Some pattern paper - we like dot & cross or baking paper.Once you've nailed the circle skirt maths bit - and we have a calculator and a blog post for that - creating a pattern piece for a multi-panelled circle skirt is straightforward, and we're here today to show you how!
If you divide a full circle up into smaller slithers, like a pizza, you areĀ in turn able to lay out those panels much more efficiently on your fabric, giving you the freedom to make circle skirts no matter your waist measurement or length preference, and getting more out of your fabric. Add to that the fact that it is nigh on impossible to cut a basic full circle, knee length skirt from two panels if you have a waist measurement of more than just 32"! And what about if you wanted to make a floor length circle skirt? Or even a double circle skirt? Heads have been scratched worldwide, but thankfully there's a beautiful solution: panels!
The problem with circle skirts, is that they take up and actually waste a whole lotta fabric.
when we realise we don't have quite enough fabric ? or the fabric is simply too narrow ? Like pretty much ever since we developed our circle skirt calculator! We've all been there - we're getting ready to cut out a circle skirt, measuring out the radius and length, factoring in the hemming allowance. This is a post I've been meaning to write for a while.