written by marieann

It is shockingly easy to make a circle skirt. It’s so cute and full. I am thinking about making a black petticoat (out of this lacey fabric I have) to wear underneath this adorable polka dot skirt. This was going to be the infinity dress but honestly I didn’t like that dress fit on me. So I took off the straps and converted it into this extremely versatile skirt.

Materials
Approximately a yard of preferably 60inch wide stretchy (knit is perfect) fabric

Tools
Sewing machine
Iron
Scissors

Instructions
1. Fold your fabric in half length-wise, then in half width-wise.
2. Measure around your waist or hips (wherever you want the skirt to sit).
2. Draw the following pattern onto your skirt using the following method (click on the image to view the full size; I am sorry it’s kind of hard to see, but for some reason paint did a weird conversion).

Take your waist/hip measurement and do the following formula (ewe math!). R = waist measurement / (6.28)
Mark “R” inches on the edge of each fold (like the picture shows in bold marked radius.) Mark that same R distance from the corner into the skirt. Connect those dots with a circle shape to make the top circle. Then measure away from that circle down the number of inches long you want your skirt to be. Do this in lots of places so you have lots of dots to connect.

3. Cut out a waist band the length of your waist and however wideyou’d like it. Mine is a narrow band 4″ wide but you can make more of a yolk here if you’d like.

4. Sew the ends of the waist band together to make a circle. Try this on to be sure you can pull it up and then it fits.

5. Turn under the upper edge of the waist band a 1/2 an inch and sew along the edge to make a clean one.

6. Pin the waist band to the inner circle and sew together.

7. You’re done! If you don’t like the bottom edge being raw, then turn the under edge over 1/2 and sew around. If you use knit, it should not unravel so it’s fine.

ALTERNATIVE WAY

If your fabric isn’t wideenough to make a skirt of the desired length by folding it twice, only fold the fabric in half once. You’ll be drawing half the skirt instead of a quarter of the skirt.

Add 1/2 an inch to your waist measurement before calculating your R with the same formula as above.

Find the center of your folded edge and mark a dot here. This is the center of your circle. Draw another dot R inches away from your center point. Draw another dot R inches the opposite direction. Then draw lots more R inches from the center along the inside of the skirt. Connect those dots to make your half circle. Follow the directions the same way from above to make the bottom arc of the circle.

When you cut out the two pieces, sew them together at the sides with a 1/4 seam. Everything else is the same.