Lining Question

If it were me, I would line the skirt. It helps 'shape' the skirt, and it helps protects the wool seam edges from wear. But then again I haven't worn skirts in a long time :)

-Irene

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I'd line it, if only because the lining will add some strength to the garment, and make it less likely to wrinkle. I don't think I've ever seen a wool straight skirt that wasn't lined.

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I would line the skirt. If you were to make up two skirts, one lined and one not, you would pick the lined one as nicer, just from looks.

liz young

It would be better to do so. It will help to stop the skirt 'seating' - getting baggy and stretched in the bum area when you sit. It also helps the fabric last longer and makes the skirt hang better.

Necessary, no. But it will often hang better, wrinkle less and wear longer with a lining.

Hello and thank you all for your help. OK, lining it is. I'm using some "Hang Loose" lining from my stash to line the jacket. There is plenty leftover to line the skirt. Do you think the Hang Loose lining will be OK or should I buy something else? I will hem the lining shorter then the skirt and attach it to the seams with a shank of thread. I have a RTW lined wool skirt in my closet and that's how the lining is attached. Opinions ... is there a better way?

Liz

I don't know that brand or type of lining. Try it and see. The nice thing abiout a lining is that if for some reason it doesn't work, it isn't all that hard to replace it!

That's the classic way to do a skirt lining! Do it that way. Those thread shanks are called French Tacks, and on a hand finished garment thay should be worked in buttonhole stitch over several threads.

Classic method for doing this. "Hang loose", iirc, is a decent grade of antistatic poly. You might also want to consider underlining it with silk organza (cut the organza exactly like the wool, tack them together at the edges, and sew as if the wool and organza were one fabric). This also improves drape and wrinkle resistance. And then you line the underlined skirt. The organza adds little weight but makes the project look very upscale. If you can find Threads magazine, #97, (Oct/Nov 2001), there are comparison photos of two skirts, one underlined, one not.

I'm not familiar with hand-worked buttonholes. At the bridal shop where I once worked doing alterations I was taught to use a sort of crochet stitch to make those tacks, with 3 threads (doubled) on the needle. Would that be the same thing?

Linda

Thanks Kay, I'll check Theads and do the lining that way. I do want it to look good.

Liz

That's another good way to do them, and if you know it already, do it that way.

Thanks for the link! I love that site! I have used the buttonhole stitch tack in linings, but I didn't know it was called a French Tack. That's one of the reasons why I like to sew. After all these years, I can still learn something new.

Thanks again, Liz