A lady friend has gone from size 22W to 18W and wants her lined skirts (11 items), with side zippers, taken in. It's agreeable to remove the unused pockets.
I'd appreicate advice on how to quickly take in a skirt, which require a significant amount of material being removed, without having to disassemble the skirt (i.e., removing the waistband, ripping out the seams, removing a strip of fabric, resewing).. The challenge is how to quickly do this as so that the finished skirt still looks good.
Typically I need to decrease the circumference about 2.5" to 5".
Some possibilities are:
- Enlarging/increasing the no. of darts; 2. Adding and/or converting darts to pleats; 3. Cut through the waistband, above the seam, take in the seam (fabrice & lining) and then neatly splice the waistband; 4. Remove the waistband, open seam opposite zipper, cut away strip of fabric/lining, shorten waistband, resew, etc.; 5. Other (?).
Each method, however, has its drawbacks.
How would you tackle this task to minimize the time involved?