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I tried to design a dress with a hidden pocket that didn't ruin the line of the skirt. It took me 4 months to get it right.
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kim8191mo ago
So what was the trick in the end? Was it the seam placement or the fabric choice?
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max4151mo ago
Honestly, I gotta disagree with the focus on seams or fabric. The real trick is the pocket shape and how you attach it. A flat square pouch will always bulge. You need a curved piece that follows your hip, and it has to be sewn into the side seam AND the waistband for support. Otherwise it just sags and pulls the whole skirt out of shape.
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eric72322d ago
Yeah but I think you're kinda missing the bigger picture here. It's not just about the pocket shape or where you stitch it, it's about how the whole skirt is drafted in the first place. If the skirt itself doesn't have enough ease or the right grainline, that curved pocket piece is just gonna fight the fabric the whole time.
@kim819 mentioned seam placement, and that's definitely part of it, but I've seen people nail the pocket curve and still have it pull because the skirt panels themselves are cut too straight. The side seam needs to actually angle in slightly toward the waist, not just drop straight down from the hip.
So really you need to fix the skirt pattern first, then the pocket will fall into place. Otherwise you're just trying to make a bad foundation work with good pockets, and that never turns out right in my experience.
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kelly38522d ago
My grandmother taught me to sew in the 80s and she always said a good pocket starts with a good hip measurement, not the pattern... she used to just eyeball the curve based on where my hip bone sat and it never pulled. Took me years to realize she was basically ignoring the commercial pattern's side seam and redrafting it on the fly with chalk. Her skirts always hung perfect though, even with those cheap poly-cotton blends from the fabric store.
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