Bias Circle Skirts 101 This post is in response to all the
questions we have been getting regarding the Bias Skirt Fabric
Calculator we published a few months ago. It seems people find
this document to be a very useful tool but I need to fill in the
blanks a bit more with some foundation theory. As I was writing
this post it quickly dawned upon me that there was way too much
data to put into one post so I will be breaking them down into
several posts. The primary focus of these posts are for sunburst
pleating. However, much of the theory can be applied to non
pleated skirts as well. Also, note that when I say “skirts” I am
referring to skirts that are attached to a dress as well as a
separate skirt with a waistband. It’s important to understand
the geometry of circles because they come up a lot in designing
and dressmaking. I won’t list them all now but ruffles are the
most basic use of circles. We can address those later! A bias
skirt can be made from a half a circle, a whole circle or from
several circles s