A tight-fitting, tapered skirt never goes out of style. This style has no age restrictions, suits women with any type of figure, fits perfectly into both classic and romantic costume styles. It is also important that even a novice craftswoman who does not know how to build patterns can easily sew a pencil skirt.
How to choose material for a tapered skirt
Before sewing a pencil skirt, you must pay due attention to the choice of fabric. Correctly selected colors will help to emphasize the merits and disguise figure flaws. So, overweight women are advised to choose plain fabrics or with small patterns; soft, well-draped light or shiny fabrics are suitable only for young and slender girls.
If a pencil skirt is intended for evening walks, going to restaurants, nightclubs or friendly parties, then denim, velvet or brocade fabrics, artificial or natural leather will look quite appropriate. Novice needlewomen are advised to pay attention to high-quality knitwear.
How to sew a simple pencil skirt without a pattern
To sew a stylish and graceful skirt with your own hands without building a pattern, you will need a piece of knitted fabric, a wide elastic band and any skirt that has a good fit.
The knitted fabric is folded in half, with the front side inward, a skirt is placed on it, serving as a pattern sample. The skirt is outlined with chalk and cut out, leaving a small seam allowance. To make the model take the shape of a pencil, the skirt is slightly tapered at the bottom so that the top and bottom cut of the fabric are almost the same width.
Fitting and finishing work
When trying on, you need to make sure that the skirt has a good fit, nicely emphasizes the hips, but does not tight the buttocks too much. In this case, it is recommended to make shallow darts on the back panel of the skirt. As a rule, darts are located in the depressions of the back, located on either side of the spine.
A single seam is swept and stitched on a typewriter, if necessary, overlocking the fabric. A piece is measured from the elastic, equal to the tight girth of the waist, after which the edges of the segment are connected with a machine seam.
A ring made of elastic is combined with the top seam of the pencil skirt, fixed with several tailor's pins, basted and stitched on a sewing machine using a zigzag seam. After that, the gum is turned off to the wrong side and is point-fixed in several places.
