How to sew a plaid skirt

The checkered fabric requires special attention to itself and the perseverance of the dressmaker, because on the finished product there should be no side seams or any other production details, and incorrectly or crookedly connected cells will give them out and catch the eye of others. Few people want to wear such a sloppy and unusable thing.

How to sew a plaid skirt with your own hands

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

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

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

How to sew a plaid skirt obliquely

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

The skirt-sun and the half-sun skirt are cut obliquely, which is not so easy, given the geometric print of the fabric. But on the other hand, the oblique cut provides for soft, uniform folds and folds along the hem, which will look beautiful on both a long skirt and a short one. We have previously told you how to sew skirt-sun and half-sun skirt... You will see a detailed master class by clicking on these links.

The oblique cut provides an angle of 45 degrees in relation to the share.

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

How to sew a skirt in a cage: video

Do not be intimidated by the complex oblique cut described above, a skirt made of fabric in a cage can be sewn and much more in a simple and fast way shown in the video. For such a skirt, much less fabric is required than for a sun skirt, but it looks no worse and even more suitable for ordinary everyday life.