How do I line a flared skirt?
There were summers when the flared skirt, also known as the skater skirt, dethroned the ultra-tight shorts.
The fantastic thing about the flared skirt is that it adapts to many body types: petite, tall, slim or luscious.
To keep it from riding up your thighs and to give it a quality lift, consider doubling it. We explain how!
Choose the lining for your skirt
Take the time to choose your lining carefully.
First of all, make sure its fabric won't show through your skirt. To do this, choose a fabric whose colour will match your skirt or, on the contrary, a fabric that will remind you of your skin colour.
We tend to choose shiny lining fabrics (satin, polyester...) to allow your lining to glide easily over your thighs.
For the quantities, measure the length and width of your skirt, multiply the result by two and add 2 cm, for the seams.
Prepare your skirt and lining for sewing
Turn your skirt inside out and examine how it fits. If it looks easy, you expose all the seams as well as the hem. If, on the other hand, the skirt seems solidly assembled, you can sew the lining directly onto its seams.
The skirt will serve as a pattern for your lining, unless you are the designer of this pattern and have a pattern.
Place the lining on a table and lay the skirt on top. Trace the outline of the skirt on your fabric taking care to mark any openings if there are any.
Then cut the lining following the trace and remembering to include the seam values (+1 cm) and this time subtracting 2 cm on the bottom since the hem of your lining should not exceed that of your skirt.
Sew the lining to your flared skirt
Before you do anything else, protect the edges of your lining with a zigzag stitch.
Then pin the lining to the back of your skirt, under the waistband if there is one and above the hem.
Then to sew your lining, you will use the overlocking technique, by hand.
This will involve passing your needle through your Lining and into the stitch of your skirt, but without the needle going through your skirt. In this way, the stitch will be invisible on the right-hand side.
If you have any doubts, don't hesitate to contact us! Our Tillists are here and will come straight to you. Hyper cool.
If you'rea fan of skirts, you'll probably be interested in our other articles on the subject. In particular, we tell you about assembling a belt on a skirt, different ways of cutting a skirt or even lengthening it.
In short, you choose what speaks to you most!
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