Adding a skirt lining

karlisa 19 years ago

I'm making a skirt from McCall pattern 5184.

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'm making view E and I may make view B. The pattern does not have alining and I want to add one to make the skirt look and feel better, aswell has hopefully last longer. My question is with regard to thevarious skirt "flounces" (for lack of better word). How long should Imake the skirt lining? Is it okay to just line the straight part ofthe skirt from the base of the yoke down and then leave the flounceportion unlined, or should the flounce be lined, too? The fabric I'vechosen is a tightly woven tiny plaid/check that is suiting weight. thanks!

lisa

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Kate Dicey 19 years ago

You can just line the straight bit if you want, though I find that the flouncy bit clings to the knees if left unlined...

You could try lining it like a wedding skirt, sewn together round the flounce hem... Line that bit and sew to the main skirt, then make the lining for the straight bit. Slip stitch the main lining to the flounce round the seam line.

The other thing to do is make a straight lining down to within an inch of the outer hem, but I like to keep tweedy stuff off my knees!

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Doreen 19 years ago

An added advantage (probably obvious but I'll mention it anyway) to doing the lining this way is that the flounce needs no hemming, thus will hang more gracefully.

Doreen in Alabama

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Phaedrine 19 years ago

In article , "karlisa" wrote:

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