I haven't yet to do a full circle fully pleated but it's been thought about for a while. I did work out how much fabric I would use though, for 150cm wide fabrics it's not that bad. Waist about 75cm, actually 71 atm, but I'll go for a little extra because it can be eased tothe back. Then using a spot of math: C=2r(pi) (Simplified to C=6 X the radius) so for a normal circle skirt I'd wind up with a radius for my waist at about 12cm, that winds up as about 37cm. With a skirt length of about 115cm this is 152 from the centre of the circle to the hem at any point, so with some creative peicing (possibly covered by guarding) uses the same length of material as a regular circle skirt but with far smaller scraps from which to make anything. I still need to do a plotting diagram for 115cm wide because I could then finish off my green velveteen with one frock;)
I'm more concerned with the amount of fabric at the hem than the waist in the case of circle skirts. I have two full circle skirts and the hem is already huge and drapes more than in several of the paintings. In the example shown my full circle skirt hem would be 7.24m if pleated it winds up 9.12m. So luckily it's not that great a difference, well it is but not as much as I worried about;) Differences in height and girth though will make a difference.
I've played about with a number of skirt variations and prefer the look of gores close to a quarter circle in shape (with room for ease or pleating at the waist) for most styles of German dress. I was not going to do this for silly striped dress of doom though. Now with my mad templating skills I probably could have. Ah well. A tube of roll pleats worked a treat.
Thanks for bring this up Kass:) For two reasons: firstly I tend to think in a geometrical manner when it comes to costuming so some things are instinctive for me but not for others and the reverse is also true. Secondly that I have so much more work to do on my skirt tutorials! I was reminded I didn't have a plotting diagram for napped fabrics and now I don't have a plotting diagram for pleated options. And an even more in depth explanation of how the maths really works and how fabric can sometimes mess with that.
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Waist about 75cm, actually 71 atm, but I'll go for a little extra because it can be eased tothe back. Then using a spot of math:
C=2r(pi) (Simplified to C=6 X the radius) so for a normal circle skirt I'd wind up with a radius for my waist at about 12cm, that winds up as about 37cm. With a skirt length of about 115cm this is 152 from the centre of the circle to the hem at any point, so with some creative peicing (possibly covered by guarding) uses the same length of material as a regular circle skirt but with far smaller scraps from which to make anything. I still need to do a plotting diagram for 115cm wide because I could then finish off my green velveteen with one frock;)
I'm more concerned with the amount of fabric at the hem than the waist in the case of circle skirts. I have two full circle skirts and the hem is already huge and drapes more than in several of the paintings. In the example shown my full circle skirt hem would be 7.24m if pleated it winds up 9.12m. So luckily it's not that great a difference, well it is but not as much as I worried about;) Differences in height and girth though will make a difference.
I've played about with a number of skirt variations and prefer the look of gores close to a quarter circle in shape (with room for ease or pleating at the waist) for most styles of German dress. I was not going to do this for silly striped dress of doom though. Now with my mad templating skills I probably could have. Ah well. A tube of roll pleats worked a treat.
Thanks for bring this up Kass:) For two reasons: firstly I tend to think in a geometrical manner when it comes to costuming so some things are instinctive for me but not for others and the reverse is also true. Secondly that I have so much more work to do on my skirt tutorials! I was reminded I didn't have a plotting diagram for napped fabrics and now I don't have a plotting diagram for pleated options. And an even more in depth explanation of how the maths really works and how fabric can sometimes mess with that.