{"id":6280,"date":"2021-03-07T15:54:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T15:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sixmignons.com\/?p=6280"},"modified":"2021-03-07T15:54:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T15:54:46","slug":"in-this-article-i-give-my-tips-on-how-to-sew-a-midi-length-circle-skirt-in-particular-i-discuss-patterns-available-and-fabric-consumption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sixmignons.com\/en\/2021\/03\/07\/in-this-article-i-give-my-tips-on-how-to-sew-a-midi-length-circle-skirt-in-particular-i-discuss-patterns-available-and-fabric-consumption\/","title":{"rendered":"Going full circle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have two loves that seemed incompatible until recently: circle skirts and midi skirts.<\/strong> Well, in theory they shouldn’t be, but I had never dared exploring the fabric consumption required by making a circle skirt <\/strong>midi length. I have now, so let me introduce you to my Fabric Gobbler Midi Circle Skirt <\/strong>(how more complicated a name can I find…):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Which pattern to make a circle skirt?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Making a circle skirt is in theory quite easy: you just need to measure your waist and play with circle circumference formula (not forgetting to add ease).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In practice, life is short to remember what pi is so I strongly advise you use By Hand London’s circle skirt calculator<\/a>; or a tried-and tested skirt from your pattern stash. I went for the later option, using the circle skirt from the M7081 dress – with 8 versions to date<\/a>, I don’t think I have a more tried-and-tested pattern than this one… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This knee-length skirt is perfectly designed to fit within a 150cm-wide fabric when cutting on the length grain of the fabric – ie the usual way, where your fabric selvedges sit right and left . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But if you want it to be any longer, you will need to cut the fabric on the cross grain<\/strong> – with your fabric selvedges sitting top and bottom. It is usually not recommended as the fabric has less stretch in this direction, but for a full circle skirt it doesn’t really matter. The only constraint is that it will not work if your fabric has a strong directional pattern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How much fabric then?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I decided to lengthen the skirt by 20cm – which actually makes it a very long midi skirt, 84cm long excluding the belt<\/strong> (I am 1m68 tall). For a real midi I think an extra 10cm would have been enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And for that I used a whopping… 4m of fabric!!<\/strong>! While the knee-length skirt uses only 2m! Arrrgghhh! Arguably there is quite a bit of fabric leftover, which could be used for a sleeveless dress bodice for instance – but definitely not enough left for sleeves as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it is all really worth it – look how this beauty moves as you walk! I love it!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What belt then?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

For the belt, I had the perfect belt waiting for me from my recent Elegante skirts<\/a><\/strong>; and the measurement was spot-on for my circle skirt. But after attaching the invisible zip and the lining, I realised the belt was too high… so I unsew lining, zip and belt, took off 1.5cm (5\/8in) from the belt… and sew everything back together. NOT FUN! Never go into a project thiking it is going to be a fast one…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But here too very much worth it because this belt is just perfect with this skirt!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fabric, lining and hem<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

This fabric is… silk, of course! More specifically embroidered silk dupion<\/a><\/strong> from Amothreads<\/a> (and still in stock at the time of writing). It was very easy to work with (see my previous article <\/a>for more details on working with this material) and makes the skirt feel very luxurious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I lined it with plain (antistatic) lining fabric<\/strong>, of which I used only 2m by making the lining knee-length… I had completely omitted the fabric increase when ordering my lining, oh well…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the hem… Usually I would sew the hem by hand on this type of fabric, just because it is so much nicer. But frankly after the belt issue I had run out of patience and I machine-hemmed, naughty me!<\/strong> I am the only one to notice I am sure but it does not annoy me too much…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion: never-ending fabric purchases…<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

My typical fabric length purchase seems to be continually growing . <\/strong>I used to buy 2m of fabric for dresses, went for 3m when I discover circle-skirt and maxi-skirt dresses, and I am now considering going for 5m to fit a midi circle skirt and sleeves… Where will it end? Let me hide in shame…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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