How to sew a pencil skirt yourself

A pencil skirt is one of the basic items of a basic women's wardrobe. It is perfectly combined with many things, which allows you to create all kinds of ensembles for all occasions. In addition, this style best emphasizes the smooth lines of the female figure, giving the whole image an unusual sexual attraction.

Sew a pencil skirt is not difficult. Even not too experienced dressmaker will manage for several hours. The main secret of success in the presence of a good, proven basic pattern of a straight skirt. Note that for all its seeming simplicity, this model requires a good cut. Otherwise, you will not get the expected effect.

Today I will try to tell in detail how to sew a skirt-pencil for a standard figure. Let's start with the fabric. Since its style assumes a strong fit, it is better to sew it from materials with the addition of elastane. With a width of 1.40-1.50 m, you need one length of the product, plus a few centimeters per fold.

Before we start cutting, we need to adjust the pattern slightly. The pencil skirt, unlike the straight model, is slightly narrower to the bottom. It is usually performed with a slot or cut, which provides freedom of movement.

In order to obtain a narrowed silhouette, we lay off the product at the bottom of the side seams 1-3 cm, and from the hip line 7-9 cm. We connect the two points between each other by a smooth line. Excess cut.

Despite the fact that the instructions how to sew a skirt-pencil with a slot look not more difficult than for similar products with a cut, do not rush to take on such a product. Believe me, the first option for a beginning dressmaker is quite complicated. Handling slots requires some skill. Therefore, in the first experience, limit the cut.

Now proceed to the cutting, using the obtained details of the pattern. Fold the fabric in half in length, the wrong side out. We place on the fold the pattern of the front panel. We will cut it whole. The back panel of the skirt has a seam in the middle, so we cut out two parts. We stick the pattern with pins so that it does not move, and we circle it with chalk.

Cut out all the details, not forgetting the allowances for seams. We leave on the sides 1.5-2 cm, on the hem of the bottom 3-4 cm, at the back - 3 cm (taking into account the cut), at the top (for pritachivaniya belt) is also 1.5-2 cm.

We sweep and tie darts on the skirt. Then, as follows, they are stripped off, laying on the front panel in the direction of the side seams, and in the rear towards the center.

We sweep all the seams on the overlock, grabbing darts. Sew the back sheet, leaving areas that are not stuck for lightening stitching and making a cut. We smooth out the seam with the steamed so that the allowances look in opposite directions.

We sweep and hammer the lightning. We plan the incision, how it should be smoothed and we spread it, retreating from the edge of 0.5 cm.

To a pencil skirt, with your own hands with love sewn, did not let you down at the first exit, fix the top point of the cut as follows. You can repeatedly duplicate the stitching seam or simply sew a small triangle of leather or suede.

Now we have two ready-made details of the skirt, which you need to sew together on each side. We seize the seams, we smooth the allowances.

Do not be surprised that in the story of how to sew a pencil skirt, I often mention an operation such as stripping. Experienced dressmakers say that the more you use an iron, the better the finished product sits. So do not spare the time to iron each seam. Steaming immediately reveals defects in the product that need to be corrected.

Our skirt is almost ready. It remains only the top of the product and the hem at the bottom. If desired, you can sew a model with a traditional belt. I suggest that you do without it and treat the top of the skirt with a cut-off tack. To do this, take a pattern, cut the darts on it and draw a smooth line 5 cm from the waist line. We will get a pattern of obtachka, which we will trim the top of the skirt. Dissolve 2 parts of the bake, leaving allowances on the seams on the top edge to 2 cm, from the sides to 1.5 cm. We process the bake with a dubbler to keep the shape better. Sewing with each other and ironing. After that we turn the skirt inside out, we sweep it with the side faces. We turn the obtack inside and iron it properly. We sweep and spread close to the upper edge. On the back seam, the belt beak is gently tucked.

We make from a thin strip, cut out on an oblique, hinged loop. Sew it a little above the zipper on the right side, on the left we place a suitable button. It remains to process the bottom of the product with a double fold and sew by hand or by car.

I note that this article provides a simple description of how to sew a skirt-pencil. Even an inexperienced dressmaker can cope with this model, since all the complex details of the technological process are excluded. You do not need complex skills, just care and accuracy.