Trouble has happened, your skirt has become too small for you. Stick it on a distant shelf and forget about it for a while? What if during this time the model goes out of fashion? And if this item is from a suit couple, will you really have to give up the entire set?
Take your time! You can always have time to remove or throw away an item. Let's try to return the skirt to service on our own. We will tell you how to make a wider skirt yourself.
How to widen your skirt yourself
The quality of the result largely depends on careful preparation for it.
Preparing for work
Before you begin restoration, it is important to evaluate all the pros and cons. To do this, you first need to carefully examine the thing. The most common way to add inches to the width of a garment is to use seam allowances.
Important! If the product will be placed along the side seams, compare their shade with the color of the main fabric. The color of the allowances must match the front side.
The seam allowance should be wide enough to accommodate new side stitches.
It is also necessary determine the degree of wear and type of product. There are fabrics that are very sensitive to sewing needles. They leave noticeable holes. Unfortunately, it is impossible to get rid of them, so it will not be possible to widen such a skirt while maintaining an attractive appearance.
The material of the skirt can be convex, voluminous, for example, corduroy, velor, ribbed. This should definitely be taken into account. Additional inserts should under no circumstances interfere with the integrity of the pattern..
If the condition of the item satisfies the above conditions, feel free to proceed with the alteration.
How to make a skirt wider at the waist
This option involves inserts in the form of wedges.
- To arrange the skirt in the belt, insert a wedge into its upper part. At the same time, we do not change the width along the hip line.
- We make the arrangement triangular, simulating a pocket.
- We perform stitching, which will create the illusion of completeness of the form.
Advice. If the skirt is made with reliefs, then insert a wedge on top of them.
Adding width to the hips
To add width at the hips, an insert along the entire length of the skirt is needed. In this case, use a detachable zipper sewn into the back.
- Take measurements of your waist and hips. Divide the difference in volumes by four. The resulting figure will be equal to the required allowance.
- Open the side seams. You will make your task easier if you use a special steamer.
- Strip the seams of old threads.
- Iron them using the steam setting. This will help get rid of machine stitch marks.
- Match the side seams. Use a bar of soap to mark the new measurements on the fabric.
- Sweep them with a simple stitch.
- Machine stitch the details.
- Press the new side stitches.
Don't touch the grooves, leave them the same. Open the belt along the longitudinal seam, cut off the fastener button.Baste the waistband again, taking into account the adjusted side width. Sew on a machine.
Bottom extension
And if the skirt widens downward, for example, with flares? This can be expanded by cutting off the top, narrowest part.
Naturally, the skirt will lose a little length, but you will be able to wear it.
Pre-punch the zipper to avoid cutting it. And then save and transfer to the modified model.
Advice. If you need to remake a godet style made from wedge inserts, you can make the skirt wider by adding the same detail.
How to widen a skirt without sewing
Your skirt has elastic, but is it too tight? You can cope with this trouble in the following ways.
- Lay the skirt out on the ironing board. Stretch the elastic band. By the way, you can put it directly on the board itself.
- Iron the elastic using a steam iron. You can also do this with a damp cloth.
- Steam the elastic for a while; you can stretch it further with your free hand.
In addition, you can flog the tight part and wear the item without it.
Useful tips for widening skirts made of different materials
Cotton products
You can stretch them a little with water and vinegar.
Description of work
- Mix three tablespoons of acetic acid in 10 liters of warm water. Place the item in the prepared solution for 30 minutes.
- Wring out and place on a terry towel, stretching the fabric in the required directions.
- Let the skirt dry.
Wool fabrics
Prepare fabric softener.
- Dissolve laundry detergent in a bowl of warm water. You can replace it with baby shampoo or wool detergent.
- Soak the material in the solution for 30-40 minutes.
- Gently rinse and gently wring out the wool item.
- While suspended, for example, on a clothesline, begin to gently stretch the skirt.
- Repeat this step periodically until the fabric is completely dry.
Knitted fabric
You will need a washing machine and an iron with a steamer.
- Place the skirt in warm water for 15-20 minutes.
- Place the item in the washing machine and turn on the spin mode.
- Take it out of the drum and stretch it in different directions.
- Dry the product in an upright position so that it does not shrink and return to its previous shape.
- After drying, iron the fabric.
Jeans, leather
- Wet your skirt. This material stretches perfectly when wet.
- The main thing is to find/come up with a shape on which you can pull a wet skirt. For example, on the back of a wooden chair, an ironing board without a cover.
- To secure the result, iron the fabric through a steamer.
- In addition, you can put on a skirt and walk around in it for a while.
Before you scrap an item, give it a chance to serve you. At least try it!
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