Fabulous Free Pattern Friday

I can't believe it's been a month since I've done a FFPF post. My apologies. Thankfully, life is beginning to get a little more back to normal and I am beginning to catch up, so I am hoping to be back to my normal schedule this upcoming week. Fingers crossed anyway!  

As I'm sure you all know, Easter is tomorrow and I love having a new dress for Easter. I didn't have time to do the dress that I wanted to do, so  I needed to do something quick and easy, and here it is. I'm calling the jacket

Wrapped in Circles 

The jacket is just one big circle, basically a big circular skirt. The jacket is laying flat and folded in half in the picture below.

I'm sure you've seen the jackets that are a big circle with circles cut into the piece for armholes. But we really don't need armholes, one circle in the middle will allow the piece to act as a halter.

The piece without the belt.
Below you can see the opening, basically a halter type of a fit.

To determine the radius of my interior circle, I measured from one shoulder to the other. My shoulder width is 14". I'm showing this with a piece of paper, but of course you would do this with fabric.
Fold the fabric in half.

Fold in half again.

Since my shoulder width was 14", I will divide that measurement in half and that will be 7".
Measure down from the point, 7" from one side to the other.

Determine how long you would like your jacket to be. I measured 18" out from my interior circle. From the first picture, you can see that this gave me a jacket length that is just below my hip.

Cut out both circles. I used a double faced knit fabric for my jacket. To finish the edges, I simply bound them. You could also just turn under the edges and stitch if you like.

With minimal effort, I am all ready for Easter. I'll try to get some pictures of me in the outfit tomorrow so you can see how it looks on me.

In an upcoming post, I will show you how to take the same concept and turn it into a wrap halter dress. Perfect for summer!