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snugbug · 02-04-2005, 05:59 PM

First I measured her side from natural waistline- aka where I want the elastic to sit) to her mid hipline. Then I measured from mid hip to hemline. Next I measured loosely around the hips. The top panel piece is a rectangle that is as long as the loose hip measurement and as wide as the waist to mid hip measurement. Because our bodies have more shape than a rectangle, at least hannah's body does, I added 1" in heighth in the back and took off 1" in the front.......plus I had to add 1" total for the waistband to attatch and fold over. What I ended up with (original measurement was 5") was a 6"wide piece that is 24" long, about 3" in from either cut end it starts sloping down to be 4" in the center front 6".

Ok now the attatched skirt piece is a circle with a circle cut from the center. To find the center circle size figure your loose hip measurement as the circumference of the circle and using some math (diameter times pie equal circumference, radius equals half of diameter) find your radius. Now with your fabric on the fold measure from one point out that many inches and connect the dots (my circle has a 3" radius). Next the length fo the skirt is the additional radius of the circle, don't forget to add an inch or whatever for your hem. So my 7" needed for dd from midhip to knee plus 1" plus the previous 3" radius from smaller circle equalled an 11" point I had to mark radiating out from the 3"circle center. Connect the dots and cut out your circle and cut out small circle. Unfold and you have a full circle with a hole in the middle, no seams needed.

Next I sewed the back seam of the upper hip piece. Then I attatched the small circle of the skirt to the flat edge of the upper hip piece (not to the curved side of the piece)- I used a pin to mark center since everything wants to shift since it is not cut on grain. Now I attatched my waist elastic, turn and topstitch. Now I twin needled my mid hip seam down and hemmed.

hope that helps,
Sarah

02-04-2005, 05:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
snugbug Watching my baby grow iTrader: 5 / 100% Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Greatest Great Northwest Posts: 7,824	First I measured her side from natural waistline- aka where I want the elastic to sit) to her mid hipline. Then I measured from mid hip to hemline. Next I measured loosely around the hips. The top panel piece is a rectangle that is as long as the loose hip measurement and as wide as the waist to mid hip measurement. Because our bodies have more shape than a rectangle, at least hannah's body does, I added 1" in heighth in the back and took off 1" in the front.......plus I had to add 1" total for the waistband to attatch and fold over. What I ended up with (original measurement was 5") was a 6"wide piece that is 24" long, about 3" in from either cut end it starts sloping down to be 4" in the center front 6". Ok now the attatched skirt piece is a circle with a circle cut from the center. To find the center circle size figure your loose hip measurement as the circumference of the circle and using some math (diameter times pie equal circumference, radius equals half of diameter) find your radius. Now with your fabric on the fold measure from one point out that many inches and connect the dots (my circle has a 3" radius). Next the length fo the skirt is the additional radius of the circle, don't forget to add an inch or whatever for your hem. So my 7" needed for dd from midhip to knee plus 1" plus the previous 3" radius from smaller circle equalled an 11" point I had to mark radiating out from the 3"circle center. Connect the dots and cut out your circle and cut out small circle. Unfold and you have a full circle with a hole in the middle, no seams needed. Next I sewed the back seam of the upper hip piece. Then I attatched the small circle of the skirt to the flat edge of the upper hip piece (not to the curved side of the piece)- I used a pin to mark center since everything wants to shift since it is not cut on grain. Now I attatched my waist elastic, turn and topstitch. Now I twin needled my mid hip seam down and hemmed. hope that helps, Sarah Last edited by snugbug : 03-30-2005 at 02:54 AM.