:19,340 --> 00:03:21,610 the right side of the waistband is on the outside. 53 00:03:21,610 --> 00:03:31,480 Then, I simply sew, using a straight stitch, down this edge. 54 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:36,319 Now to attach the waistband to the skirt - with the skirt right-side up, I line the sewn edge 55 00:03:36,319 --> 00:03:43,230 of the waistband up with the raw edge of the waist. 56 00:03:43,230 --> 00:03:48,599 Then I sew the two pieces together like this. And I’m going to be sewing directly over 57 00:03:48,599 --> 00:03:54,470 the top of the stitches that I made when I constructed the waistband. 58 00:03:54,470 --> 00:03:58,970 I also make sure that I unfold those folded-over edges on, that I made earlier to resize the 59 00:03:58,970 --> 00:04:00,500 skirt, before sewing over the top of them. 60 00:04:00,500 --> 00:04:05,110 I then go over these stitches again with my overlocker to make it look neater on the inside, 61 00:04:05,110 --> 00:04:09,140 but again, this is not a necessary step if you don’t own one of these. 62 00:04:09,140 --> 00:04:13,500 Then, I unfold the waistband and... this is what it looks like attached to the top of 63 00:04:13,500 --> 00:04:15,269 the skirt. 64 00:04:15,269 --> 00:04:20,780 Then I fold the skirt in half, right sides together, so that the two un-sewn edges of 65 00:04:20,780 --> 00:04:22,020 the skirt line up. 66 00:04:22,020 --> 00:04:24,030 And now I'm going to insert my zipper! 67 00:04:24,030 --> 00:04:28,350 So I grab my zipper, which is about 6 inches long, line it up with the skirt (with the 68 00:04:28,350 --> 00:04:33,220 waistband at the top) and now I’m going to sew basting stitches from here to here, 69 00:04:33,220 --> 00:04:37,590 and NORMAL length, straight stitches, with a backstitch, from here to here. 70 00:04:37,590 --> 00:04:42,270 After sewing the skirt back together into a loop, I press the seam open. Then I lay 71 00:04:42,270 --> 00:04:46,610 my zipper down on top of the seam, so that the teeth of the zipper match up exactly with 72 00:04:46,610 --> 00:04:47,990 the seam. 73 00:04:51,390 --> 00:04:54,230 And then I’m going to sew the zipper onto the skirt like this. 74 00:04:54,230 --> 00:04:58,490 It helps, when you're inserting a zipper, to use a zipper foot, but if you don’t have 75 00:04:58,490 --> 00:05:03,580 one, then you can carefully use a normal sewing foot or even hand-stitch it in. 76 00:05:03,580 --> 00:05:09,000 Lastly, I carefully cut through the basting stitches to remove them, setting the zipper 77 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:10,520 free! And I’m done. 78 00:05:11,890 --> 00:05:14,800 So – how does it look? How did I go? 79 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:19,060 [music plays] 80 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:37,000 So my conclusion is OBVIOUSLY: [scissors snipping sound effect] 81 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,740 Make this for yourself! If you already know how to make a circle skirt, 82 00:05:40,740 --> 00:05:45,030 this is even simpler - because the most difficult thing, I think, about making a circle skirt 83 00:05:45,030 --> 00:05:49,380 is hemming that curved edge - and this doesn't even have curved edges! 84 00:05:49,380 --> 00:05:52,770 Anyway, thank you all so much for watching, give me a thumbs up if you enjoyed this, and 85 00:05:52,770 --> 00:05:54,600 I'll see you all next time. Bye!