Begin by cutting a u shape into the front of the skirt.
How to make a floor length skirt.
A circle skirt has plenty of sweep and movement and can be paired with an elegant camisole for the look of a ball gown with very little effort.
Now you have to attach the tulle netting crinoline on top.
Ankle length or even lower calf length is good enough for wearing under floor length skirts or gown otherwise you will trip over all those layers.
This means if i choose to cut my circle skirt as a full circle skirt from just one piece of fabric the length of the finish skirt cannot be longer than 53 31 centimetres.
105 62 2 53 31cm.
Place skirt on model.
You can spend a lot of money on these different kinds of floor length skirts or you can master a simple floor length skirt pattern and alter it to suit your needs.
However you can also make a beautiful skirt without a pattern by making a floor length circle skirt.
Now to finish the top make sure your skirt is still inside out.
Join the two short edges and you will get the skirt tube.
Now let s divide 106 62 by 2 and we have our finished skirt length and we have.
Make sure you ve marked off the highest length you want to cut plus an inch for the hem.
We had a two layer skirt so we first cut the inside layer and repeated the process with the second layer.
Trim bottom of skirt to make it floor length.
Hem the bottom edge and turn under the top edge to make an elastic waistband.
Use the width of the folded fitted skirt as a guide for how wide to make the waistband of your circle skirt.
One way to make a ball gown skirt is to look at commercial patterns and select a skirt you like.
Tighten tulle loops and you re done.
Skirt knee length or longer scissors sewing machine.
Cut a piece of fabric that is the same width as the top of your skirt and is about 10 inches tall.
Fold the fitted skirt four times length wise and then place the waistband of the folded fitted skirt over the edge of the folded corner of your stretch material.
Adjust elastic as necessary.
Fold this in half making it 5 inches tall by your width whatever that number is.