How Do You Cut The Length On A Poodle Skirt?
The poodle skirt is a favorite costume to wear for Halloween or to a sock hop. The classic circle-skirt design flatters nearly every figure. Even someone who is just beginning to learn to sew can cut and sew a poodle skirt in one afternoon. Making the skirt from felt eliminates the need to hem the skirt, so a simple cut brings it to the right length for the wearer, whether an adult, child or doll. Put the skirt on the wearer. Check the finished skirt for fit and adjust the waist as necessary. Measure the skirt from the ground to the appropriate length on the wearer in the center front. Since a poodle skirt is a circle, its length is cut to a perfect circle all the way around, so it only needs to marked in one spot. Verify the length has been marked correctly by pinning up a few inches of the skirt at the approximate length of the mark while on the wearer. The poodle skirt traditionally falls about mid-calf. Lay the skirt flat on a table or similar surface. Measure a straight line from
