Girls Dress

What is a simple way to make bubble skirts (pics are helpful)?

Myself and four friends are all different sizes, and we want to make bubble skirts instead of buying them. Does anyone know a simple way to make them, or can point me to an inexpensive pattern? We want them to be about knee-length, just above actually.

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1. http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTb_y6qVVIs70A6MmJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBxOWowZ3RiBHBvcwM3BHNlYwNzcgR2dGlkA0kwODJfMTA0/SIG=1it1kmd91/EXP=1213659962/**http%3A//images.search.yahoo.com/images/view%3Fback=http%253A%252F%252Fimages.search.yahoo.com%252Fsearch%252Fimages%253Fei%253DUTF-8%2526p%253Dbubble%252520skirts%2526fr2%253Dtab-web%2526fr%253Dyfp-t-501%26w=490%26h=324%26imgurl=www.nitrolicious.com%252Fblog%252Fwp-gallery%252Fbubble_skirt%252Fbubble_skirt_arnold-palmer.jpg%26rurl=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.nitrolicious.com%252Fblog%252F2006%252F05%252F09%252Fbubble-skirts%26size=17.7kB%26name=bubble_skirt_arnold-palmer.jpg%26p=bubble%2Bskirts%26type=JPG%26oid=d17ebb8594d23be0%26no=7%26sigr=11plkjsmi%26sigi=12g807409%26sigb=130v18pet&tt=267 1. measure your hips, and add about 2 inches to that measurement. cut a rectangle to that length, and have the width about an inch or two shorter than you want your skirt to be. sew the 2 sides so that you end up with a tube. 2. now measure your waist (or where you want you skirt to sit) and cut a band of fabric to this length with a width of 4 inches and put it aside. 3. make a circle skirt.take your fabric, fold in in half, and fold it in half again. divide your waist measurement by four and cut a quarter circle to this measurement so that when you open it up, your fabric will have a hole in the middle that will fit your waist (but dont open it up yet!) . measure how long you want the skirt to be and cut around the 1/4 circle making sure it stays an equal length away from it. now open it up. you should have a donut of fabric. 4. sew the tube from step 1 to the circle skirt from step 3. you should end up with a skirt that fits you closely with a longer, flowy one on top. 5. now sew on the band of fabric from step 2 to make the waistband. hem the edge. 6. gather or "ruche" the flowy skirt so that its width will be the width of the tube. this give it its poofiness! 7. sew the bottom of the flowy skirt to the bottom of the tube. 8. Voila! you're done! (Found it online for ya ) = ]