Mini, midi, maxi skirts - DIY sewing

Skirts of various lengths and styles remain a necessary and relevant part of a woman's wardrobe. You can sew a skirt that will fit your figure and make your wildest dreams come true without the help of professional seamstresses.

how sew mini—skirt

what such mini? TOshort skirt, from edge strong  above knees.Hnot worth doing it below mid hips.But alsonot shorter10cm  from buttocks. Sew such skirt pretty simply and  fast.

Required:

• 1 m of lace, guipure or tulle;
• lining fabric like satin 1m;
• sewing accessories;
• elastic band;
• ribbons, beads for decoration.

Sewing:

1. Fold the satin in half and sew on the ends. It should look like a pipe.
2. Place the lace on top without cutting. Let the Tulle be 3-5 cm longer than the satin.
3. Form folds in the tulle by pinning them with sewing needles. They should start from the place where the elastic will be.
4. Stitch elastic to both fabrics. It needs to be slightly stretched, so the folds will be even more spectacular.
5. Decorate the skirt with a summer bow or embroider with beads. The product is ready.

how sew skirt midi

Midi- length  before mid shins... The easiest way is to use the ready-made pattern... Transfer it to the fabric with a bar of soap or a special marker, which will disappear after a few hours.For creation such skirts:

• take any suitable fabric, 120 cm long,  at width 150 cm(lightweight, well-draped fabrics work well);
• hidden zipper;
• non-woven fabric.

Or use a universal pattern

Cutting and sewing:

1. Measure the width of the future belt, multiply by 2 and cut out 2 parts. It will consist of 2 parts, a front and a back belt.
2. Decide on the length of the future skirt and cut 2 pieces. In this case, you do not need to edit the width of the piece - it will adjust itself in the folds.
3. The zipper will be located in the side seam.
4. Sew the belt pieces into 1 stripe. Place the non-woven fabric inside and iron with an iron.
5. Assemble all parts and sew in a zipper. The skirt is ready!

How to sew a maxi skirt

Length skirts maxi - to the ankle. For sewing such a product, you will need measurements:

• Waist;
• hip circumference;
• the length of the future new thing.

It is very important that the measurements of the width and volume must be taken completely, and only half of the values ​​must be recorded. For example, the waist is 60 cm, which means that the half-girth of the waist will be 30 cm. And the length is fully used. The length of the skirt is measured along the side line from the waist or hips to the floor. When measuring, make a margin for freedom of fit. For a half-girth of the waist 0.5-1.5 cm, for a half-girth of the hips 0.5-3 cm or more. The smaller this value, the tighter the thing fits.

Open:

1. To calculate the length cut, it is necessary decide which one length there will be a future outfit , a plusfifteencm on  processing  edges of things.
2. If a belt skirts planned  on the rubber band, then separately cut off  rectangular canvas, length whom:  volume hips +5 cm, the width of which is equal to the width of the elasticmultiplied by 2,plus 2cm for ennobling  edges. 

Sewing:

• For start sew  belt  and,having received ring, turn out  seamy side  inside.
• Insert  gum.
• Sew the canvas  by edge, by top cut lay  line width stitch 3-4 mm, then pull off  her. The quantity top should dress volume hips +5 cm.
• TO skirt sew on  belt, Little stretching out his. Hem  processed in dependencies from fabrics. Top  not worth it  tighten. ABOUTshape it  folds.