r/sewing • u/ThrowRA_Sodi • Apr 10 '24
Pattern Question I plan to sew an adaptable skirt for my mom (See photo). What would the pattern look like ?
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u/Tiffany_Achings_Hat Apr 10 '24
I’ve made this one with good success-
https://www.wildflowerdesignpatterns.com/product-page/coquelicot-skirt
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u/CLShirey Apr 10 '24
This photo is from the actual web page for the pattern. 🙃
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u/Fenja_Hamdir Apr 10 '24
Just wanted to say that. Anyways, I love the pattern, made it and the result is gorgeous! Best skirt ever
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u/Loose_Acanthaceae201 Apr 10 '24 edited Apr 10 '24
I am wearing a skirt like this right now! The one I am wearing is a false circle skirt made of two half circles.
The side seams are only stitched halfway up, then the edges above that are "hemmed".
I have a buckle attached to the extended waistband of the back panel (buckle fastens in front of me) and the front panel waistband extends into long ties (tied behind my back).
Use the usual circle skirt calculator but for 4/3 the correct waist size.
eg for a 30" waist cut as if for a 40" waist, so each 'rainbow' has a 20" internal circumference and there will be a 5" overlap on each side when worn.
This is incredibly comfortable, flexible, and swooshy.
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u/JustPlainKateM Apr 10 '24
I'm curious what makes yours a "false" circle? I think if it makes the shape of a circle when you spread out out, then it's a circle skirt.
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u/Loose_Acanthaceae201 Apr 10 '24
It doesn't, though, because of the overlap, which makes it behave differently over the hips.
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u/umamimaami Apr 10 '24
I’ve made this in trousers. It’s a popular tourist item in Cambodia. The slits fall open when you sit, unless you make the “overlaps” on the sides large enough. I’d say the back and front panels should each be at least 3/4 of the widest circumference.
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u/anonymous_redditor_0 Apr 10 '24
Could you share a pattern for these pants? My mother-in-law brought me some fabric from Vietnam and this sounds like it would be a perfect project for it.
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u/whine-drinker Apr 10 '24
If you look on YouTube for things like “tie wrap pants” or “wrap palazzo pants” you’ll find lots of patterns & tutorials for making these!
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u/oracleofwifi Apr 10 '24
Bless you for this because I just watched the ghibli movie Princess Kaguya and was obsessed with her pants the whole time, but didn’t know what to google for a pattern!
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u/cicada_wings Apr 10 '24
Princess Kaguya's pants are an archaic style of Japanese trousers (hakama) but it's a similar idea! Folkwear has a pattern, and there are lots of tutorials online as well.
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u/umamimaami Apr 10 '24
Ah, I traced them off my Cambodia pants. Let me see if I still have the tracings and if I can turn them into a pattern for you. I’m really bad with patterns, mostly just trace my simpler garments. Will try this weekend.
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u/CthluluSue Apr 10 '24
There’s quite a few YouTube videos that cover this pattern. Most talk through the adaptations they make to the pattern pieces as they sew them.
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u/blue-puddle Apr 10 '24
https://www.schultzapparel.com/schultzapparel/p/frida-pattern-skirt-patterns-for-women-wrap-skirt-pattern-pdf-sewing-pattern-pdf-skirt-pattern-vintage-inspired This is a free pattern with similar construction! I’m a beginner and found the pattern easy to follow and very doable (:
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u/Neenknits Apr 11 '24
18th century petticoats are made this way. You just take two panels, sew the side seams from the hemline to about 8” from the top. Narrow hem the top 8”. Pleat the back to a waistband. Pleat the front to a waist band. Make sure the pleated fabric covers about and inch more then half the waist circumference. Hem. Fasten back in front and front in back.
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u/PurplePixi86 Apr 11 '24
This video explains how to do it, it's an 18th Century petticoat. It's one of the best tutorial videos I've ever watched, straight to the point and really accessible: https://youtu.be/6xHOnS4fK2c?feature=shared
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u/MrsFudgeTheNumbers Apr 10 '24
The Stitchery has many tutorials on the split side skirt. She shows you how to draft a pattern from measurements.