I've been searching for someone to show a detailed tutorial of a circle skirt!! You didn't just tell us what to do, you showed us each step and I love that. Thank you!!
I love this tutorial and am following along with my own skirt, but with the tartan I found it really difficult to see when it was right or wrong sides facing (especially adding the 2nd half of the waistband at the end). It would be awesome if during editing you could add a little wrong/right side mark on the fabric. It would help beginners like me a lot!
I found this so easy to follow. I learnt to sew without patterns and just to sew what I envisioned and it mostly works. This video has inspired me to try and follow a pattern
I truly love art in all of its forms, I've tried painting, sculpting, music, coocking.... and I usually get results after having cried on my work (especially when it comes to architecture) so THIS is new, no tears were shed on my sewing project, only blood.
Beautiful!! I'd been wanting to recreate a skirt I had bought but couldn't figure out how they got the zipper to sit so neatly inside the waistband but thanks to your tutorial I realise they used a facing. I've now successfully recreated a skirt with a beautiful waistband and inserted zipper. Thanks so much!!
Watched 3 videos on making a circle skirt and was not happy with any of the others. Yours is clear and simple and easy to understand other than the confusion with sides sewing the waistband.
I really enjoyed the sewing part of the tutorial. I just didn’t want to have to make a pattern. But thanks for an excellent tutorial even for the pattern. . I have an old serger I can bring out too. 😊
Wonderful tutorial!! I've recently been getting into knitting and crocheting and all those crafting hobbies, and now I want to learn how to sew my own clothes! Lol. Mostly because I'm a very small person, 4'6", so it's very hard to find clothes that fit me properly.
same here i want to make my own clothes ...ive started sewing a month ago and now im able to do the bed sheets and pillows ..i hope by the end of this year ill be able to do a nice skirt like this ..
Thank you so much for this very useful tutorial ! I'm a beginner and it will help me so much. Your explanations are clear and well done. I'm very excited to start my new project thanks to you :)
Lovely. I’m struggling with the waistband. And sewing the zipper. Folding over the waistband (I did put interfacing). I’m unsure about putting the zip all the way to the top, or letting the waistband extend and adding a series of hooks for weight change… I also love 3 panel circle skirts so there’s inseam pockets that are attached to the waist band so the weight doesn’t just pull on the side seam.
This has been very useful! Would you post another including the variations you could do to the length, pockets, and the waistband? Specifically, I am hoping for a tutorial about making a high-waisted, floor length circle skirt with pockets inside the side seams and a thicker waistband. Thanks for sharing your talents!
Ugh I can understand everything until you get to the waistband. For some reason my brain just does not compute that part 😂 Update: omg guys I did it and I’m so proud of myself!
Nice skirt and beautiful video presentation. I wonder why you chose to cut the skirt pieces as two separate half-circles instead of folding the fabric twice and cutting out a whole circle (plus seam allowance on one fold)? Do you find it easier to insert the zipper?
Just before putting in the zipper, what do you suggest to someone who doesn't have a serger? Would i be okay just putting in a zigzag stitch down both sides? The machine I own is very old and doesn't have many settings. Thanks in advance for your answer!
What kind of circle skirt is it? Is it a half circle or a full? Because I thought it was a half circle but then all of a sudden you had two half circle pieces. So the pattern was drawn as a fourth of a circle which means it should be a half circle at the end if you cut it on the fold right? I am very confused but I loved the video and it helped me a lot to understand how to make the pattern and get the math right. Thanks! 😊
She made a full circle skirt, by cutting 2 half circles and then sewing them together. Considering she is sewing in a zipper and cutting everything waist fitting, it makes more sense to have 2 sice seems. She is cutting the first half from 8:52 (after pinning the quarter circle pattern to the fabric on the fold). From 9:25 you can see how she cuts out the second half by putting the already cut out fabric (still pinned with the pattern) on it again. This is more precise than folding the fabric 4 times, unless it's very thin one. It would be better to do that with a roller cutter though, cause than you won't have to lift it for the second round of cutting.
@@olgahein4384 thank you very much! That makes a lot of sense. I thought that you only folded it and then you had the full piece. So if I were to make a half circle skirt I’d make to cut on the fold if my pattern is an eight of a circle right! Thanks again! This helped tremendously! 🥰
@@agnesregner310 No, for a half circle skirt you cut it only once with a quarter circle pattern on the fold. With an eight circle pattern you risk to cut on the bias, wich is stretchy and that can make your side seems stretch out. Also, you have to change the math for the waist line for a half circle skirt.
I’m 5’11” and am just getting into wearing skirts so I like them longer. Would the folds look weird if I made it longer? Cause I really love this design and am hoping to make one for Christmas 😊 Also how much fabric do you think I would need for it to be about mid-shin length?
The facing of the the waistband is sewn to the waistband along the sides and top, and then turned to the inside so that the raw edges are finished. I hope this helps!
I love adding patch pockets to these skirts! Take a look at my Lacey skirt pattern on my website that is similar to see my favorite design if you're interested!
Hi Laura, thanks so much! I believe I purchased two yards for this project, and the fabric was 60"/152cm wide. I usually work with three yards when I make a circle skirt, but since this fabric was wider, two worked well!
I keep watching these circle skirt tutorials but the when you added the seam allowance to the top part where the waistband would attach, wouldn't adding the seam allowance the way you did make the circle much smaller than what the waistband will end up being? It seems like that there's something not adding up with that. If anyone knows how that ends up working out please let me know.
I've been thinking...since the fabric drapes down over my butt the added "bulk" would make the skirt shorter in the back than the front, right? Anyone got any tips on how to make it equal length all around without having to sew a dozen panels ? XD
Oh great point! I think what I would do personally is cut the skirt a bit long, pin up the hem, and then adjust it to look even when trying on? I've always found circle skirts to be pretty forgiving because of the amount of fullness and drape, but I have scoliosis which means I hem everything purposefully crooked so it looks straight when I'm wearing it! 😂 I'd love to hear feedback from others!
The waistband is extremely difficult to understand how you're stitching it together to the skirt. I'm sitting here, ripping my hair out, because I've watched the SAME PART like 20 times and I still can't make it out. I tried applying it one way, and it didnt work. So now I have to seam rip everything and start again.
3.14 is Pi. You must be forgetting to multiply by 2. However it is 6.28 as she shows in the video and that is a constant in working out the measurements so you don't have to calculate that bit in future.
The waistband is very confusing. It seems like it’s too short to go around the whole thing. I’m going to have to re cut it adding some length. Also seconding what others are saying. It would help to know if you’re sewing the waistband with wrong sides or right sides together, skirt inside out or right side out, etc.
I'm having trouble getting the skirt to match the size of the waist band it's to small and the waist band is the perfect size I think I did it wrong idk but I followed step by step and it's to small
i@@LaurenJohnson merci Laurent jhonson author historienne part excellence sa mafaits Un grand plaisir de ma voire félicités vous mérite +. Vous êtes très compriensif je prie. Le bon dieu de vous donner du bonheur. de santé et l de la jois. Pour toute la familles thenkyou Lauren jhonson
I want to like to say that you are very pretty and beautiful girl and I want to like to have friends that are girls that girls to wear a skirt and dress and I want to like your skirts and dress and I want to like this video
I cannot get the zipper hidden to save my life. I’ve got it so close I’m practically sewing the teeth and when I turn it around it’s still visible. I don’t understand
Do you have an invisible zipper? You need a special zipper it's different from a normal zip it's also installed a lot differently. It also helps to have an invisible zipper foot on your sewing machine. If you have all of this I don't know what else might be wrong.
Why can’t you just lay out your fabric and mark on it. Fold it in fourths and measure 4.46 inches down from the corner and using a tape measure pivot from the corner all the way across for the waist and for the length same thing. Cut your fabric and skip the pattern. 🤷♀️
I've been searching for someone to show a detailed tutorial of a circle skirt!! You didn't just tell us what to do, you showed us each step and I love that. Thank you!!
Ah, I'm so glad you found it helpful Alexis! Thank you so much for your comment! ❤️
I love this tutorial and am following along with my own skirt, but with the tartan I found it really difficult to see when it was right or wrong sides facing (especially adding the 2nd half of the waistband at the end). It would be awesome if during editing you could add a little wrong/right side mark on the fabric. It would help beginners like me a lot!
Oh thank you so much for this comment Amanda! Definitely taking that into consideration in the future!
So thorough and easy to watch! Beginning sewist here and I learned a lot watching you! Thank you for making this!
I have just made my first ever skirt following your tutorial .. thank you it is awesome! I know have a swishy tartan skirt for winter ❤
This is my favorite kind of comment Emily!! Well done you-- enjoy!!
Best circle skirt tutorial I’ve found!
I found this so easy to follow.
I learnt to sew without patterns and just to sew what I envisioned and it mostly works. This video has inspired me to try and follow a pattern
I truly love art in all of its forms, I've tried painting, sculpting, music, coocking.... and I usually get results after having cried on my work (especially when it comes to architecture) so THIS is new, no tears were shed on my sewing project, only blood.
Great tutorial, this was my first time sewing, I love the result
I'm so glad you could use my tutorial! Thank you so much!
Perfect vintage style! Thank you for the tutorial Lauren!
Aw, thank you so much lovely! I love vintage styles! ❤️
Using this video to make my first skirt. Thank you!!!!!!!
Just finished my first skirt - it turned out so great! Super helpful video!!! Many thanks for the amazing instructions (:
Beautiful!! I'd been wanting to recreate a skirt I had bought but couldn't figure out how they got the zipper to sit so neatly inside the waistband but thanks to your tutorial I realise they used a facing. I've now successfully recreated a skirt with a beautiful waistband and inserted zipper. Thanks so much!!
Love it in the tartan, so very pretty.
Now I need one!!
Ah, thank you! I love the tartan too! ❤️
Watched 3 videos on making a circle skirt and was not happy with any of the others. Yours is clear and simple and easy to understand other than the confusion with sides sewing the waistband.
love the plaid- so beautiful, especially for Christmas!!
Thank you so much Felicity! I love it too!
Thank you soooo much! I know this is a year old video but I just used this to make my first skirt for the renaissance festival! it looks gorgeous!
I really enjoyed the sewing part of the tutorial. I just didn’t want to have to make a pattern. But thanks for an excellent tutorial even for the pattern. . I have an old serger I can bring out too. 😊
This is stunning, thank you so much for the very helpful tutorial!!! Hoping to try this soon 😊
Wonderful tutorial!! I've recently been getting into knitting and crocheting and all those crafting hobbies, and now I want to learn how to sew my own clothes! Lol. Mostly because I'm a very small person, 4'6", so it's very hard to find clothes that fit me properly.
same here i want to make my own clothes ...ive started sewing a month ago and now im able to do the bed sheets and pillows ..i hope by the end of this year ill be able to do a nice skirt like this ..
Thank you so much for this very useful tutorial ! I'm a beginner and it will help me so much. Your explanations are clear and well done. I'm very excited to start my new project thanks to you :)
Thank you so much for watching! I'm so glad you found the video useful! ❤️
Hi! Great video! Thank you so much for such a clear, straight to the point tutorial!
Hi Antonella! Thanks so much for watching!
Lovely.
I’m struggling with the waistband. And sewing the zipper. Folding over the waistband (I did put interfacing).
I’m unsure about putting the zip all the way to the top, or letting the waistband extend and adding a series of hooks for weight change…
I also love 3 panel circle skirts so there’s inseam pockets that are attached to the waist band so the weight doesn’t just pull on the side seam.
Wow you have explain everything so well ! Thank you!
Ooo I love how it turned out!
Thank you so much!! ❤️
This was awesome! Can’t wait to make one myself 🤗
Ah, yay, I'd love to hear how it goes! ❤️
This is exactly what I was looking for very beautiful ❤️.
This has been very useful! Would you post another including the variations you could do to the length, pockets, and the waistband? Specifically, I am hoping for a tutorial about making a high-waisted, floor length circle skirt with pockets inside the side seams and a thicker waistband. Thanks for sharing your talents!
I'm so glad you found this helpful! I'll keep your suggestion in mind!
Ugh I can understand everything until you get to the waistband. For some reason my brain just does not compute that part 😂
Update: omg guys I did it and I’m so proud of myself!
Congrats man. Nothing more satisfying then getting a project right
Nice skirt and beautiful video presentation. I wonder why you chose to cut the skirt pieces as two separate half-circles instead of folding the fabric twice and cutting out a whole circle (plus seam allowance on one fold)? Do you find it easier to insert the zipper?
Thank you so much! For myself, I like the look a bit better with side seams, and it does make it easier to add the zipper!
Just before putting in the zipper, what do you suggest to someone who doesn't have a serger? Would i be okay just putting in a zigzag stitch down both sides? The machine I own is very old and doesn't have many settings. Thanks in advance for your answer!
Hi there! I'd recommend just using the zigzag like you mentioned. That's how I did it before I had a serger! Thanks so much for watching!
What kind of circle skirt is it? Is it a half circle or a full? Because I thought it was a half circle but then all of a sudden you had two half circle pieces.
So the pattern was drawn as a fourth of a circle which means it should be a half circle at the end if you cut it on the fold right?
I am very confused but I loved the video and it helped me a lot to understand how to make the pattern and get the math right. Thanks! 😊
She made a full circle skirt, by cutting 2 half circles and then sewing them together. Considering she is sewing in a zipper and cutting everything waist fitting, it makes more sense to have 2 sice seems.
She is cutting the first half from 8:52 (after pinning the quarter circle pattern to the fabric on the fold). From 9:25 you can see how she cuts out the second half by putting the already cut out fabric (still pinned with the pattern) on it again. This is more precise than folding the fabric 4 times, unless it's very thin one. It would be better to do that with a roller cutter though, cause than you won't have to lift it for the second round of cutting.
@@olgahein4384 thank you very much! That makes a lot of sense. I thought that you only folded it and then you had the full piece. So if I were to make a half circle skirt I’d make to cut on the fold if my pattern is an eight of a circle right!
Thanks again! This helped tremendously! 🥰
@@agnesregner310 No, for a half circle skirt you cut it only once with a quarter circle pattern on the fold. With an eight circle pattern you risk to cut on the bias, wich is stretchy and that can make your side seems stretch out.
Also, you have to change the math for the waist line for a half circle skirt.
Hi, Lauren! What length was the zipper you used? Planning to follow your tutorial to make my first skirt😊
Great tutorial! But for the waist measurement why didn't you just divide the waist measurement by 4 and folded the fabric by 4 to cut it round?
I’m 5’11” and am just getting into wearing skirts so I like them longer. Would the folds look weird if I made it longer? Cause I really love this design and am hoping to make one for Christmas 😊
Also how much fabric do you think I would need for it to be about mid-shin length?
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Beautiful! 💕
Thank you so much!
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I love that!!!
Very nice... Thank you for sharing.
Absolutely! Thank you for watching! ❤️
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Thank you so much! Sending love and blessings! ❤️
thanks for this amazing video! do you pre-wash the wool before sewing?
Thanks for watching Anita! I did since this was a washable wool! Otherwise I'd recommend having the fabric dry cleaned! :)
Quick question. I didn't catch the part where you sewed the second part of the waistband. What do I do to connect that piece to the rest of my skirt?
The facing of the the waistband is sewn to the waistband along the sides and top, and then turned to the inside so that the raw edges are finished. I hope this helps!
Hi, i love your tutorial. Thanks so much. But if you dont mind, i'd like to request a tutorial for a zipper sewing part. 😅
Do you have any tips to add pockets to this kind of skirt?
I love adding patch pockets to these skirts! Take a look at my Lacey skirt pattern on my website that is similar to see my favorite design if you're interested!
Beautiful
Hiya, great tutorial! Just wondering how much fabric did you use, and what was its width? Might have missed it but don’t think you mentioned it 🤔
Hi Laura, thanks so much! I believe I purchased two yards for this project, and the fabric was 60"/152cm wide. I usually work with three yards when I make a circle skirt, but since this fabric was wider, two worked well!
I keep watching these circle skirt tutorials but the when you added the seam allowance to the top part where the waistband would attach, wouldn't adding the seam allowance the way you did make the circle much smaller than what the waistband will end up being? It seems like that there's something not adding up with that. If anyone knows how that ends up working out please let me know.
thank you sooo much!!
Love it!!!
Thank you!!
Would fabric with width 34 work for a 26” length ?
is this considered a full half or quarter circle skirt (sorry if its a dumb question)?
No dumb questions! This is a full circle. Thanks for watching!
I've been thinking...since the fabric drapes down over my butt the added "bulk" would make the skirt shorter in the back than the front, right? Anyone got any tips on how to make it equal length all around without having to sew a dozen panels ? XD
Oh great point! I think what I would do personally is cut the skirt a bit long, pin up the hem, and then adjust it to look even when trying on? I've always found circle skirts to be pretty forgiving because of the amount of fullness and drape, but I have scoliosis which means I hem everything purposefully crooked so it looks straight when I'm wearing it! 😂 I'd love to hear feedback from others!
Is this a half circle skirt or a whole circle skirt ?
This is a whole circle!
So cute.
Thank you so much Annice!
Hi!! How much fabric did you use? :)
Hi Victoria! I think I used 2 yards of 60" wide fabric!
Pretty music !
Thank you Jessica!
The waistband is extremely difficult to understand how you're stitching it together to the skirt. I'm sitting here, ripping my hair out, because I've watched the SAME PART like 20 times and I still can't make it out. I tried applying it one way, and it didnt work. So now I have to seam rip everything and start again.
AAAHHH I FINALLY GOT IT. THANK YOU, THANK GOD, HALLELUJAH I FINALLY HAVE A SKIRT THAT FITS ME PREGNANT 😂😭
@@aTheistSammie Ah, sorry about that, but I'm glad you got it figured out!! Enjoy the skirt!!
One thing you forgot to mention was folding the fabric in half. I ended up cutting out four pieces thankfully I had enough fabric 😬 oh well lol
Hello Lauren. What’s the model no of your sewing machine ?
Hi Ashmi, my sewing machine is a Kenmore model 158: 16250! 💜
I am confused, when I 2 x pie my calculator gives me 3.14, what am I not doing right?
3.14 is Pi. You must be forgetting to multiply by 2. However it is 6.28 as she shows in the video and that is a constant in working out the measurements so you don't have to calculate that bit in future.
The waistband is very confusing. It seems like it’s too short to go around the whole thing. I’m going to have to re cut it adding some length. Also seconding what others are saying. It would help to know if you’re sewing the waistband with wrong sides or right sides together, skirt inside out or right side out, etc.
I'm having trouble getting the skirt to match the size of the waist band it's to small and the waist band is the perfect size I think I did it wrong idk but I followed step by step and it's to small
She started doing math and my finger slipped and I subscribed...
Aww, thank you Cassia!!
Thnkyu
Your sewing machine model? Please.
I tried to make a circle skirt and it just doesn't have any curves in it I'm so confused 😭😭 it's like an a line and idk how to fix it
Oh no! Did your pieces look like half circles before you sewed it together, or more like a quarter of a circle? Hope you find a solution! 😭
@@LaurenJohnson I cut it along a fold so that it was one piece that when it was unfolded it was an entire circle?
Gonna try this soon… hoping it works… my waist is 54in… yes I’m plus size, oh well ❤
It didn’t work for me on the fabric I had.. completely destroyed my fabric.. not even gonna waste my time on it ever again
Why dont you use normal numbers? I dont understand p erc.
bonjour Lauren jhonson author historienne part excellence tous qui fait Lauren et beaux Bon courage
Merci et merci d'avoir regardé cette vidéo
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i@@LaurenJohnson merci Laurent jhonson author historienne part excellence sa mafaits Un grand plaisir de ma voire félicités vous mérite +. Vous êtes très compriensif je prie. Le bon dieu de vous donner du bonheur. de santé et l de la jois. Pour toute la familles thenkyou Lauren jhonson
Sorry couldn't figure out what you did with you math
I want to like to say that you are very pretty and beautiful girl and I want to like to have friends that are girls that girls to wear a skirt and dress and I want to like your skirts and dress and I want to like this video
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You kinda look like Mandy Moore :)
I cannot get the zipper hidden to save my life. I’ve got it so close I’m practically sewing the teeth and when I turn it around it’s still visible. I don’t understand
Do you have an invisible zipper? You need a special zipper it's different from a normal zip it's also installed a lot differently. It also helps to have an invisible zipper foot on your sewing machine. If you have all of this I don't know what else might be wrong.
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I’ve watched this video so many times & you lose me everytime we get to adding the zipper 😫.
Have to use playback speed because you talk to fast
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Why can’t you just lay out your fabric and mark on it. Fold it in fourths and measure 4.46 inches down from the corner and using a tape measure pivot from the corner all the way across for the waist and for the length same thing. Cut your fabric and skip the pattern. 🤷♀️
Aw, thank you! I hope you do-- it's a fun way to mark the occassion!