Skirt models of this style have been fashionable for the last 2-3 years. They add mystery to the image and emphasize femininity. Moreover, the more buttons, the more extravagant the outfit. You can sew a skirt with your own hands, either mini or maxi. All options are interesting in their own way and look stylish. A skirt in this style looks better made of denim. It holds its shape well and provides an optimal fit.
What you need to sew a button front skirt
When choosing fabric, you can take any fabric, but not very stretchy. If the material is stretchy and light, then the product will hang like a “rag”. While according to the idea, it keeps its shape. Stretch fabrics are allowed only dense ones.
To sew a skirt with buttons at the front you will need:
- Any suitable fabric with calculation - length + hem at the bottom + width of the belt and placket;
- buttons of the required diameter - 6-10 pcs;
- matching threads;
- interlining;
- chalk, pins;
- ruler;
- tailor's tools - pins, scissors, measuring tape.
Important! Buttons for the product can be matched to the tone of the fabric; contrasting buttons look more interesting. If you want to make designer denim skirts by analogy, you can take them to a shoe or sewing workshop to have special metal buttons installed on the machine. In this case, exclusivity is guaranteed.
How to make a pattern for a button front skirt
The pattern looks like in the picture, however, you can cut it directly from the fabric. Especially if the design assumes a loose fit, then all the undercuts will go into the gathers or tucks. The main feature of the cut that distinguishes this model from a classic skirt is the slit along the entire height in the front and the presence of wide strips for sewing on buttons.
Wide planks are needed in order to ensure a wide overlap on each other without the formation of any gaps. Careful attention must be paid to this feature when calculating fabric and cutting.
And so, in terms of design features, the product is a trapezoidal panel, with gathering at the waist level. To cut the skirt, you need to fold the fabric in half and with the right side inward, draw a line along the entire width, retreating 4-5 cm from the bottom to the hem.
We put the required height of the product up. Now you can draw a second line parallel to the first one. It is very easy to create a trapezoid shape. On the top line, starting from the edge of the fabric, you need to retreat 6-7 cm. Draw a connecting line down from the resulting point, now the drawing on the fabric resembles a trapezoid. Cut the front part into two parts along the center line. It remains to cut out 2 strips and a belt.
How to sew a skirt with buttons in the front
The first step is to prepare the belt and trims by gluing them with non-woven fabric on the wrong side.First, use a machine to connect along the side seams, and then stitch the two front parts with the strips. Overlock the seams with an overlocker. Iron the seams of the strips from the wrong side towards the product and stitch them on the front side with a finishing stitch. At this stage, you can process the hem. This is either a double fold with a cut inward, or finishing the edge with an overlock and hemming it by 3-4 cm.
After this, you need to fold the folds evenly along the waist line so that the width becomes equal to the waist circumference. Place the belt on the waist line, aligning the middles. Sew a stitch on a machine, moving 1 cm from the edge. Iron the waist allowance. Next, bend the belt in half and iron it again. Fix the belt along the entire width and sew with a finishing stitch. The only thing left to do is to sweep out the loops on the machine and sew on the buttons. It is better to make two buttons side by side on the belt.
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