You will need:
- Linen fabric (I used some old curtains) in a square - about 2m
- Pins
- Zip
- Scissors
- Sewing machine
- Matching thread
- Measuring tape
- Calculator
How to:
(1) Take your fabric. Fold in half, then in half again.
(2) Measure your waist. Divide by 6.28 on your calculator to find the radius. Then, returning to your fabric, measure your radius from the one corner with no raw edges, and pin a rough circle.
(3) Cut out
(4) Measure from that the desired length of your skirt. Pin the rough circle again.
(5) Cut out
(6) Spread out so that it looks like a big doughnut. Cut straight to the centre from the edge (to be where the zip is inserted).
(7) Insert the zip, and sew the rest of the seam.
(8) Hem the top and bottom of the skirt. In order to make it easier, I made a lot of small snips at about 2cm intervals around the circles, so they can fold over easily.
I had to add some emergency darts to mine because it was too big, so if you find that once it is made that it falls off you, sew two in the front and two in the back, ensuring that they are even distance from the zip or centre of the skirt.
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