How to sew a skirt with flounces

It would seem that outfits with various frills and ruffles have sunk into the past along with grandma’s chests. But as you know, everything new is well forgotten old. That's Mini and maxi models of designer skirts with flounces are reappearing on the 2019 catwalks.

The asymmetry of the cut and bold play with color combinations breathed new life into this item of women's wardrobe. Romantic and playful, youthful and elegant skirts with flounces once again prompted needlewomen to dust off old patterns from fashion magazines.

We'll tell you how to sew a skirt with flounces with your own hands.

Sewing materials and tools

In their spring-summer 2019 collections, fashion designers do not limit fashionistas in the choice of fabrics for creating a skirt with flounces.

• For cold weather will do and wool, and plush, and suede, and drape.
• A for summer time can choose both natural cotton or linen, and artificial silk, nylon, lace or any other fabric according to your choice.

IMPORTANT! The trend is monochromatic colors, emphasizing the silhouette and demonstrating the sophistication of the cut.

Therefore, you should abandon floral and geometric patterns, embroidery and rhinestones. The flounces themselves carry a meaning, but when combined with patterns and decor they look tacky and tasteless.

The size of the fabric cut and the set of accessories depend on the model of skirt that you are going to sew.

Models and styles

Fashionable models of this year are such options.

• Symmetrical mini skirt with ruffles. As a rule, it is made with or without a yoke. The simplest version of this model is a multi-layered skirt with a belt or elastic band. The number of frills varies from one to 6–8.

IMPORTANT! Do not overdo it with the pomp of the product, so as not to end up with a ballet tutu or a skirt for a matinee in a kindergarten.

• Midi models with an asymmetrical or symmetrical silhouette. This is a real freedom for the imagination of an experienced seamstress. In addition, it is precisely these skirts with horizontal or vertical flounces, knee-length, that are at the peak of popularity today.

• Maxi still holds its position at world fashion shows. Long, floor-length or ankle-length skirts decorated with ruffles are also in trend.

As you can see from the photographs, in the new season the trend is bright or pastel plain skirts, where ruffles and layers are the main accent. This is what should be taken into account when choosing fabric. It is permissible to emphasize the relief with contrasting braid or curly stitching.

Pattern of a skirt with flounces for a girl

Young fashionistas will also appreciate multi-layered fluffy skirts. Such models will help breathe new life into old things or create something original for the holiday.Children's skirts with flounces can be made from a variety of fabrics: satin, nylon, denim, cotton, and even crocheted.

The manufacturing and assembly scheme is quite simple and understandable even for beginners.

By varying the length of the yoke, adding frills to the product and “playing” with the hemline, you can get many different, different models of skirts with flounces.

Let's look in a little more detail at how to make the simplest model yourself, and give several options for decorating it.

Step-by-step sewing instructions

Before you begin choosing a model and cutting fabric, you should understand the terminology. Understand the difference between flounces, ruffles and frills, and what exactly we will sew. For beginners, such a scheme will be extremely useful.

REFERENCE. Flounces are made from semicircular and round blanks, and for frills and ruffles a rectangular piece of fabric is used, gathered along the upper edge or in the middle.

All three types are suitable to complement skirts. But a skirt with flounces is sewn either on the basis of a classic pattern with elements of modeling the lower part. Or from a round or semicircular piece of fabric, like a circle skirt.

This pattern is somewhat simpler than the classic pattern, so it is better for beginners to start with it.

Let's consider each step of the work separately.

• Choice of fabric. Here It is important not only to choose the desired color and size, but also to determine how much the selected material wrinkles and crumbles along the cut. Additional fabric consumption when processing edges and seam allowances will depend on fraying.
• Reveal the future product. First of all you need to choose a size and make two identical paper patterns. They need to be placed on the fabric as follows.

• We cut out two future blanks.
• We carefully process the seams and sew on a belt or elastic band.
• We decorate the bottom of the product with braid or lace and get one of these skirts.

• Let's start cutting out the flounces. These can also be external flounces, made according to the same pattern as the skirt, only shorter and models with a common top edge, as in the photo.

Or you can cut out asymmetrical jewelry, as shown below.

You can also sew on ruffles or ruffles.

In a word, making such a piece of clothing with your own hands gives real scope for imagination and creative search. It’s enough to sew one thing and you’ll want to experiment with the style, length and colors again and again.