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Circle skirt calculator – for the drafting of full, half and 3/4 skirts. With bonus grading worksheet! Special Sunday greetings you naked molerats!

Circle skirt calculator – for the drafting of full, half and 3/4 skirts. With bonus grading worksheet!

Since you’re so naked, I thought you might want to make yourselves some nice little circle skirts. And perhaps, like me, you find yourself with little mole rat patterns just a touch on the small side. But the grading of a circle skirt isn’t so easy, is it you naked rodents? Oh no, not so easy at all… 101 Sewing Tutorials for Summer! How to Make a Wrap Skirt to Fit Any Size: 9 steps (with pictures) Edit Article Community Q&A With these simple instructions you can make wrap skirts to fit your own measurements.

How to Make a Wrap Skirt to Fit Any Size: 9 steps (with pictures)

You will need to make some calculations, but if you can draw a few straight lines on a piece of newspaper you'll have a go-to pattern to use again and again. Steps <img alt="Image titled Make a Wrap Skirt to Fit Any Size Step 1 preview" src=" width="728" height="410" class="whcdn" onload="WH.performance.clearMarks('image1_rendered'); WH.performance.mark('image1_rendered');"> a Wrap Skirt to Fit Any Size Step 1.360p.mp4 00:00 -00:08 00:09 spaceplay / pauseescstopffullscreenshift + ←→slower / faster (latest Chrome and Safari)←→seek . seek to previous 12…6 seek to 10%, 20%, …60% to Make a Wrap Skirt to Fit Any Size1First take your measurements.

10 Free Hat Tutorials & Patterns - The Sew Weekly Sewing Blog & Vintage Fashion Community. Slippers. Japanese take the shoes off in the personal house to keep out soil dust.

Slippers

In the winter, we need the warm and clean slippers. We call them "room shoes". Fleece shoe lined with furry fabric. The sole is leather. Pattern and cutting Print pattern 2 times. From the left to the right, Inner sole, sole, instep (outer shoe), instep, sole (lining), leather sole. Polka Dot Cottage: Beginner Button Class – Making and Baking Your First Button. Posted February 7th, 2011 by Lisa Welcome to the Beginner Button Class!

Polka Dot Cottage: Beginner Button Class – Making and Baking Your First Button

For this first lesson, we will discuss how to prepare polymer clay for use, how to make a 1/2-inch solid-color button, and how to properly bake it. We’ll be making six buttons, two in each of three colors. Supplies + Tools. Misses' Coat. Beltmaking 101. Finally–the long-awaited beltmaking tutorial!

beltmaking 101

Free Clothes Patterns. Posted on | October 9, 2008 | 7 Comments I originally became interested in patternless sewing, many years ago, because I had a hard time finding patterns in my size.

Free Clothes Patterns

Nowadays, patterns in large sizes abound. Nonetheless, I still love my pattern free sewing. These patterns generally of three types. Little Red Infinity Dress Tutorial. *Tutorial made by Melissa @ Sew Like My Mom for her win during the Red Week challenge.* I made this little dress in about 3 hours and for under $20!

Little Red Infinity Dress Tutorial

I used some soft polyester knit I found at Hancock Fabrics for $4.99/yard. I got 5 yards, and with my 40% off 1 cut of fabric coupon, my total came to $15.87 after tax!! I found these dresses on Craftster years ago and have always loved them. Circle Skirt From An Old Sheet. HANDKERCHIEF SKIRT. A handkerchief pointed-hem skirt is flattering to all, but especially for short-legged people because the points break up that horizontal hemline.

HANDKERCHIEF SKIRT

No pattern is needed to make this skirt style. It is a simple block layout. One easy way to get that effect is to hem two squares of fashion fabric, each having four points (called a “handkerchief” hem) and layer them for an eight-pointed look. Experiment with swatches of opaque and transparent fabrics as you design and discover what happens when you overlap two layers of the same colour or harmonizing colours. The top layer could be trimmed shorter than the under layer for a tiered look and the hemline could be decorated with flat braid trim or fringe, if desired. You will need: 2 ½ yds. of fashion fabric, 45″ wide1 yd. of waist band elastic, 1″ wideCoordinating thread10 yds. of flat ribbon braid (optional) The size of the circular opening should be just big enough to pull over your hips, and can then be tightened with elastic.

Like this: Crap I've Made: Tumbler Skirt Tutorial. I came up with the Tumbler Skirt.

Crap I've Made: Tumbler Skirt Tutorial

First, I want to show you how I cut the tumbler blocks. The light in my kitchen was awful that day, so excuse the crap-tacular photos. Craft/tool station with wall organizer. This project is what Elizabeth would call “finding crap on the curb and making something fabulous.”

Craft/tool station with wall organizer

I found this mint green railing (from a crib? Shelves?) In a pile of debris. Add galvanized wall pocket planters (on clearance at Jo-Ann for $1.50 each), daisy hooks (thanks, Kristi), spice rack ($3.50 at a thrift store), paper/pen bin (thanks, Jim), dowels and wire for hooks (Freecycle), and I’ve got a cheap craft organizing solution. A power strip and a salvaged bench vice (thanks, dad) attached to the rolling toolbox make it complete. How to make a craft and tool station Supplies salvaged railing (from an old crib, porch railing, etc.)wood screws16- or 18-gauge wire (or a wire coat hanger)3/8-inch dowelspower stripnuts, washers, and boltsprimerpaintscrap 1×4 piece of woodnewspaper or drop clothdrywall anchors or molly bolts (optional) Tools plierswire cuttersdrill and drill bitsscrewdriversanding block and sandpapermiter box and pull sawsmall sponge paint brushstud sensor (optional)