How To Make A Full Floor Length Skirt

You can make your own circle skirt using some colorful store bought fabric or create your own printed fabric.

How to make a full floor length skirt.

Whether you want to take your own photos or arrange a professional shoot these skirts photograph beautifully. Use the chalk pencil to make a horizontal mark on the front of the skirt where you want the hem of the skirt to be. Place skirt on model. 105 62 2 53 31cm.

You need at least 2 1 4 meters of a 45 inches wide cloth to make this skirt with two layers for an adult. The back of your skirt may need additional altering if you are going to put a bustle you may want to put some gathers in the back to give it the necessary extra material to cover the bustle you should probably make the bustle and then measure the length needed from your waist over the bustle to the floor it will be different but the side seams should still be the same. Adjust elastic as necessary. 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.

Women wedding long maxi puffy tulle skirt floor length a line with bowknot belt high waisted for wedding party evening 4 2 out of 5 stars 1 281 28 99 28. A circle skirt is a full flowy skirt that gets its name from the circular shape of the skirt when it is spread out. Finding the circle skirt length on your body. For fabrics with a nap and or one way designs add 1 4 yard for each yard specified.

For plaids add the length of one plaid repeat for each yard. Trim bottom of skirt to make it floor length. Other sizes will vary from 1 4 to 1 8 yard. Tighten tulle loops and you re done.

This project chart gives you a quick reference and approximate yardage requirements for misses sizes 10 to 14 at an average height of 5 foot 4 inches. Turn your skirt right side out and try it on in front of a full length mirror. Now let s divide 106 62 by 2 and we have our finished skirt length and we have. Even if you are new to sewing a circle skirt is an easy project that you can complete in around an hour.

You can adapt this method to make the skirt the length or fullness that suits. Measure some skirts you already own to figure out your preferred length now this skirt has a deep hem so you ll add four inches to the bottom. Measure 3 4 inch below the horizontal mark you made with the chalk pencil and continue this mark around the entire circumference of the skirt. The skirt pattern piece will be 40 wide.

I like my skirts to be 25 long which is just around knee length for someone my height. The width of the cloth determines the length of your skirt so wider the cloth you have longer will be your skirt ie length of one side of this square is double the length of your skirt.