DIY: Holographic Skirt

Circle skirts come in various sorts of designs, patterns, shapes, sizes, textures, textiles, ~ etcetera ~ and yet there is an essential similitude among them all. That is, a circle pattern is quite standard and simplistic.
Basically, consider your waistline to that to the circumference of a circle. So then, being that C = 2πr , the unknown dimension is the radius; thus solving for this unknown, the radius is then r = C/2π where the circumference, C, is your waist measurement. And as for the skirt length, L, is then equivalent to L = ℓ r where ℓ is your desired length from the base of your waist which, in this case, is the calculated radius, r.

Now, there is a sea of skirt tutorials with wave upon wave being circle skirts. A rather relative tutorial that I definitely recommend is DIY Circle Skirt (no-zip method) by Annika of The Pineneedle Collective. J
It happens to be that this very holographic fabric is an iridescent spandex material. Since it has plenty of stretch, my method omits the use of a zipper. (As reference, note our How To: Shimmer Circle Skirt tutorial.)
So using a quarter circle approach I folded my fabric in half (vertically) and then, again, in half (horizontally). Starting at the corner fold I used my tape measure to draw as I would with a compass and marked the radius and length. I then modified a yoke pattern using the circle's curvature for the waistband. After cutting out the pattern, I proceeded to sew the yoke to the waistline and added a hem. Voilà, simple as that!

Of course, when it comes to Doing It Yourself, you may freely create as you please! Meaning that you may readily choose to make or alter a pattern, choose your own fabric and material, pick out embellishments or accessories/hardware, and so on. All the while, doing it all to your personal aesthetic and heart's desire. ♡

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