Circle skirt sewing pattern

A swishy skirt cut as a circle (or a half or quarter) with a waistband and a side zip. Beginner.

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Style options

• Fullness: Full circle, Three-quarter, Half circle, Quarter circle
• Length: Mini, Above the knee, Knee, Midi, Maxi
• Lengthen or shorten: -15 to 25 cm

Pattern pieces

Sizes

Choose a standard size or put in your own measurements: the pattern is drafted to them. The women’s body measurements (cm):

Men’s sizes XS to 3XL are in the app too. See how to take your measurements.

Fabric and materials

Suggested fabrics: Cotton lawn, chambray, crepe, viscose, light wool, scuba. Soft fabrics drape; crisp ones stand out.

For UK 12, as it comes:

• Main fabric: 2.9 m of 115 cm wide, 2.6 m of 140 cm wide, 2.0 m of 150 cm wide
• Interfacing: 1.0 m of 90 cm wide
• Thread to match
• An invisible zip, 18 to 20 cm
• A hook and eye or a button for the waistband
• Fusible interfacing for the waistband

How to sew it

1. Stay-stitch the waist of each piece just inside the sewing line, so the bias doesn’t stretch.
2. Neaten the side edges. Sew the zip into the top of one side seam, then sew the rest of that seam and the other side seam. Press them open.
3. Fuse interfacing to the waistband, and sew it to the waist as for any waistband: one edge to the skirt, fold, close the ends and stitch the inside down.
4. Hang the skirt for a day so the bias drops, then level the hem from the floor and trim it.
5. Hem with a narrow double-turned hem or a rolled hem. Press.

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