How to sew Circular/Umbrella skirts-1/4,1/2,3/4& Full Circle

1 – Theory on drafting circular skirts – In this part you will learn the theory about Circular/umbrella skirts. You will learn what measurements are needed, how to calculate the radius for different variations of circle skirt. We will demonstrate on paper first before doing it on fabric for easy understanding.
2 – Half Circle skirt laying and cutting -In this part learn how to lay the fabric, fabric requirement, laying and cutting of the fabric for 1/2 circle skirt. If you are making a long skirt and if the fabric width is not sufficient refer to “Part 8 – If fabric width is not enough”, what you need to do.
3 – Half Circle skirt sewing and finishing – In this part learn how to lay the fabric, fabric requirement, laying and cutting of the fabric for 1/2 circle skirt. If you are making a long skirt and if the fabric width is not sufficient refer to “Part 8 – If fabric width is not enough”, what you need to do. How to calculate the radius for different variations of circular skirts like 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 and full circles for any size.
4 – Full Circle Skirt laying and cutting – In this part of the class, learn laying and cutting the fabric for a full circle skirt. Learn what changes to make when you are sewing the skirt with an elastic at the waist.
5 – Full Circle Skirt sewing and finishing- In this part of the class, learn to sew the waist of the Full circle skirt with exposed elastic and finish the hemline with a rolled hem. If you do not have the rolled hem or picot sewing option in your sewing machine, you may fold the hemline 1/4″ and 1/4″ again to finish it.
6 – Finishing hemline in different ways – In this part, we have given a demo on finishing the hemline with different methods. You may use any of the methods shown here if you do not have rolled hem or picot option in your sewing machine.
7 – 3/4 Circle Skirt laying and cutting – In this part you will learn how to cut for a 3/4 Circle skirt. However, will not be showing how to sew this as it can be sewn in any of the ways you learnt with other circular skirts.
8 – If fabric width is not enough – In this part, we have shown a scenario in which we have shown what you need to do when the fabric width is not sufficient to accommodate your skirt length. This can happen when you are making a long skirt or if the fabric width is less.
9 – Hemline correction – In this part get additional information on why the skirt hangs lower due to the bias stretch and how to rectify it.
10 – 1/4 circle laying and cutting – In this part learn to lay the fabric and cut a 1/4 circle skirt and what changes you need to make. For this part you need additional body measurements such as the hip length – that is the distance from the point of wearing the skirt to the highest point of the hip and Hip round measurement, that is the round measurement on the highest part of your hip.
11 – 1/4 circle sewing and finishing – In this part, learn to finish the waistline with elastic [enclosed]. Learn to sew it in a professional way and finishing the hemline with iron-on lace detailing.

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