Poodle skirts - and - does anyone recognise this pattern !?

Easily found at

It's 5041.

Cathi

It's a circle. The final hem circumference is determined by the waist size and the length of the skirt. Take the waist measurement, add an inch. Take a large piece of paper (newsprint is good for this). Draw a quarter circle in one corner (centered on the corner) with a radius of the waist measurement divided by 6 (it's an approximation - you can do the real math if you want, but this is close enough). Measure down from that line however long you want the skirt to be. Draw another quarter circle that far away from your first line. Viola -- circle skirt pattern. (You could do it directly on the fabric if you wanted to. Just remember to cut a waistband.)

Links with pictures:

You'll probably have a hard time finding it, as it's an old Simplicity pattern that's been out of print for a number of years. Someone may have it in their stash, though (I don't).

-- Jenn Ridley : snipped-for-privacy@chartermi.net

Whoa, turn off the paranoia machine!!! ;-)

If you look in the Simplicity catalog online

and put 5403 in the search box, et voila. This pattern includes the appliqué for the poodle, but if you don't need that, you can easily do the math for a full circle, starting with the person's waist size and measuring out to the finished hem length. If you're making it of felt, no need for a hem.HTH,

Beverly

For an elastic waist I add about 2: to the HIP size to get the cutting circle circumference for the waist, so it slides up over the hips easily. Once I have that inner circle measurement, I just add the length I want plus hem to the bit of string, and draw on the fabric!

I just hope you don;'t want it for re-enactment stuff - it's one of the least accurate patterns ever made! ;) I recognize it - it's been out of print for a while. Try Grandma's House - it's on this page in several sizes:

Scroll down - there's a lot on the page!> > Thank you (to the rest of you) for reading...>

Except that it is

just so you get to the right webpage, which I didn't the first try.

Dannielle

Go to

and look for the circle skirt tutorial. To make it pouffy you would have to wear a petticoat or something.

HTH

Michelle Giordano

I bought a circular skirt pattern out of the "costumes" section just last year........can't remember if it was Simplicity or McCalls..........made my GrandD a 50's outfit.............

I made 16 a couple of years back for a wedding... No pattern involved, just a pencil and a bit of string.

Sure, if you are good at geometry.

Allen, if your heart is set on that pattern (despite Kate's warning), the seller has three copies of it, in sizes 10-12-14 eBay #6264509071, and sizes 16-18-20 eBay #6615245449. The seller will ship worldwide, according to the listing. HOWEVER, that seller's feedback is not sterling, so be very careful. There are reasonable explanations for the

4 negative feedback, but 4 people were not happy. On the other hand, the seller takes Paypal, and with a credit card, you have good protection.

Or find another source. Or another pattern, as Kate suggests.

However, since OP is looking to make a "50s circular poodle skirt" he may need the poodle appliqué pattern, too.

Beverly

Take one poodle...

Sit poodle on fabric - draw round!

Or hunt up a poodle picture on the net...

Ah, but Kate, the "50s poodle skirt" had a very particular *kind* of poodle, at least in the USA. ;-)

I made one for my dear niece for 50s-dress-up-day at school a few years back, and she was the envy of her sophomore class. Pink felt skirt, gray felt for the body and fake fur for the fluffy bits, sequins for the collar and leash. And I made a matching bolero top, with a tiny poodle on the back.

Wish I had a picture.

Beverly

Should that not be 4? I'm no math major, but if you're drawing 1/4 circles...

HTH

--Karen D.

Radius, not circumference.

Circumference is the length of the line (the waistband); the radius is how far from the corner you draw the line to make it be the right length. (aka, the length of the string/tape measure.)

I used an approximation (the proper math would be a quarter circle with a radius equal to the circumference divided by 6.28 (pi times

2).)

-- Jenn Ridley : snipped-for-privacy@chartermi.net

Watch out - you'll get censored too! : p

Thanks - I'll have a look. I guess I was thinking more along the line that there must be a mathematical formula - trig and pie, etc. to get the correct length, angles and circumference.

Great stuff - thanks!

What's the added inch for? Seam allowance??

Heh - not paranoia, as the other thread now shows. ; )

Thank you.