Concerning the circle skirt pattern drafting Video: Isnt an extra measurement needed for bias stretching?

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Tue, 04/22/2014 - 17:00
ashleyrenacheek
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 Hi,  I just finished watching the video on drafting a circle skirt pattern.   I noticed that the video didn't make mention of subtracting an needed measurement from the waist circumference in order to accomodate any stretching that would occur due to the skirt being cut partially on the bias.  On other  tutorials I have visited online,  they all suggest subtracting 2-4 inches for this "gauranteed" shrinking.  Do you have any information regarding this for me??

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Fri, 05/09/2014 - 12:13
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Nehzat
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Re: What to do with excess length at the top of circle skirts

Dear ashleyrenacheek,

In the video lesson Dress with Circle Skirt in chapter 7 -  Baste Marking the top seam line on circle skirt, I baste along the top edge of the skirt and then in chapter 9 - Joining the cicle skirt to the top, I show how to reduce the excess length along the top edge of the skirt and join it to the top. We need to do this since 4 sections of the skirt will be cut on a bias around the top edge w

In case we want to join the circle skirt to a waistband we need to match its top edge to the waist circumference using the same procedure. In this lesson the top edge of the skirt is below the waistline because of the style of the dress. If you want to sew the circle skirt with a waistband, you need to use the waist circumference for your calculations, when drafting the pattern.

I have found that reducing the excess length using my method does not pull on the skirt and lets it fall nicely on the body.

Hope this helps.

Happy sewing,

Nehzat

 

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