I got this lovely plaid from Sir's when we went a few weeks ago. I think it's a wool blend. Whatever it is, it's really pretty lightweight, and hangs excellently! LOVE it! The pattern is a half circle skirt.
To do a half-circle skirt, you fold the fabric in half with the cut ends together, if that makes sense. It's not like most other patterns where you fold it selvages together. Anyway, then you cut your waist size out of corner on the fold. Then measure however long you want it (I usually go as long as I can, so I make my first length measurement along the selvages.), mark that down from the waist cut all along the hemline. Cut that out, then cut out your waistband. I usually make my waistband piece about 3" wide, and I usually cut it along the selvages (I know you're not supposed to, but I prefer working with it that way...). Sew up the back seam of the skirt, but leave 5-7" up at the waist for the zipper. Sew in the zipper. With right sides together, sew on the waistband piece (after interfacing it, if necessary), finish the waistband by flipping it up, rolling it inside (double it... kind of), and stitch in the ditch (top stitch on top of the seam you just did). Add a hook and eye, and hem it up! Ta-da! Not sure if all that made sense, but there you go anyway. If you had trouble following all that, I'm sure there are many great tutorials out there - some of them probably even have helpful diagrams.
You can pretty well see the stitch I used for the hem in this picture. From very start (cutting out) to the very end (hemming and adding the hook and eye), this skirt took me about 4 hours, maybe less, and I wasn't even particularly hurrying! I tell you, I love this skirt pattern! :)
