Shuttlecocks - this is a simple, and therefore very common technique, with which you can decorate any item of clothing, be it a blouse, skirt or dress, giving it airiness, lightness and volume.
And if you are looking for how to sew a skirt with flounces, then it is better to use multi-row frills, because visually it will give the necessary volume or create the effect of elegant waves. This option is suitable for thin tall girls. And if you use bright fabrics in a small pattern, lace, ruffles and ribbons, then you can sew a
children's skirt with frills with virtually no budget cost. For the adult summer option, choose a light airy
fabric: silk, chiffon, cotton, linen. You will also need a wide elastic band (better knitted: it is softer and easier to stretch) and decorative elements as desired: beads, beads, ribbons, lace.
Patterns
First of all, you should choose the style of the future product in order to have a general idea of how to sew a skirt. A photo in a fashion magazine might be great for this. For our product, we chose an elegant summer version of silk, on which narrow double shuttlecocks will be overlapped - t
it will look quite playful and feminine. So, how to sew a skirt with frills? We make the necessary measurements, they will need only two: the circumference of the hips and the length of the future product (we do not forget that the hem of the skirt at the back will be higher due to the volume of the hips). On the cut, draw a rectangle with sides equal to both measures, only to the first add another 10 centimeters to the assembly. This is the basis of the future skirt. Now we continue down the smaller of the sides and draw a long horizontal line every 10 cm so that we end up with wide stripes. We draw about six of them - this is the procurement of future shuttlecocks. If you are puzzled how to sew a skirt with flounces so that the thin silk does not shine through, then you can simply add a lining. For it, we cut out a rectangle equal to the first (but shorter by 1.5-2 cm) from another fabric, process the edges (if necessary) and sew the side seam.
Sewing
So, we cut the silk according to all the outlines and begin to work with shuttlecocks. We first bend wide strips for them in half and iron them through a rag or newspaper. Then we lay single seams along their entire length away from the bend, while making uniform assemblies. When finished, draw 6 parallel horizontal lines along the first rectangle for accuracy, with an interval between them of 3-3.5 cm, so that the shuttlecocks overlap each other. Now we sew them along the lines, and at the end we make a hem of 1-1.5 cm at the smaller edges and lay another line - this is the side seam. So that the hem does not fringe, you can process it on an overlock or sew a canton. Now we put the lining in the resulting skirt and attach along the upper edge. We measure the elastic at the waist, grind its edges on a typewriter in a zigzag fashion and, stretching, sew it on the outside along the upper edge of our product. Now you know how to sew a skirt with shuttlecocks in a short time and at a minimum cost. If desired, decorate it with beads or sequins on the edges of the frills so that you shine in the full sense of the word!