Why is this the first pattern tutorial that shows how to fold the damn fabric. I know how to measure and cut but I can’t wrap my head around how to fold the fabric! So thank you this has literally saved me from a crisis.
Love the twirl! I prefer full circle skirts - I always have. The longer the better. I have had to go shorter in my mobility device - a good rule of thumb if one needs to use a mobility device, don’t have a skirt that is so long it will catch in/under wheels.
Thank you for being so patient and explaining the zipper process so clearly...again! I prefer a lapped zipper but haven't been very successful. Now I know why. Your 'rambling explanations' suit me just fine.
I feel so safe and comfortable with your tutorials. I took my first sewing class in 7th grade, circa 1972, when Home Economics was still a thing, and we only used woven fabrics. I love working with woven fabrics. There is nothing so satisfying as two perfectly sewn armhole facings, interfaced, hemmed, and understitched, in crisp cotton. Sigh…
The saying was " there's more than one way to skin a catfish" ...over the years the fish was dropped....so they were not actually talking of skinning cats.....but I do like your saying better, there's more than one way to add a zip...lol...
Great point on letting the skirt hang overnight. It’s been many many yrs ago but I had decided a chiffon over skirt would be a good idea. I only hung it up because I had been working for several hrs. When I came back I almost fell over. When the bias relaxed it looked like it had been cut with a spoon. Lol. Fyi for anyone that has this happen never remeasure/ cut unless you have it on a person or manikin adjusted for the person. If you attempt this hanger, it will hang different every time you cut & hang it up, like sewing gremlins inhabited the skirt. This skirt is beautiful… love the bias edged seams, Even w/ a serger I do this w/ some fabric, & yes sometimes because I don’t want to change the thread. Lol. Looks great!
I love your Singer! I was recently given a 301A in its cabinet by an older friend of mine. She got it from her friend Ede who received it as a graduation gift in 1953 before she started teaching HomeEc. It's so darling and I affectionately call it my "Lady," cause she's a real Dame.
I also like hand sewing my hems 😌 It's relaxing. I've recently started hand sewing my zippers in, and have been thinking about learning how to hand sew buttonholes as well. It takes awhile but I think it looks so nice 👌
They do come up on etsy from time to time ;) www.etsy.com/listing/858578439/lot-of-3-vintage-gold-tone-pins-feather?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=vintage&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=gold+feather+brooch&ref=sr_gallery-4-10&organic_search_click=1&frs=1
Many, many years ago when I was in middle school and they still had home ec classes, this is the way I was taught to sew in a waist band. It really does give a better finish. Cute skir!
just so you know, middle and high schools still do home ec! i did it two years ago, we did cooking and sewing, and im planning on doing it again and more advanced this time!
It probably just depends what district you are in whether it exists or not. The Home ec class I had in school did not teach sewing or cooking. It taught how to balance a check book and sex Ed. Oh and how to write a resume.
This is so helpful!!! I've watched a couple circle skirt videos before but none of them explained well enough for me to understand what to do when making a circle skirt that's too long for the width of fabric. Thank you so much!!
I have the very same sewing machine, and I also love it. It was my grandmothers and I'm certain will continue to be amazing and reliable long after I'm gone. It gives me joy every time I find someone who has the same one!
I Love love love love circle skirts. And they're so fun to wear. There's an art to it. I was designing my clothes since I was 16. There were no patterns for what I wanted. I made some minor mistakes but rarely did I waste fabric. I would wear those skirts now if I had them.
I just found your channel. You call it rambling but that’s typical of we seamsters, right!! Lol And sometimes necessary considering what you are explaining, I find that those learning/ listening sometimes need to hear it repeated to understand. Anyway well done. I specialize in bridal & formal wear which leads to lots of other beautiful things & costumes too. Skirts like these are very popular in my field but also cute for casual. Considering what patterns cost now this is a great money saver. The money saved can be used for beautiful fabric instead. ❤
This is exactly the tutorial I was looking for. Trying to sew a skirt for my wife. I might do the 3 seam version so I can add side pockets. Not looking forward to the hem flat felled hand sewing.
I just love your tutorials, Bianca. They're so fun and so easy for me to follow. I've made a few circle skirts before, but love to see how others do it! Yours is gorgeous, so full and such a beautiful pattern!! One thing I've done laying out the pattern is to lay out my fabric entirely flat, and cozy a quarter circle pattern into a corner, along the selvege and cut edge. Cut that out, then along the other selvege lay out a half circle pattern, getting it as close as you can to where you cut the first piece. Once that's cut, lay out the last quarter along the same selvege edge as the first, again as close as you can to where you last cut. This leaves just little pieces of scrap fabric, and lets you utilize the maximum of the fabric and the finished selvege edges! The quarters become the back of the skirt (if you do a center back closure) and the half is the front. Hopefully this may help a viewer who's short on fabric! Take care, Bianca, and thank you for the tutorial!!!
I'd love to see a 4 or 6 gore skirt pattern construction. Back in the 80's I had a 4 gore skirt with buttons down the front, and the gore piece had a curve near the bottom. (It was paired with a blouse, buttons down the front, princess seams?, and a sweetheart neckline). I haven't been able to find a pattern for it, so learning how to construct the pattern myself would be a dream come true.
Gertie at charm patterns has a gored circle skirt! It’s called the stanwyck skirt! I can’t remember how many seams are on that one. The vogue V9000 pattern is a 50s reproduction for a shirtwaist dress, but the skirt is gored with 6 panels. I love the V9000 dress!! I’ve made three of them hahaha
@@Zireaells I'm a size 24 (Aus) so most patterns don't go up so high - hence the reason why I'm looking into drafting it to fit for myself. I will check out Gertie and the V9000. Thanks for the ideas!
Oh man, I’m having some trouble finding out the equivalent for that in inches or us sizes, but I’ve got a 39 inch waist and 49 inch hips, so I understand the plus size struggle and not fitting into most patterns!!
In this case was the skirt more fitted at the top and then flared out, or was it a fuller skirt all the way along? I don't tend to make gored skirts much myself it's true, to me it always feels like more seams to sew than needed and as we know I'm lazy, but I can add it onto the list for the future for sure! Was it similar to this style? www.pinterest.com/pin/719379740465183745/
Thank you for making this. Mom had taught me that for the overlapped zipper rather than centered, the jog had to be cut into the pattern so me being the lazy one & hating zipper installation would always center my zippers. I'm glad you've showed me yes it can be done & no, there won't be a crease/pull at the bottom of the zipper. "It can to work, Mom." LOL
Bianca, on your Bernina, just above where the presser foot clicks in, there is a small screw which holds the "foot mount" onto the machine. If you loosen - or possbly have to remove - that screw, you can remove the foot and the piece it clicks into from the Bernina and put it onto the Singer.
I love sewing circle skirts, as they look great, and are so easy to do. The only change I make, is putting an elastic waist band on the skirt. This is because I make "Costumes for hire " , and an elastic waisted skirt is more flexible in regards to fitting various sizes. I hem my skirts by machine, but using bias tape does seem a great way to avoid puckers
I always add non roll elastic to pretty much every waistband I make and use it to give a little extra ease and comfort, I make my skirt waistbands one inch larger than they need to be to fit properly. I have a very generous backside and I can often avoid having to make the standard “big butt adjustment” (as my teacher used to put it) by giving a little extra space this way. :)
I like using a rolled hem foot for circle skirts. Super fast and easy once you get a handle on using the foot. It definitely takes a little finesse and practice.
I’ve made circle skirts and half circle skirts but I still wanted to watch this to a) see you use your new Singer and b) see your zip method again. This will be my way of doing zips from now on because it makes so much sense. I think it needs to be called the TCH Method, or The B Method! The print is lovely too! I used a rainbow sateen bias binding on a navy blue half circle skirt I made for work (back in the day when actually working in an office was a thing!), but I bound it so that it could be seen. A passer by stopped me in the street and complimented me on my skirt and asked me where I bought it! That was a good moment.
I learnt about hemming with bias tape from you. Thank you. It has changed my sewing life. Only took 53 years. Told my mum about is and she thought it is a great idea as well. I enjoy hand hemming. Yu get a better finish.
Don't know if you already bought a zipper foot for you vintage machine. It looks like you have s low shank. Try buying a low shank foot (adapter?). Not sure what they are called. But the shank adapter has the quick release button for changing feet. Your vintage machine is probably a 5mm and your newer feet from your Brother are probably 7mm. If your Brother feet are 7mm, buy the 7mm so the feet will work on the new shank. The 5/7mm refers to the stitch width. Let me know how this works out for you. We had some one donate a vintage machine from 30s. Like to see how it works out
6:10 here is the formula, C = 2*3.14* r “C” is the first measurement she mentions. Mine was 27 27= 2*3.14*r multiply 2*3.14 27= 6.28*r divide 27/ 6.28 4.29 = r I hope that helps
This is helpful!! I love my circle skirt I've made, but the pattern I had was a devil to use and the way you showed is sew easy! do you find bias tape helps the skirt floof out ? also do you use a petti coat?
Thank you Amanda! Whether the bias provides any additional floof sorta depends on if the bias is a heavier weight than the fabric or not, I could see how say pre-packaged double fold (which is sorta stiff) could add body to a lightweight fabric skirt. Once could always slip some horsehair braid into the bias hem like this to add more body too. I do usually wear mine with a nylon petticoat from Malco Modes!
I love your "rambly, often confusing instructions" ❣️ Loving the classic fifties style and not finding circle skirts in cotton I had the plans to make a circle skirt already for a loooong time. Maybe this video will get me going. 💝 Another thing I want to add to your preferred way of doing the pattern: with side seams you can add pockets!! 😊
hey, so sometimes you can find the presser foot connector for the clip on feet. I have yet to find one for my 60's slant shank machines. I'm told they exist though. I have found it easier just to buy the feet I need when I need them. Hope your zipper foot comes soon!
♥️ another great video. I’m about to upload a vest vlog. I just have to finish shooting the final reveals. Dang thing is an hour long 🙄 I was sewing a mask for a school mascot while watching this. Thank you for some sanity while sewing the weirdest shaped mask ever 😂😂
Thank you for this! Can you share how much fabric you had and the width? I have similar measurements to you. I haven't made my pattern yet but I'm trying to figure out in advance how much yardage to buy. Most of the fabric in my stash is 54 to 57 inches wide. But how many yards do I need to cut a pattern exactly like you did here? TY!
Thank you for this great video!! I’m making my first circle skirt, and I just want to make sure I’m understanding this correctly. If my fabric isn’t wide enough to cut out the skirt with the selvedge edges together, can I cut it out with the fabric folded the other way? I’m using a plaid cotton flannel shirting material.
Ms. Mayes-Cooper, you and I have the same thoughts! I refuse to buy paper patterns now. My decision in part because most of the large pattern companies and some independent pattern makers refused to even acknowledge BLM! They refused to support us, now I get to refuse to support them! Peace!!
I have a problem in figuring out the waistband situation... I made a shaped waistband, because I wanted it to be 5 cm wide and felt like a straight rectangle would sit a little odd on my waist... but you know when you add seam allowance to the inside of the circle? well, doesn't that make the waist circumference of that seam allowance smaller than the finished waist circumference? and then if I add seam allowance outwardly to my waistband...won't it also make it wider than calculated? so when I will try and pin the skirt to the waistband, the skirt circumference won't match up with the waistband....I hope that makes sense math is hard and my brain is breaking a little bit! I don't mean to ask for unpaid patterning advice but I have no clue how to look up my very specific question. thank you if you can help!
You can buy a clip-on foot adapter for your 99K-- I've done that with some of my midcentury Morses so I can play with fancy feet. Amazon even has them.
That's the first time I have ever seen a Star Wars reference in a sewing video. I played your video again because I was thinking long and hard about the inner seam allowance. The inner measurement is the waist measurement, but if you make a seam allowance inside that then it will inevitably have a smaller circumference. This difference is not covered here. You just pinned the smaller circumference onto the waistband. I will have to run the math to see just how much smaller the waist seam allowance actually is. I would also expect the hem of a true circle skirt to bunch up. You did not explain why you prefer to hand sew over machine sew the hem. Perhaps with a longer circle skirt the hem edge is closer to a straight line, so the bunching is not significant. I suppose with a mini or skater circle skirt you would need a narrower hem to compensate for the tighter turning radius.
It looks so nice, but I am shocked you didn’t add pockets! That is my absolute must for any of my projects. However, your vintage purse collection dwarfs mine (since mine is approximately one coconut purse from Hawaii when I went in the early 2000’s, and even that doesn’t count). I also have a terrible knack for setting down purses full of important things and walking away.
I know a skirt like this wouldn’t be on your channel because it’s not vintage but I’m desperately trying to make a folklorico skirt. Tutorials on here are not very helpful to me, if you ever have some free time and you wanna make one and post a tutorial I would love that
i am new to sewing i just got a singer for my birthday this October and I am making my daughter so many skirts more traditional ribbon skirts, but I want to try something a bit different and I would love to try this out for my daugher ..
Hi Bianca!! Wonderful vlog.. I myself love full circle skirts.. Absolutely gorgeous fabric you chose to use.. I use bias tape too.. I also hand sew my hems.... 💜💜💜🧵🧵🧵
I'm not sure if you have discovered that there are feet for our old machines that do have a snap off end and can be used with newer feet. Making a plaid circle skirt tonight so I had to watch this one again 🌻🍄
I use a snap foot low shank adapter to use my snap feet with my 99K!! Amazon!! Love your vids!! Love them even more since you are using a vintage machine!!!
I've stayed away from a lot of circle skirts in fast fashion due to the fact they all looked more like costumes than actual fashion I like the way yours hangs and flows it has a casual elegance Thank you for sharing your style and process !
Thank you Alexandra! They can look very "poodle skirt" if done in a more cliche color/pattern, but I find the weight of cotton sateen does add a certain gravitas to them!
Great video tutorial. The hardest part - figuring out the cut - is soooo clear! Thank you. And, I have that same vintage Singer machine. I inherited mine from my beloved grandmother.
Such a GREAT tutorial ! If you do not mind disclosing, what do you wear underneath your beautiful skirt to give it such flair ?? It turned out absolutely STUNNING !!
question: if you are sewing a full-length skirt, how would you lay the pattern on the cloth??? if you can find a pre-1990's interchangeable sewing machine foot attachment box, those feet can be used on the singer machine...their feet are all in one piece....you can also find feet for the singer on e-bay for that machine...I found some attachments for mine there!!!
I show my full length version of the pattern positioned in the same way in my galaxy skirt video, as mine does fit, it just requires a lotttt of fabric th-cam.com/video/SC8L6IHk_DY/w-d-xo.html ;)
Is that actual bias tape (cut on the bias) or a straight strip used as binding (like on a quilt)? It’s *long* to be bias you made.... wondering if I can use just a straight strip. Thanks. Nice video by the way. I think I could do this. 😊
Thank you! It is indeed bias cut on the 45 degree angle from yardage. I cut strips at least 18" long or so (as long as my ruler) and then sew them together as seen at minute 11:54 . You can also see me cut and make bias tape in my peasant blouse video here th-cam.com/video/6swWlZ-hlfU/w-d-xo.html . I suppose to bind straight seams one could use straight strips, but for anything curved bias is the only way to go in my book! Bias has that inherent "stretch" needed around curves or for curvy shaped hems.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! for saying how much yardage you buy based on the width of the fabric. "If the fabric is 45" I buy at least 5 yards." When I was doing my first project....which also ended up on TH-cam albeit from a beginner's perspective....how much fabric I needed became an issue. Hence the two different fabrics in the video. Love all you do so much I'm kinda gonna copy your dress patterns/look.
I bought a bunch of cotton twill from Mood in fall colors to make circle skirts with, do you think they are heavy and tight enough to not warrant hanging?
Hmmm! I have used their organic cotton twill and I would thiiiink so? It really depends on how tight the weave feels, as I fear to make a blanket statement! If they are all of similar weight, I would just hang the first one and see what happens, then make a call for the others eek!
Love your videos, been binge watching some of the ones you posted before I found you. Your voice has been a welcome calming addition to my life in what has been a rather crap week. Because of you I am starting to dabble into 40/50's vintage which isn't something I thought I would do! I do have a question as a noob vintage wearer, are you wearing a petticoat under your finished skirt at the end or is that just due to the hand of the fabric?
What beautiful fabric! I do love a good circle skirt. That was a good tutorial, especially the bias taped hem. I’m going to make one one of these days. When i’m feeling rich enough to buy 5.5-6 meters of fabric. In the mean time i’ll live vicariously through yours 😁
she uploads this video RIGHT AS I'M WORKING ON SEWING A FULL CIRCLE SKIRT WHAT IS THIS WITCHCRAFT
Literally about to prewash my fabric this weekend, haha!
I absolutely adore how you explain technique! Witty and entertaining as per usual. Well done 😊
Thank you Katie!
I found you recently and am even more encouraged to begin making the clothes I've always wanted. Your voice is so soothing.. Thank you!
Thank you Kay!
Looks awesome!💖😀
Thank you Cynthia!
Beautiful. I'm inspirrd
Thank you!
Why is this the first pattern tutorial that shows how to fold the damn fabric. I know how to measure and cut but I can’t wrap my head around how to fold the fabric! So thank you this has literally saved me from a crisis.
Love the twirl! I prefer full circle skirts - I always have. The longer the better. I have had to go shorter in my mobility device - a good rule of thumb if one needs to use a mobility device, don’t have a skirt that is so long it will catch in/under wheels.
Thank you Thea! This makes perfect sense also ❤
Thank you for being so patient and explaining the zipper process so clearly...again! I prefer a lapped zipper but haven't been very successful. Now I know why. Your 'rambling explanations' suit me just fine.
Thank you Kaytie!
I feel so safe and comfortable with your tutorials. I took my first sewing class in 7th grade, circa 1972, when Home Economics was still a thing, and we only used woven fabrics. I love working with woven fabrics. There is nothing so satisfying as two perfectly sewn armhole facings, interfaced, hemmed, and understitched, in crisp cotton. Sigh…
The saying was " there's more than one way to skin a catfish" ...over the years the fish was dropped....so they were not actually talking of skinning cats.....but I do like your saying better, there's more than one way to add a zip...lol...
I thank you and my cats thank you.
This makes much more sense indeed!
My pet catfish do not thank you
Great point on letting the skirt hang overnight. It’s been many many yrs ago but I had decided a chiffon over skirt would be a good idea. I only hung it up because I had been working for several hrs. When I came back I almost fell over. When the bias relaxed it looked like it had been cut with a spoon. Lol. Fyi for anyone that has this happen never remeasure/ cut unless you have it on a person or manikin adjusted for the person. If you attempt this hanger, it will hang different every time you cut & hang it up, like sewing gremlins inhabited the skirt. This skirt is beautiful… love the bias edged seams, Even w/ a serger I do this w/ some fabric, & yes sometimes because I don’t want to change the thread. Lol. Looks great!
The finish on the side seams looks so satisfying it almost makes me forget how much I hate finishing seams
I love your Singer! I was recently given a 301A in its cabinet by an older friend of mine. She got it from her friend Ede who received it as a graduation gift in 1953 before she started teaching HomeEc. It's so darling and I affectionately call it my "Lady," cause she's a real Dame.
I also like hand sewing my hems 😌 It's relaxing. I've recently started hand sewing my zippers in, and have been thinking about learning how to hand sew buttonholes as well. It takes awhile but I think it looks so nice 👌
I find buttonholes fairly easy to hand sew. I struggle most with the stitch tension so they look nice and even.
@@Annierules1013 I suspect I'm going to struggle with that as well 😅
I too, don’t like to sew stretchy fabrics, but I think I hate hemming circle skirt hems even more :-)
😅I hear ya !
That golden feather broach is giving me LIFE!
They do come up on etsy from time to time ;) www.etsy.com/listing/858578439/lot-of-3-vintage-gold-tone-pins-feather?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=vintage&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=gold+feather+brooch&ref=sr_gallery-4-10&organic_search_click=1&frs=1
TheClosetHistorian Thank you!!!
Many, many years ago when I was in middle school and they still had home ec classes, this is the way I was taught to sew in a waist band. It really does give a better finish. Cute skir!
Thank you!
just so you know, middle and high schools still do home ec! i did it two years ago, we did cooking and sewing, and im planning on doing it again and more advanced this time!
It probably just depends what district you are in whether it exists or not. The Home ec class I had in school did not teach sewing or cooking. It taught how to balance a check book and sex Ed. Oh and how to write a resume.
I never thought of bias tape as a seam enclosure like this. Love it so much!
This is so helpful!!! I've watched a couple circle skirt videos before but none of them explained well enough for me to understand what to do when making a circle skirt that's too long for the width of fabric. Thank you so much!!
Thank you Kate!
I have the very same sewing machine, and I also love it. It was my grandmothers and I'm certain will continue to be amazing and reliable long after I'm gone. It gives me joy every time I find someone who has the same one!
Still can’t get over your new to you machine! Ahhh! So glorious!
I can't stop using it 😅
I Love love love love circle skirts. And they're so fun to wear. There's an art to it. I was designing my clothes since I was 16. There were no patterns for what I wanted. I made some minor mistakes but rarely did I waste fabric. I would wear those skirts now if I had them.
Love this. ❤
Going to attempt my first skirt, using this tutorial, shortly. Fingers crossed. Thank you.😊
I just found your channel. You call it rambling but that’s typical of we seamsters, right!! Lol And sometimes necessary considering what you are explaining, I find that those learning/ listening sometimes need to hear it repeated to understand. Anyway well done. I specialize in bridal & formal wear which leads to lots of other beautiful things & costumes too. Skirts like these are very popular in my field but also cute for casual. Considering what patterns cost now this is a great money saver. The money saved can be used for beautiful fabric instead. ❤
This is exactly the tutorial I was looking for. Trying to sew a skirt for my wife. I might do the 3 seam version so I can add side pockets. Not looking forward to the hem flat felled hand sewing.
I just love your tutorials, Bianca. They're so fun and so easy for me to follow. I've made a few circle skirts before, but love to see how others do it! Yours is gorgeous, so full and such a beautiful pattern!!
One thing I've done laying out the pattern is to lay out my fabric entirely flat, and cozy a quarter circle pattern into a corner, along the selvege and cut edge. Cut that out, then along the other selvege lay out a half circle pattern, getting it as close as you can to where you cut the first piece. Once that's cut, lay out the last quarter along the same selvege edge as the first, again as close as you can to where you last cut. This leaves just little pieces of scrap fabric, and lets you utilize the maximum of the fabric and the finished selvege edges! The quarters become the back of the skirt (if you do a center back closure) and the half is the front. Hopefully this may help a viewer who's short on fabric!
Take care, Bianca, and thank you for the tutorial!!!
Thank you! This makes sense indeed, though my brain was like " w h a a a---oh" trying to picture it for a sec ha!
@@TheClosetHistorian I'm glad it made sense, I'm definitely not the best at explaining without diagrams!!
I'd love to see a 4 or 6 gore skirt pattern construction. Back in the 80's I had a 4 gore skirt with buttons down the front, and the gore piece had a curve near the bottom. (It was paired with a blouse, buttons down the front, princess seams?, and a sweetheart neckline). I haven't been able to find a pattern for it, so learning how to construct the pattern myself would be a dream come true.
Gertie at charm patterns has a gored circle skirt! It’s called the stanwyck skirt! I can’t remember how many seams are on that one. The vogue V9000 pattern is a 50s reproduction for a shirtwaist dress, but the skirt is gored with 6 panels. I love the V9000 dress!! I’ve made three of them hahaha
@@Zireaells I'm a size 24 (Aus) so most patterns don't go up so high - hence the reason why I'm looking into drafting it to fit for myself. I will check out Gertie and the V9000. Thanks for the ideas!
Oh man, I’m having some trouble finding out the equivalent for that in inches or us sizes, but I’ve got a 39 inch waist and 49 inch hips, so I understand the plus size struggle and not fitting into most patterns!!
@@Zireaells I've got a 52inch waist, and the hips is longer than 60in. This site has inches and cms - www.finder.com.au/dress-size-conversion-chart
In this case was the skirt more fitted at the top and then flared out, or was it a fuller skirt all the way along? I don't tend to make gored skirts much myself it's true, to me it always feels like more seams to sew than needed and as we know I'm lazy, but I can add it onto the list for the future for sure! Was it similar to this style? www.pinterest.com/pin/719379740465183745/
Theres a lot of circle skirt videos but i enjoy your videos thr most.
More relaxing than ASMR
Thank you for making this. Mom had taught me that for the overlapped zipper rather than centered, the jog had to be cut into the pattern so me being the lazy one & hating zipper installation would always center my zippers. I'm glad you've showed me yes it can be done & no, there won't be a crease/pull at the bottom of the zipper. "It can to work, Mom." LOL
Bianca, on your Bernina, just above where the presser foot clicks in, there is a small screw which holds the "foot mount" onto the machine. If you loosen - or possbly have to remove - that screw, you can remove the foot and the piece it clicks into from the Bernina and put it onto the Singer.
I love sewing circle skirts, as they look great, and are so easy to do. The only change I make, is putting an elastic waist band on the skirt. This is because I make "Costumes for hire " , and an elastic waisted skirt is more flexible in regards to fitting various sizes.
I hem my skirts by machine, but using bias tape does seem a great way to avoid puckers
I always add non roll elastic to pretty much every waistband I make and use it to give a little extra ease and comfort, I make my skirt waistbands one inch larger than they need to be to fit properly. I have a very generous backside and I can often avoid having to make the standard “big butt adjustment” (as my teacher used to put it) by giving a little extra space this way. :)
There ARE many ways to sew a zipper!
"Side zipper in a dress, it's never going to happen." AGREED! LOL
Awesome. Circle skirts make my bum look like a space station though.
I like using a rolled hem foot for circle skirts. Super fast and easy once you get a handle on using the foot. It definitely takes a little finesse and practice.
I’ve made circle skirts and half circle skirts but I still wanted to watch this to a) see you use your new Singer and b) see your zip method again. This will be my way of doing zips from now on because it makes so much sense. I think it needs to be called the TCH Method, or The B Method! The print is lovely too! I used a rainbow sateen bias binding on a navy blue half circle skirt I made for work (back in the day when actually working in an office was a thing!), but I bound it so that it could be seen. A passer by stopped me in the street and complimented me on my skirt and asked me where I bought it! That was a good moment.
Rainbow binding sounds quite fabulous indeed! ❤
I learnt about hemming with bias tape from you. Thank you. It has changed my sewing life. Only took 53 years. Told my mum about is and she thought it is a great idea as well. I enjoy hand hemming. Yu get a better finish.
Thank you Paula!
Hemming the curves with help of a bias tape is such a great idea. I'm going to try this on my next project. Thank you for the video. :)
Circle skirts will always be my favorite type of skirt! And, I have to say, I find your videos the most helpful sewing videos I've watched
Thank you!
i like 3 seamed full circle skirts because you can have the back zip, and a pocket on each side!
Your voice is so calming! 😍 I could listen to you talk 24/7!
Thank you Morgan!
Don't know if you already bought a zipper foot for you vintage machine. It looks like you have s low shank. Try buying a low shank foot (adapter?). Not sure what they are called. But the shank adapter has the quick release button for changing feet. Your vintage machine is probably a 5mm and your newer feet from your Brother are probably 7mm. If your Brother feet are 7mm, buy the 7mm so the feet will work on the new shank. The 5/7mm refers to the stitch width. Let me know how this works out for you. We had some one donate a vintage machine from 30s. Like to see how it works out
I don't wear skirts or dresses, but I still watch every single one of your videos because I love your voice.
And your snarky comments are fun too!
Thank you! ;)
6:10 here is the formula, C = 2*3.14* r
“C” is the first measurement she mentions. Mine was 27
27= 2*3.14*r multiply 2*3.14
27= 6.28*r divide 27/ 6.28
4.29 = r
I hope that helps
Huzzah! A post!
This is helpful!! I love my circle skirt I've made, but the pattern I had was a devil to use and the way you showed is sew easy! do you find bias tape helps the skirt floof out ? also do you use a petti coat?
Thank you Amanda! Whether the bias provides any additional floof sorta depends on if the bias is a heavier weight than the fabric or not, I could see how say pre-packaged double fold (which is sorta stiff) could add body to a lightweight fabric skirt. Once could always slip some horsehair braid into the bias hem like this to add more body too. I do usually wear mine with a nylon petticoat from Malco Modes!
I love your "rambly, often confusing instructions" ❣️ Loving the classic fifties style and not finding circle skirts in cotton I had the plans to make a circle skirt already for a loooong time. Maybe this video will get me going. 💝 Another thing I want to add to your preferred way of doing the pattern: with side seams you can add pockets!! 😊
Thank you Juli! Indeed it would be easy to add pockets, though I'm afraid I'm a heathen and never do ha!
Hi, I'm sending positive vibes and well wishes from California xo
Thank you Dawn!
hey, so sometimes you can find the presser foot connector for the clip on feet. I have yet to find one for my 60's slant shank machines. I'm told they exist though. I have found it easier just to buy the feet I need when I need them. Hope your zipper foot comes soon!
Thank you Kelly! It has indeed finally arrived!
I’ve been subscribed for a month or so and just yesterday I was looking for a circle skirt tutorial, it’s like you Read my mind!!!
Lovely print and the styling with olive green and red was inspired - great look.
Thank you Kaye!
♥️ another great video. I’m about to upload a vest vlog. I just have to finish shooting the final reveals. Dang thing is an hour long 🙄 I was sewing a mask for a school mascot while watching this. Thank you for some sanity while sewing the weirdest shaped mask ever 😂😂
Thank you for this! Can you share how much fabric you had and the width? I have similar measurements to you. I haven't made my pattern yet but I'm trying to figure out in advance how much yardage to buy. Most of the fabric in my stash is 54 to 57 inches wide. But how many yards do I need to cut a pattern exactly like you did here? TY!
Boy am I stuck! Sewing a skirt for my daughter and her waist is 22 with radius of 3.18. Bianca’s is 30 and her radius is 2.38?? What am I doing wrong?
Thank you for this great video!! I’m making my first circle skirt, and I just want to make sure I’m understanding this correctly. If my fabric isn’t wide enough to cut out the skirt with the selvedge edges together, can I cut it out with the fabric folded the other way? I’m using a plaid cotton flannel shirting material.
I love your tutorials, you inspire me to draft my own patterns which really saves money and is much more creative. Great job as always
Ms. Mayes-Cooper, you and I have the same thoughts! I refuse to buy paper patterns now. My decision in part because most of the large pattern companies and some independent pattern makers refused to even acknowledge BLM! They refused to support us, now I get to refuse to support them! Peace!!
Thank you Verdonda!
I have a problem in figuring out the waistband situation... I made a shaped waistband, because I wanted it to be 5 cm wide and felt like a straight rectangle would sit a little odd on my waist... but you know when you add seam allowance to the inside of the circle? well, doesn't that make the waist circumference of that seam allowance smaller than the finished waist circumference? and then if I add seam allowance outwardly to my waistband...won't it also make it wider than calculated? so when I will try and pin the skirt to the waistband, the skirt circumference won't match up with the waistband....I hope that makes sense math is hard and my brain is breaking a little bit! I don't mean to ask for unpaid patterning advice but I have no clue how to look up my very specific question. thank you if you can help!
You can buy a clip-on foot adapter for your 99K-- I've done that with some of my midcentury Morses so I can play with fancy feet. Amazon even has them.
That's the first time I have ever seen a Star Wars reference in a sewing video.
I played your video again because I was thinking long and hard about the inner seam allowance. The inner measurement is the waist measurement, but if you make a seam allowance inside that then it will inevitably have a smaller circumference. This difference is not covered here. You just pinned the smaller circumference onto the waistband. I will have to run the math to see just how much smaller the waist seam allowance actually is.
I would also expect the hem of a true circle skirt to bunch up. You did not explain why you prefer to hand sew over machine sew the hem.
Perhaps with a longer circle skirt the hem edge is closer to a straight line, so the bunching is not significant.
I suppose with a mini or skater circle skirt you would need a narrower hem to compensate for the tighter turning radius.
It looks so nice, but I am shocked you didn’t add pockets! That is my absolute must for any of my projects. However, your vintage purse collection dwarfs mine (since mine is approximately one coconut purse from Hawaii when I went in the early 2000’s, and even that doesn’t count). I also have a terrible knack for setting down purses full of important things and walking away.
Thank you Stephanie! Alas I never add pockets, for indeed I don't ever tend to use them, so for me it's too much extra work even if it isn't much ;)
@@TheClosetHistorian I figured as much, with such an impressive purse collection I don't know if I would add them either!
I know a skirt like this wouldn’t be on your channel because it’s not vintage but I’m desperately trying to make a folklorico skirt. Tutorials on here are not very helpful to me, if you ever have some free time and you wanna make one and post a tutorial I would love that
i am new to sewing i just got a singer for my birthday this October and I am making my daughter so many skirts more traditional ribbon skirts, but I want to try something a bit different and I would love to try this out for my daugher ..
I love it but how about sewing it with out the zipper iam a learning new experience and i love your skirt pattern it's wonderful to watch .thanks .
I want to make one out of tulle. I have pink tulle and it will look gorgeous. Thank you for sharing, very informative
Beautiful! Thank you, I've been waiting for this tutorial
Thank you Krystal!
I am semi new to sewing, lately I’ve been trying to make skirts the math is not my strong suit, but I think I understand the gist of this pattern,
Hi Bianca!! Wonderful vlog.. I myself love full circle skirts.. Absolutely gorgeous fabric you chose to use.. I use bias tape too.. I also hand sew my hems.... 💜💜💜🧵🧵🧵
Thank you Deana!
I'm not sure if you have discovered that there are feet for our old machines that do have a snap off end and can be used with newer feet. Making a plaid circle skirt tonight so I had to watch this one again 🌻🍄
Did I miss the amount of fabric required for this pattern?🤔
I use a snap foot low shank adapter to use my snap feet with my 99K!! Amazon!! Love your vids!! Love them even more since you are using a vintage machine!!!
Thank you Chris! I'll have to pick one up!
how do you make a full circle skirt with one directional print?
Great tutorial and lovely finished skirt. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you!
Only a gamer will know the brand of keyboard you use haha 😜
I've stayed away from a lot of circle skirts in fast fashion due to the fact they all looked more like costumes than actual fashion I like the way yours hangs and flows it has a casual elegance Thank you for sharing your style and process !
Thank you Alexandra! They can look very "poodle skirt" if done in a more cliche color/pattern, but I find the weight of cotton sateen does add a certain gravitas to them!
Would a pencil compass be an easier way to scribe your waist semi circle?
I love your voice overs!
Thank you Tonya!
I was planning on doing a circle skirt this weekend in a fall plaid I had. This is amazing!
Great video tutorial. The hardest part - figuring out the cut - is soooo clear! Thank you. And, I have that same vintage Singer machine. I inherited mine from my beloved grandmother.
Thank you Terrie!
I prefer to hand hem with a slipstitch as well.
The good Lord has made you an awesome lady in someone
how do you do a petticoat for a poodle skirt?
Such a GREAT tutorial ! If you do not mind disclosing, what do you wear underneath your beautiful skirt to give it such flair ?? It turned out absolutely STUNNING !!
Thank you Tina! I like Malco Modes petticoats in the 28" length! They are an investment, but very soft and mine have held up wonderfully!
Excellent! Your bias tape looked so good against the print of the skirt.
Thank you Brooke!
Please, can you write formula for radius...I've tried a few....it was a really disapointet...
R=C/6.28
R is the radius, C is the circumference (your waist measurement).
Why not cut it on the bias? I've often seen that done.
question: if you are sewing a full-length skirt, how would you lay the pattern on the cloth??? if you can find a pre-1990's interchangeable sewing machine foot attachment box, those feet can be used on the singer machine...their feet are all in one piece....you can also find feet for the singer on e-bay for that machine...I found some attachments for mine there!!!
I show my full length version of the pattern positioned in the same way in my galaxy skirt video, as mine does fit, it just requires a lotttt of fabric th-cam.com/video/SC8L6IHk_DY/w-d-xo.html ;)
Is that actual bias tape (cut on the bias) or a straight strip used as binding (like on a quilt)? It’s *long* to be bias you made.... wondering if I can use just a straight strip. Thanks. Nice video by the way. I think I could do this. 😊
Thank you! It is indeed bias cut on the 45 degree angle from yardage. I cut strips at least 18" long or so (as long as my ruler) and then sew them together as seen at minute 11:54 . You can also see me cut and make bias tape in my peasant blouse video here th-cam.com/video/6swWlZ-hlfU/w-d-xo.html . I suppose to bind straight seams one could use straight strips, but for anything curved bias is the only way to go in my book! Bias has that inherent "stretch" needed around curves or for curvy shaped hems.
Thanks i relly love it 😍😍
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! for saying how much yardage you buy based on the width of the fabric. "If the fabric is 45" I buy at least 5 yards." When I was doing my first project....which also ended up on TH-cam albeit from a beginner's perspective....how much fabric I needed became an issue. Hence the two different fabrics in the video. Love all you do so much I'm kinda gonna copy your dress patterns/look.
beautifully made, lovely result! :)
Thank you Kaz!
That is very pretty fabric
Is there a way I can half this pattern if I wanted to make a half circle skirt?
You are amazing by the way
Thank you! I am going to be talking about half circle skirts in next week's (july 13th) video ✨
wonderful! thank you for sharing. Love the skirt and presentation was very logical and clear. Well done.
I bought a bunch of cotton twill from Mood in fall colors to make circle skirts with, do you think they are heavy and tight enough to not warrant hanging?
Hmmm! I have used their organic cotton twill and I would thiiiink so? It really depends on how tight the weave feels, as I fear to make a blanket statement! If they are all of similar weight, I would just hang the first one and see what happens, then make a call for the others eek!
Thank you for this video. Definitly the most comprehensive one I have found.
I have the Singer Model 99 too! it's in the table, made 1926! she needs a little TLC and oil but she's perfect to go!
Love your videos, been binge watching some of the ones you posted before I found you. Your voice has been a welcome calming addition to my life in what has been a rather crap week. Because of you I am starting to dabble into 40/50's vintage which isn't something I thought I would do! I do have a question as a noob vintage wearer, are you wearing a petticoat under your finished skirt at the end or is that just due to the hand of the fabric?
Most Singer machines zipper feet will fit your machine. Easy to find at thrift shops etc. Success on your skirt, looks great on you.
What beautiful fabric! I do love a good circle skirt. That was a good tutorial, especially the bias taped hem.
I’m going to make one one of these days. When i’m feeling rich enough to buy 5.5-6 meters of fabric. In the mean time i’ll live vicariously through yours 😁