How to sew a plaid skirt

Checkered fabric requires special attention and perseverance from the dressmaker, because on the finished product there should be no noticeable side seams or any other manufacturing details, and incorrectly or crookedly connected cells will give them away and catch the eye of others. Few people would want to wear such a sloppy and unsuitable thing.

How to sew a checkered skirt with your own hands

But, nevertheless, even novice needlewomen very often do not give up in the face of possible difficulties and decide to work with checkered fabric. After all, just by spending a little more time on the same skirt and taking into account a few nuances, you will get a stylish, unique item with a fashionable pattern.

Taking measurements and making pattern in full size, you can proceed to the most difficult thing - cutting out the fabric, which, by the way, should be a little more than what is required for your skirt. Here it is very important to calculate the dimensions of the product as accurately as possible and maintain all proportions, so it is better to make patterns in one piece so that the fabric does not need to be folded when cutting.

Iron the material well before cutting, and when transferring the pattern onto the fabric, make sure that all the cells are located symmetrically and when sewing, the pattern will be solid, even after folding the seam allowances.

How to sew a plaid skirt on the bias

You can make absolutely any skirt from checkered fabric, even the simplest one - thanks to the pattern, it will look interesting, without additional details and, especially, decorative ornaments.

A circle skirt and a circle skirt are cut on the bias, which is not so easy, given the geometric print of the fabric. But the bias cut provides soft, uniform folds and folds along the hem, which will look beautiful on both a long and short skirt. We have previously told you how to sew circle skirt and half-sun skirt. You can see a detailed master class by following these links.

The bias cut provides an angle of 45 degrees relative to the lobar.

This cut greatly lengthens the details of the pattern, especially if you have chosen thin, summer fabric for sewing; therefore, seam allowances must be at least 5 cm. When sewing seams, be sure to secure the fabric with safety pins so as not to move the cells.

How to sew a checkered skirt: video

Don’t be intimidated by the complex bias cut described above; a skirt made of checkered fabric can be made much more in a simple and fast way shown in the video. Such a skirt will require much less fabric than a circle skirt, but it looks no worse and is even more suitable for ordinary everyday life.