Clothes Tip: How to make an inside showing waistband sit flat.

While I went to fashion school (lol) I picked up more then a few tricks to make clothing work better, techniques that are used on more expensive clothing that are just left out of a lot of mass produced clothing because it's time consuming, and time is money, money that not everyone wants to spend on your clothes!

Now that heading may sound a little confusing, so let me show you a picture that should sum it up nicely.

This is a picture of a skirt in my wardrobe, I love it, and when I bought it it was perfect, but after a few washes, lo and behold, the damn thing's waistband is looking kinda funny. It won't sit flat, and now this annoying sliver of the inside pops up for the world to see, Front and back. Sometimes in cheaper clothing land this is happening before you've even bought the skirt, but more on that later.

Here is How you can fix it. You will require a pair of fabric scissors, and a steady hand.
First check that you can have access to the inner workings of the skirt, get between the outer fabric of the skirt and the lining. Like so.

Unfortunately you may not be able to do this, in that case though you should be able to press the skirt flat to hopefully fix the problem, fingers crossed.

Once you have found the seam where the outer fabric of the skirt, meets the fabric that is annoying you, grab your scissors and make some little 'notches' (for the uninitiated, these are done by clipping perhaps half a cm into the seam, DO NOT cut through any stitches.)
Do them maybe 5-10cm apart along the entire waistband.
Do on the other side as well if required both front and back.

Now flip your skirt back out the right way and press. Sometimes you'll be lucky and won't need to press at all, other times you may have to go back and put a few more notches in.

Swish! Now your skirt sits properly and you can wear it over your shirts again.
This technique can also help with faced necklines that are doing the same thing.

Remember what I said before about this happening before you've even bought the item? Have a close look at the inside of it Before you take it to the counter to see if this trick can be done!

Why does this work?
Because this can happen on clothes where the waist (or neck) is curved, the tiny bit of fabric in the seam is shorter then the seam, only by millimetres but this is enough to cause problems. By clipping the shorter length, it enables it to sit flat.

Let me know if you have any questions, I'd love to help!


Mwah!
-Birdette