Before hemming, you really need to hang a circle skirt for a few days, as the parts that are in the bias will stretch out leaving you with an uneven hem, and then all this elaborate work was done in vain.
horsehair braid is also fun to use on circle skirts! it’s easy and quick, and it gives the skirt a more “flouncy” look if that makes sense. thank you for this tutorial, though, I’m definitely gonna use this in the future. it looks so beautiful and neat and way better than my janky rolled hems haha
After hanging the hem to stretch out and recutting it, I use a narrow 4 thread overclock around the circumference and then I double fold the hem (which winds up being 1/4" finished) and I just slowly roll it as I sew and make sure I double turn the edge a decent amount, before it reaches the presser foot, and I use a single needle topstitch, close to the inside edge of the turn 1/16th"to 1/32nd" from the edge, while keeping it narrow, and I get perfect results every time.... on any fabric, jersey, chiffon, silk, linen... try it on scraps and play with the width of the overclock... I appreciate your technique and your expert skills in everything you do... I've learned so much from you so I really only want to help and not take away from your teaching.... feel free to delete this if it doesn't align with your ideas!!! Thanks for sharing 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 you're truly amazing!
I must have watched a dozen of these how to hem a circle start videos, and you're the first one to ever suggest using something as simple as a template to fold the edge. This is brilliant, you are brilliant, thank you so much! This advice was particularly good for me because I have a limited amount of thread that matches the color of my garment but my circle skirt is huge. I don't think the other ways of hemming a circle skirt could have worked for me given that they all seem to require you to waste a lot of thread.
How would you sew the waistline of the round tablecloths? I ask because usually I use the excess from the square I cut into a circle to make a waistband, but if you already have a circle then there is no excess fabric... And you'd again have a circumference issue sewing the waist without a band... (Did that question even make sense??)
@@moose5407 I used the extra fabric from when I cut the center. I usually cut the hole wider than my waist so there is extra fabric for the band and then pleat the skirt to fit the waist. My waist is only 24 inches around so this method dose not work for everyone.
Excellent job! I just went to a friend's to get help with the hem and they just said it is difficult. I am so glad this tutorial is available and will get that ebook!
After trying (and failing) at the "gathering stitches" method of hemming a round skirt, I was skeptical about this method. Imagine my surprise when I saw how quickly and successfully I finished my hem! Thanks!
Perfect video for me. I just sent my mother (the amazing sewer!) pics of my mangled hem on a circle skirt I made for my six year old grand daughter. I think I may just hand hem her skirts after watching this lol! It’s an awful lot of work when I’ve made five skirts that now need hemming! Thank you for this video!
This came at the perfect time. I'm trying to figure out how to fix the hem of a skirt that keeps trying to turn up. I need to unpick the hem (again), iron it flat (again), and try this. I'm down for all of these youtubers suddenly getting into the details of making skirts and dresses recently. This surge of interest in custom clothing is right on time for a lot of us.
Very helpful! I'm glad I went to look up how to hem a circle skirt before I started because I would have been lost otherwise, knew I would get great tips from you. Can't wait to twirl it in its full glory when it's done!
Thankyou so much. I messed up on hemming a dress in the past. Your explanation really simplifies the method. I'm about to do a Toile for an evening gown (I only have cotton for this as its a lot of fabric but will be changing to Sateen for the 2nd one) I'm still very much a newbie at sewing and know ishould use some similar fabric but have to the money to do this. ❤
This is brilliant. Being a novice sewer. I was daunted by the hem part of the dress im making. Have made the bodice but also need to shorten the length of the skirt which i think is a circle (its still got the pattern piece attached atm. If it works then thats an excellent tip. Thank you so much ❤
One should hang the skirt before sewing also one thing not thought of in this video is our bodies, we have rear ends that need to be compensated for, doing it this way chances are when you are wearing the skirt the back will be higher than the front. But if tou arent worried aboit that this ya this method is easy
This was a big help for me, I tried making a circular cloak and the curve of the hem wasn't co-operating, somhow i manage to get the fabric to twist around itself. I feel comfortable using this guide for a second try now :)
This is such a wonderful tip , I just love and I love the way you explain it. Circle cut and curves are my weak points in my projects . Can you do another with a contrasting color thread but a different method ....pretty please.....Thanks. 👍❤👍❤
Do you have a technique to keep the areas of a circle skirt that are not on the grain line from sagging/stretching out an becoming longer? And I love your hemming technique, that is brilliant!
The parts of the skirt that are off-grain will sag. The best way to keep the sagging from ruining your hem is to allow the skirt to hang for a while, whether that's a few hours, or, better yet, a week or two. Leave the skirt on the dressform if you are able to, or simply clip the waistband to a hanger. Then, trim the hem with scissors, and finally, you can hem the skirt, knowing that it will not quickly become misshapen. 💖 I suppose you could layer multiple circles atop one another, placing the grain lines offset with each layer. Then, use a quilting technique to secure the layers together. One could also attach the under layer RST on top of the topmost layer, and then turn the bottom layer. This would enclose the hem. Then, do the quilting through all the layers. This is a technique I've been considering trying, in order to make a quilted skirt to wear in winter. I have not attempted to do it because of the great amount of fabric that would be required!
You said you didn't know where pi comes from... It comes from the measurements of a circle. Take any circle's circumference, divide by the diameter and you get that magic number. Doesn't matter how big or small the circle is. Great explanations, btw.
Yup! I actually do know how to use pi and the calculations, but just the idea of how someone was able to figure out that perfect number for those calculations was what I was referring too! 🙂
I am hemming a silk dress I made for my granddaughter. It isn't a true circle bottom but it is heavier weight silk and she will be in a wedding so is there a specific way to hem a fancy dress?
Is there a reason why you don't mark 1/4" seam allowance on your template, cut the template the exact curve of the hem, place it on the fabric then fold the hem to the 1/4" mark? It would seem you wouldn't need to guess placing the template a 1/4" away from the hem to press. What was the fabric you made this dress out of? How did it not become too bulky around the waist? Is it a couture method? By-the-way, the sweater you are wearing is very lovely.
Yes, that would be a way to make sure your doing 1/4 inch....I can gauge my measurements fairly well, so I don’t worry about it too much. And even though my gauging might be a bit off (like 5/8” instead of a 1/4”) I always make sure it’s even along the whole hem. Also, I usually have a bunch of hens to hem, so I tend to find ways to get it done faster (without compromising the final product). The white fabric is cotton. The black and red skirts are made out of satin. With the nature of circle skirts, there’s no extra bulk around the waist. You cut the waist out and that measurement matches your waist measurement. So it’s smooth along the waist. And thanks you!
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I wish there were metric measurements as well as I have no idea what measurements are being mentioned as I’m an Aussie and that is very outdated here and I’m not old enough to have grown up with inches.
I have found imperial measurements much easier to sew with. Working in 8ths is easy and nice. Took a while but once I got used to it, metric is weird lol
Hehe, it's baby Bella! 😅 Don't mind my uncomfortable self explaining this! I've come a long way in my youtubing! 🙃
The tutorial starts at 7:33
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Thank you!
You're doing god's work.
Thank you so much!
Thank you. I was about to give up.
The technique starts at 7:35. You're welcome.
Before hemming, you really need to hang a circle skirt for a few days, as the parts that are in the bias will stretch out leaving you with an uneven hem, and then all this elaborate work was done in vain.
Yes! Absolutely true!
i’ve had a dress with a circle skirt hanging on my dress form for 3 months and it’s crazy how much of a difference there is in the hem now haha!
Hanging how? Like in a the maniqui?
@@makicha10001 dressform or coathanger, it doesn't really matter. You can speed up the process by clipping on tablecloth weights. ;)
Hemming it isn’t a problem for me, it’s levelling it beforehand and that is driving me mad!
horsehair braid is also fun to use on circle skirts! it’s easy and quick, and it gives the skirt a more “flouncy” look if that makes sense. thank you for this tutorial, though, I’m definitely gonna use this in the future. it looks so beautiful and neat and way better than my janky rolled hems haha
Horsehair crinoline is the magic of the circle skirts
After hanging the hem to stretch out and recutting it, I use a narrow 4 thread overclock around the circumference and then I double fold the hem (which winds up being 1/4" finished) and I just slowly roll it as I sew and make sure I double turn the edge a decent amount, before it reaches the presser foot, and I use a single needle topstitch, close to the inside edge of the turn 1/16th"to 1/32nd" from the edge, while keeping it narrow, and I get perfect results every time.... on any fabric, jersey, chiffon, silk, linen... try it on scraps and play with the width of the overclock... I appreciate your technique and your expert skills in everything you do... I've learned so much from you so I really only want to help and not take away from your teaching.... feel free to delete this if it doesn't align with your ideas!!! Thanks for sharing 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 you're truly amazing!
I must have watched a dozen of these how to hem a circle start videos, and you're the first one to ever suggest using something as simple as a template to fold the edge. This is brilliant, you are brilliant, thank you so much!
This advice was particularly good for me because I have a limited amount of thread that matches the color of my garment but my circle skirt is huge. I don't think the other ways of hemming a circle skirt could have worked for me given that they all seem to require you to waste a lot of thread.
i learned this steaming the hem technique when i was in my 20's and it was a revelation. ;)
Thank you for this! I've been buying round table cloths in order to avoid this step but now I'll challenge myself 🙂
Haha thought I was the only one!! You rock!!
How would you sew the waistline of the round tablecloths? I ask because usually I use the excess from the square I cut into a circle to make a waistband, but if you already have a circle then there is no excess fabric... And you'd again have a circumference issue sewing the waist without a band... (Did that question even make sense??)
@@moose5407 I used the extra fabric from when I cut the center. I usually cut the hole wider than my waist so there is extra fabric for the band and then pleat the skirt to fit the waist. My waist is only 24 inches around so this method dose not work for everyone.
Excellent job! I just went to a friend's to get help with the hem and they just said it is difficult. I am so glad this tutorial is available and will get that ebook!
After trying (and failing) at the "gathering stitches" method of hemming a round skirt, I was skeptical about this method. Imagine my surprise when I saw how quickly and successfully I finished my hem! Thanks!
Thank you for this tutorial, it has put circle skirts back on the sewing menu 💃
Yes!! Wonderful to hear!
Perfect video for me. I just sent my mother (the amazing sewer!) pics of my mangled hem on a circle skirt I made for my six year old grand daughter. I think I may just hand hem her skirts after watching this lol! It’s an awful lot of work when I’ve made five skirts that now need hemming! Thank you for this video!
I always just make bias tape from left over fabric.
Excellent! Very reliable technique gives a very professional finish! Thank you so much, Bella!
This came at the perfect time. I'm trying to figure out how to fix the hem of a skirt that keeps trying to turn up. I need to unpick the hem (again), iron it flat (again), and try this. I'm down for all of these youtubers suddenly getting into the details of making skirts and dresses recently. This surge of interest in custom clothing is right on time for a lot of us.
You explained it very well!!! I had to find the circumference for a project & called 2 high schools. Neither knew the formula!!!
This is sooo helpful! Thank you so much for this tutorial!
Ya, glad to hear it! :)
The most useful video I've ever watched, thank you !
That is so wonderful to hear!!
Very helpful! I'm glad I went to look up how to hem a circle skirt before I started because I would have been lost otherwise, knew I would get great tips from you. Can't wait to twirl it in its full glory when it's done!
Thankyou so much. I messed up on hemming a dress in the past. Your explanation really simplifies the method. I'm about to do a Toile for an evening gown (I only have cotton for this as its a lot of fabric but will be changing to Sateen for the 2nd one) I'm still very much a newbie at sewing and know ishould use some similar fabric but have to the money to do this. ❤
This is brilliant. Being a novice sewer. I was daunted by the hem part of the dress im making. Have made the bodice but also need to shorten the length of the skirt which i think is a circle (its still got the pattern piece attached atm. If it works then thats an excellent tip. Thank you so much ❤
Well done tutorial! Simple and easy.
Love this, thank you.
One should hang the skirt before sewing also one thing not thought of in this video is our bodies, we have rear ends that need to be compensated for, doing it this way chances are when you are wearing the skirt the back will be higher than the front. But if tou arent worried aboit that this ya this method is easy
This was a big help for me, I tried making a circular cloak and the curve of the hem wasn't co-operating, somhow i manage to get the fabric to twist around itself. I feel comfortable using this guide for a second try now :)
The instructions begin at approximately 8:55. Good tip about making the template with cardboard.
This is such a wonderful tip , I just love and I love the way you explain it. Circle cut and curves are my weak points in my projects . Can you do another with a contrasting color thread but a different method ....pretty please.....Thanks. 👍❤👍❤
Thankyou. I'll definately be trying this.
Do you have a technique to keep the areas of a circle skirt that are not on the grain line from sagging/stretching out an becoming longer? And I love your hemming technique, that is brilliant!
The parts of the skirt that are off-grain will sag. The best way to keep the sagging from ruining your hem is to allow the skirt to hang for a while, whether that's a few hours, or, better yet, a week or two. Leave the skirt on the dressform if you are able to, or simply clip the waistband to a hanger. Then, trim the hem with scissors, and finally, you can hem the skirt, knowing that it will not quickly become misshapen. 💖
I suppose you could layer multiple circles atop one another, placing the grain lines offset with each layer. Then, use a quilting technique to secure the layers together. One could also attach the under layer RST on top of the topmost layer, and then turn the bottom layer. This would enclose the hem. Then, do the quilting through all the layers. This is a technique I've been considering trying, in order to make a quilted skirt to wear in winter. I have not attempted to do it because of the great amount of fabric that would be required!
Thank you for this ✨ ! It helped me a lot 😍(And don’t look the thumbs down, my cat did it by stepping on my computer 😅). Love your work ! ✨
Thank you for this! I,ve been buying round table cloths in order to avoid this step but now l,ll challenge myself 😍
That's a great tip, thank you very much
You said you didn't know where pi comes from... It comes from the measurements of a circle.
Take any circle's circumference, divide by the diameter and you get that magic number. Doesn't matter how big or small the circle is.
Great explanations, btw.
Yup! I actually do know how to use pi and the calculations, but just the idea of how someone was able to figure out that perfect number for those calculations was what I was referring too! 🙂
@@BellaMaesDesigns Pi is a ratio, not just a number - What I said earlier isn't how to use pi, it's how to discover it.
Love you video but need more information & I would like to order the Perfect Way ebook - where is the link?
This was great! Does your iron have a kind of bumper on it to keep you from burning your fingers?
Tomorrow I am gonna try this method
Great technique! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you this helps so much 🥰
I am hemming a silk dress I made for my granddaughter. It isn't a true circle bottom but it is heavier weight silk and she will be in a wedding so is there a specific way to hem a fancy dress?
This is freakin' brilliant!
This is incredibly helpful, thank you!
Love love your cutting table!! What are the dimensions, including height?
Thank you!!!
Great tip! Thanks
Is there a reason why you don't mark 1/4" seam allowance on your template, cut the template the exact curve of the hem, place it on the fabric then fold the hem to the 1/4" mark? It would seem you wouldn't need to guess placing the template a 1/4" away from the hem to press.
What was the fabric you made this dress out of? How did it not become too bulky around the waist? Is it a couture method?
By-the-way, the sweater you are wearing is very lovely.
Yes, that would be a way to make sure your doing 1/4 inch....I can gauge my measurements fairly well, so I don’t worry about it too much. And even though my gauging might be a bit off (like 5/8” instead of a 1/4”) I always make sure it’s even along the whole hem.
Also, I usually have a bunch of hens to hem, so I tend to find ways to get it done faster (without compromising the final product).
The white fabric is cotton. The black and red skirts are made out of satin.
With the nature of circle skirts, there’s no extra bulk around the waist. You cut the waist out and that measurement matches your waist measurement.
So it’s smooth along the waist.
And thanks you!
Folding the paper around the curve would probably be quite difficult, since it can't be shrunk like the fabric.
Does the circle skirt drop in the hem on the bias sections of the gem?
You rock!
Thank You :)
Genius!
Wow! Thank you!
Waooo... Great idea.. Good job👍
Great!!
Wonderful tutorial! I just bought your ebook!😁
Wonderful! Thank you! ❤️
Awesome
Great video! Does this cotton technique work if the fabric has been preshrunk (washed and dried) before cutting?
Yes. It does.
@@judithcollins3744 Thanks!
Thanks a lot..👏👍
I wanted to purchase your ebook but I get this error "Error establishing a database connection".
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Brilliant
Oh this is so helpful!
Wonderful!
wow that was amazing! so clear and great techniques!!!!!!!!!
I wish there were metric measurements as well as I have no idea what measurements are being mentioned as I’m an Aussie and that is very outdated here and I’m not old enough to have grown up with inches.
A 1/4 inch is .635 cm. That’s the main measurement I use in this video!
Also, 1"=2.54 cm exactly. No rounding, so you can calc anything.
I have found imperial measurements much easier to sew with. Working in 8ths is easy and nice. Took a while but once I got used to it, metric is weird lol
Many measuring tapes have inches on one side and metric on the other.
A little flexibility and willingness to expand your knowledge will help you with sewing and many other things.
I procrastinated..until I saw this video..much appreciated
Minnie mouse skirt.
I don't want to buy your ebook!
You dont make any sense mate