dizziedobsession
Thanks for catching that. I wouldn't have realized it myself.
Can you help me visual the rectangle part a bit more?
I believe for my circle (poodle) skirt, we had a few sections that we had to connect. I'm thinking that we will have to cut this into sections (vertical) and connect them in order to make sure the skirt is long enough.
I actually found a tutorial (somehow!) but it calls for 7 yards of fabric, albeit it looks larger than I need and has 2 rows of ruffles that I could do without. I still can't figure out how the rectangle shape works out right now. (Forgive me, it's been a long day.) I can roll out my entire 44" by 5' piece of fabric, but I don't think that's gunna help me right now either.
I will probably do a drawstring waistband.
Depending on how tall you are and how big of a waist you have, that
might be enough fabric. To make a waist to floor skirt for me, I would probably only need 37 inches of fabric length-wise (waist to floor length: 37, and then 1 inch of that would be the top tubing, and then I'd add 2-3 inch wide lace at the bottom.)
My waist is 33 inches (2 3/4 feet). Doubling that to make it a nice and full skirt would mean 66 inches/5 1/2 feet. Add one inch for seam allowance.
So to make a full length, full-bodied skirt, I would need a rectangle of fabric that measured 37x67 inches. This is basically what it should look like before you sew up the two waist-to-floor sides together:
If you're waist to floor length is longer than 44 inches, you'll need to either get more fabric, or very wide lace to add to the bottom. If your waist is larger than 30 inches, you'll need more fabric period, since 30 doubled would bring you up to the 5 feet you have.
And like I said, I don't know exactly how to accomodate a hoop underneath that. I've only ever worked with petticoats, so I don't know if the waist dimensions need to be changed to accomodate the hoop. I believe as long as your hoop is 5 feet or less around, then you should be fine. It looks like in the images you posted, the fabric is actually rather tight across the hoop parts. It's not nearly as gathered-looking as the waist. (But still has some obvious flow, which is good.)