How to sew a skirt with flounces

Shuttlecocks - this is a simple, and therefore very common reception, with which you can decorate any subject of the wardrobe, whether it's a blouse, skirt or dress, giving it airiness, lightness and volume.

And if you are looking for how to sew a skirt with flounces, it is better to use multi-row frills, because visually it will give the necessary volume or create the effect of elegant waves. This option is suitable for lean girls of high growth. And if you use bright fabrics in a fine pattern, lace, ruffles and ribbons, you can sew a children's skirt with flounces with practically no budget costs. For an adult summer version, choose a light air fabric: silk, chiffon, cotton, linen. Also need a wide elastic band (better knitted: it is softer and easier to stretch) and decor elements at will: beads, beads, ribbons, lace.

Patterns

First of all, you should choose the shape of the future product in order to have a general idea of how to sew a skirt. Photo in the fashion magazine can be great for this. For our own product, we have chosen an elegant summer version of silk, in which narrow double flounces will be lapped As it will look rather playful and feminine. So, how to sew a skirt with flounces? We make the necessary measurements, they will only need two: the girth of the hips and the length of the future product (do not forget that the back of the skirt will be higher at the expense of the hips). On the cut, draw a rectangle with sides equal to both measures, only the first add another 10 centimeters to the assembly. This is the basis of the future skirt. Now the smaller of the sides continue downward and every 10 cm we draw a long horizontal line so that in the end we have wide strips. They draw about six pieces - this is the procurement of future shuttlecocks. If you are puzzled, how to sew a skirt with flounces so that thin silk does not shine through, you can just add a lining. For it, we cut out a rectangle of the other fabric equal to the first (but shorter by 1.5-2 cm), we process the edges (if necessary) and sew the side seam.

Sewing

So, we cut silk on all the marks and start working with flounces. Wide strips for them are first bent in half and ironed with an iron through a rag or newspaper. Then we make single seams along their entire length away from the fold, while making uniform assemblies. When finished, along the first rectangle, draw 6 parallel horizontal lines for accuracy, with a gap of 3-3.5 cm between them, so that the flounces overlap. Now we sew them along the lines, and at the end we make a 1-1.5 cm bend on the smaller edges and lay another line - this is the side seam. So that the hem can not be fringed, you can process it on an overlock or sew a kantik. Now we put the lining in the received skirt and we put it on the upper edge. At the waist we measure the elastic band, its edges are sewn on the machine by a zigzag and, stretching, we sew it outside also along the top edge of our product. Now you know how to sew a skirt with flounces in a short time and with a minimum of costs. If desired, decorate it with beads or paillettes along the edges of the frills so that you shine in the full sense of the word!