DIY Easiest Circle Skirt Ever! - How to Make a Circle Skirt with Elastic Waist and No Zipper
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- Learn how to make pretty much the easiest DIY skater skirt ever in this beginner sewing project!
You'll learn how to measure and cut out a full circle skirt based on your waist measurement, how to make an elastic waistband, and how to hem the edges for a fully finished skirt. This is a great project for beginners who want to learn how to sew with stretch fabric, or anyone looking for a quick and easy sewing tutorial!
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MATERIALS NEEDED:
-1 1/2 or more yards of stretch knit fabric (mine is 95% polyester, 5% spandex - that smooth spandex feel is perfect for the skirt)
-Wide elastic for the waistband (big enough to fit around your waist) - you can get the elastic cut by the yard usually, mine is 2 1/8" wide but a 1 1/2 inch wide elastic would work well too
-Paper for making the pattern
-Ball point needle for sewing stretch fabric
-Sewing machine, pins, tape measure, scissors, thread, etc.
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PS: A note from future me a few years after making this video: I know I talk quite fast here and in many of my older tutorials, but I hope you'll check out some of my newer tutorials, too - I've worked hard to improve my videos by speaking slower and improving the video quality and I'm proud of the improvements I've made so I'd love it if you could watch them too! :) Thanks for the support on this video!!!
Thank you so much for all the support on this tutorial! I made it a few years ago and am honored by your kind words. I hope you'll check out some of my newer tutorials as well - I've worked hard on upgrading my video quality and teaching skills so I hope you'll find another project you'll want to make! :) Happy sewing everyone!!!
This is the first tutorial that didnt have my head spinning with unexplained calculations! this is awesome. thank you very much for sharing your craft.
+Natalya Shiell I'm so glad to hear that - thank you so much for leaving such a nice comment 😃 It made my day! Thanks for watching and I hope you have fun sewing!!!
Natalya Shiell I have a video how to make a skirt
Oh my word, this is the best circle skirt tutorial EVA!!!! Thanks lady. Going to make CSs for me and my daughter for Easter!
+Sheryl Hagan-Booth Thank you so very much! I'm so glad you think so 😁 Aw I bet they'll look great - you'll have to let me know how they turn out! Thanks for watching!!!
Thank you for this. I was having a nightmare of a time using another technique but this one worked for me.
this is absolutely the easiest tutorial. Your voice and the way you explain is easy to listen to. You have no music or background noise - I really like that. Thank you for simplifying the circle skirt.
I’m really happy to hear that, thank you! I appreciate the kind words 😃 Happy sewing!!!
Thank you for your tutorial! I feel like I could actually sew this! I love how practical all the instructions are. I’ve wanted to sew for a long time.
You're so welcome! You can totally make this! It's a fairly simple project and since it's stretch fabric there's no super complicated fit issues or zippers to work with, so I think it's a good one for beginners :) Good luck and thank you so much for watching!
Good job. In terms of clear instructions this was the best video I found. :) very fast, straight to the point and give all the info I needed
Thank you, I’m so glad it was helpful for you! I’ve actually tried to improve a lot since this video on speaking a little slower and more clearly in all my tutorials (without dragging everything out too much) so I’m glad you were still able to follow along and get the info you needed from this one! Thanks so much for watching 😃
I agree Miss Tally! I much prefer tutorials where the teacher gets right to the lesson and makes it easy to understand. This is why I enjoy Comicat so much!
I just made my very first piece of clothing thanks to your awesome video! Thanks so much!! My only note is for big girls like myself or for those wanting a longer skirt, I didn't have enough fabric to fold twice to cut the full skirt in one piece like you did, so I folded the fabric once, lined up one side of my pattern to the folded edge and the waist side on the open side, and just made two halves. I sewed the seams together on each side and then I was able to follow along with the video from there.
That's so awesome, I'm really glad you were able to make your first skirt!! 😃 I've been wanting to make a video showing how to cut one longer like you did for a long time and just haven't gotten around to it yet so I'm happy you were able to do it! Thank you so much for watching my tutorial!
Nice thanks. I love it.
Thank you I’m new to sowing and your video made my life easier
That's wonderful to hear 😃 I'm honored my video was so helpful! Thanks so much for watching!
Thank goodness, you are the ONLY one that I have seen do this right. Mostly I see people measure the length and go from the corner, YOU have actually done it right, the length of the skirt goes from your waist line that you cut. Doing it the other way is a false measurement, beauase it's going to be cut off anyway. And I dont hear them say for instance 26 inches from the waist marking, they go 26 inches from the corner, which probably makes it more like 22 inches...
+Anne North Thank you for the comment! I try to explain things and be as detail oriented as I can so that the project turns out as expected for those who make it so I'm happy you noticed :) I'm sorry for the delay in responding - I had very little internet this week! Thanks for watching 😃
I never seen anything so simple to do. you made it look so simple and I understood every thing you was saying. thanks for the video and nice.😁😁 work
I'm so glad this was easy for you!!! I try to make tutorials that aren't too complicated and try to explain things well so it's so great to hear that it truly is easy to follow - thank you so much for commenting such kind words! :) Thanks for watching and I hope you have fun sewing!!!
Your are so welcome beautiful..... 😁😁
The best tutorial so far! Thank you for every details!! 🙌🏽
Thank you so much for watching!!! :)
Thanks
Love all your vids...and the funny endings of each! 😂👌🏼
Haha thanks Mari! I appreciate you watching my channel! :)
As always, I love your tutorials!
I have a suggestion based on past experience with stretch knits and the struggle I have gone through with the math. Any time I use the math, skirt comes out way too big.
If you struggle with the math, I suggest either removing 1-2" from your measurement before dividing or start by cutting little bits out of the waist and trying it as you go.
Yes! Great video! This is how you RUclips!
This video was so helpful!!! I was look on RUclips for a sewing DIY and all the over videos were super confusing but this video is well explained and easy to follow!!! Thanks!!!
Aw thank you so much! I am so happy to hear that you thought this was easy to follow - that means a lot! Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment, I so appreciate it 😃 Happy sewing!
Absolutely the best tutorial out there!!! came out perfect..made two and the elastic and fabric matched up perfectly!!!!
+rebecca sulcer Aw thank you so much!!! 😊 I am really happy to hear you made two and they came out great for you! Thank you very much for watching and commenting and I really appreciate you making my project!
My gosh this was so easy! Thx Lady 👍🏽😊
Im glad that i found ur video. Its so easy and simple to learn. Just need to know one thing that is it the general formula of calculating waist radius and it applies to all? Even children ?
Thank you so much , you are very good and make it simple to undertand. God bless
Aw thank you! I’m happy the tutorial was helpful for you!! Stay safe and God bless you too 💕
can't wait to give this one a go.
+Charni Bonnes So glad you liked it! You'll have to let me know if you make it :) Thanks for watching!!
Thanks. Perfect and easy. Gonna try this skirt this week.
I'm so glad you're gonna give it a try! Good luck and happy sewing :) Thank you so much for watching!!!
Great print on the skirt. You did a good job on mixing the pattern as well. Keep it up.
Thanks I really appreciate that! Thank you for watching my video :)
So easy to follow along. Thank you!
I'm glad it was easy to follow! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch 😃
Thanks! You explained that very well....I'm subscribing!
+Tiffany Allen So glad you liked the video! And thank you so much for subscribing, I truly appreciate it 😄 welcome to the channel!
Your skirt looks amazing, thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much! I'll have to try and update this tutorial some day, it's been several years since I made it and I have some more tips I'd like to include... your comment reminded me to add this to my idea list lol! Thanks for watching!!!
@@ComicatCreations Your welcome, looking forward to the update version ☺️. I'm in the progress of making a circle skirt with a zipper installment. Still yet to try yours with the elastic, its really looks nice.
Love it and well said,, everything easy to understand and I'm definitely gonna make a skirt.
Oh good, I'm so happy to hear you were able to follow the video easily! Good luck making your skirt!!! Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to leave a comment, I appreciate it 😃 Happy sewing!
i love how you explain thanks a lot god bless million thumbs up
+rasheeda mohammed Thank you so much!!! I'm so glad you've enjoyed my video! And may God bless you too :) Thank you for watching!
Amazing video! Thanks so much - I'm off to my machine to make one now!
+Skylar Davenport Thank you so much! 😃 Awesome, I hope you have fun making the skirt!!! Thanks for watching and commenting! 😃
Awesome tutorial, very detailed and helpful!
You find such fun fabrics! ❤️
Thanks!!! I’m always drawn to bright and colorful prints 😃 Glad you like them too! Thanks so much for watching my videos and taking the time to comment, too... I appreciate it!
I can use this on swim suit fabric right?? Great tutorial by the way!! So easy to understand!!
Nice video very imformative i like it
Thank you! I appreciate you taking the time to watch it!
Can you do more non stretchy fabric tutorials
I dont have any and there isnt a fabric store in my area that i can go to anytime soon
I love your videos
I subbed and liked!❤❤❤
Funny, lol. Great video and yes this was simple indeed thank you
+Bella Jae I'm glad you enjoyed the tutorial! :) And thank you so much for watching and commenting, I really appreciate it and I hope you have a great time sewing!!!
Thank you for your tutorial!!!❤❤
+Vero MiniArt Of course! Thank you so much for watching and commenting and I hope you enjoyed it! :)
this is indeed awesome
+thefabricexchange Thank you very much and thanks for watching! :)
would you add a zig-zag stitch when sewing on the elastic waistband rather than a straight stitch? And wouldn't you have to do some extra side stitches to make sure the waistband doesn't flip over but stays in place?
So cute!
+Styling Curves Thank you so much! 😃
brilliant i am going to use ya vidio thanks
+Shell Issatt Awesome I hope you have fun sewing the skirt!!! Thank you for watching! 😃
I just love all of your videos Monica, you're just awesome and very easy to follow instructions. I do have a question I want to make a 2 circle skirt for my granddaughters, so once I have my radius do I divide the radius by 2, hope you can help me out and keep up the great work.
Aw thank you so much, I really appreciate that!!! 😊 Do you mean a 1/2 circle skirt? If so, you would take the waist measurement and divide it by 3.14 (instead of 6.28) and that would give you the number you need! I actually have a tutorial for a half circle skirt too (called “DIY Easy Skater Skirt”). It doesn’t use an elastic waistband but you could easily use one just like in this video. And if I misunderstood and you didn’t mean a half circle skirt just let me know! Thanks so much for watching!! And your granddaughters are lucky to have you making special things for them!
I have one question do the elastic band has to be the same size of waist of skirt
Love your tutorials. Can you make a high and low skirt
Thank you! 😃 I just saw your email and sent you info about the high low skirt!
Best tutorial ever!!!
+MsCheesygirl Thank you very much! Reading a comment like this makes my day 😁 Happy sewing!
I Love the pattern 😍😍😍 and I want matching ones for Naveah and I, she found a circle skirt in the thrift store (we call them charity shops lol) and won't take it of 😂😂😂 she also wants me to make her a pencil skirt. I don't know any other 6yr old who wants a pencil skirt but I'm gona make her a reversible one. xx
+Live, Love & Learn Naturally Thanks yes I was obsessed with that fabric when I found it :) aw that would be so cute to make matching skirts!! That's too cute, thrift shops are the best... I think half my wardrobe consists of homemade items and the other half is from the thrift shop lol! haha she's got a fashion sense already! I wanna see a pic of the reversible one when you make it that's too cool :)
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love it million thum up
+rasheeda mohammed Thanks! 😁
how would I do this with a wide piece of fabric instead of elastic?
Where do get 6,and half to find the radius
Thick? Wait ... ? You had me wondering there for a few seconds where could I find thick elastic ... until I figured out you mean "wide." Elastic is manufactured in specific widths, and then sold in lengths. Thanks for the tips!
+Fiona Marissa Oh you are so right - my mistake! I have always mixed up those words and I will be sure to be more careful about that. I'm sorry for the confusion!!! Thank you for watching my video, I appreciate it!
Omg this tutorial is so amazing & helpful! Really love your channel❤ , btw i want to know is it okay if i use non-stretch fabric? Thankyouu!!
+Sekar Ayu Thank you so much, I'm so glad you liked the tutorial! Unfortunately this project really needs a stretch fabric, I'm sorry! Because it's just using an elastic waistband with no zipper, the fabric must stretch to get the skirt on and off, otherwise you'd have to add a zipper in if you're using a non stretch fabric to be able to get it on and off.
How much fabric to start with? Im making poodle skirt for 7 yr old. I got a yard of fabric. Is that too much
wow....great video indeed... I'm gonna have to use a quarter circle skirt template because my fabric is 45", any suggestions? Thanks so much
+Lynette Patrice I'm so sorry for just seeing this comment - I was under the weather for a while and I'm just finally catching up on comments so I'm sorry for the delay!! If you can only fit 1/4 circle skirt onto your fabric at once you could cut out four of them and sew them together along each side to create a full circle skirt, but if you don't want so many seams then perhaps you could try a half circle skirt instead of a full circle skirt where you could cut two of the quarter circles out and then you would just sew them together and add the elastic waistband so there would only be a seam on each side... it wouldn't be as full as a full circle skirt but could be a good option if your fabric isn't large enough. The formula for a half circle skirt is different but I show you how to make one in my video for a DIY 2 piece skater dress which has a crop top & half circle skirt, so you could follow the skirt portion of that tutorial perhaps. I'm so sorry again for just getting the comment now so I'm sorry if you no longer need this advice, but I hope it helps some. Thank you so much for watching my channel and commenting, I really appreciate it! :)
I just find your videos and love them! Skater dresses are my favorite and the whole reason I’m learning to sew. I was wondering I have some crop tops and skater skirts, is it difficult to sew them together to make an empire waist skater skirt?
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if I have fabric that has a pattern that shouldn't be flipped upside down, how do I fold it? do I need to cut it in half?
+Clockworkthings I haven't made a circle skirt with a pattern like that, but thinking through it in my head I believe it would work best to cut 2 half circles where the pattern is facing up the correct way on both pieces, rather than cutting one complete circle like I show, and then sew those 2 pieces together so that you create a whole circle. You will have a seam on each side of your circle skirt, but it should ensure that the front and back of the skirt have the pattern facing up on your skirt, rather than the back of the skirt being upside down, from what I'm thinking. I hope that works out for you!
Do you have a bulge at the back where the elastic is sewed together onto the fabric?
+kristine schultz Hmm no I haven't had that problem. On any of the things I've made with a waistband like that I have sewn the two little flaps of elastic seam allowance down so they lay flat on the waistband and then the fabric just flows right over. Did you sew the little flaps down on the elastic? I've always used a thinner stretch fabric so I wonder, do you have a thicker fabric where the seam allowance where you sewed the skirt to the elastic could be causing it to bulge out a little? I hate to say I'm having trouble figuring out why that would happen on yours 😟 I'm sorry!!! I was just actually thinking also about the type of elastic... I've seen some super super thick elastics at the store and wonder if perhaps the elastic itself is too thick, the seam allowance where you sewed it together could be causing some extra thickness making the fabric bulge out. I am sorry if none of that actually helps or is relevant, I'm trying to brainstorm what could be happening... if I think of anything else I'll for sure let you know.
Love your tutorial! Quick question, I made a circle skirt with an elastic waistband measured to my natural waist. When I put on the skirt I ripped it when pulling it over my hips :( any idea what I may have done wrong??
Also, I did use a zig zag stitch.
+Liz Weckmann Thank you so much for watching! I've been thinking about your question and I'm thinking that a possibility of why it ripped is perhaps the fabric wasn't stretchy enough? Of course with not seeing it myself that may be totally off base but when I make a skirt like this I have to have a really stretchy fabric for it to stretch around my wider areas and still fit comfortably around my waist, whereas if a fabric I'm working with isn't very stretchy I would need to put a zipper in to put it on, so perhaps if there wasn't quite enough give in the fabric that's why it ripped. Maybe you could try cutting the skirt waist wider than your natural waist so it can go around your hips and then sew the elastic on, stretching the elastic to match up to the waist as you sew - the wider waist may give more room for the skirt to stretch around you and then the elastic should then cinch the wider waist around your smaller natural waist and create a nice gathered effect once it's on. I'm so sorry if this isn't the answer or if it doesn't work the way I am imagining but I hope maybe that helped some! Thank you so much for watching and I really hope it works out!!
+Comicat Creations thank you so much! I think you're right. I used a cotton fabric with no stretch. Thanks, again!
+Liz Weckmann oh okay great, I'm glad to have helped! :) have fun seeing and thanks again for watching and commenting!!
great video! i was just wondering, would this method work work with stiffer fabrics that arent stretchy? i have a lot of fabric but all of it is cotton quilting fabric and id still love to make a skirt with it. zippers seem really hard!
i suppose that would eliminate the stretching ability.... oh, what if i stretched the elastic all the way out as i sewed it, so that when i let go the elastic is normal but the fabric is bunched up?
I am so sorry I somehow missed your comment!!! 🙁I know this might not help now but to make the skirt this way, you would need a stretch fabric... the only way I could think that you'd be able to make it without a zipper and with the cotton fabric would be if instead of measuring your waist to make the circle skirt, you could measure the widest part of your hips and add a couple of inches to give a little extra room so that you'd have the extra room to be able to get it on and off... then like you said, stretch the elastic so it lines up with the fabric and sew it, so once you're done sewing it will scrunch the waist in... I've never done this so I'm not sure if it would look right or not, though, so I can't guarantee how the fabric would lay being scrunched in but it may be an option... I also have a tutorial (it's only the second or third tutorial I ever made so not great instructions lol) where I used cotton fabric with a waistband where you don't need a zipper. It's not a circle skirt but it's a way to make a cotton skirt without a zipper! But I apologize in advance for the not great instructions! And also again I'm SO sorry for the delay in this response!!!
Is it still 6.28 if you can only do it in CM?:P
Yes! 😃 Thanks for watching and happy sewing!
Instead of using an elastic for the waistband, can i use extra fabric?
+Katie X Yes I think that would work! I did a half circle skirt tutorial a few months ago where I used the fabric as the waistband and it worked great so I'm sure it would for this too :) If you have any problems with the waistband being too loose or not holding the skirt up well enough, you could either cut it a bit smaller than your waist so you have that tighter elastic like hold, or you could feed some elastic in through the waistband for extra security. But I do think the fabric should work well! 😃 Thanks for watching!
Katie X stretchy fabric
This is great! How can we possibly reach you for some inquiries?
Thank you! :) You can reach me by sending me an email to comicatcreations@gmail.com Thanks so much for watching my video!
i prefer the no talking. just subtitle
Good butfuly