Moire Dress Part 4: Look it has Pockets

No Moire Fears, There be pockets Here!

Lets be honest, history has done women dirty many a time, and in the modern day we have been shorted once again literally. This time in the application of pockets. These pouches that are usually full of happiness and have the potential to hold those things most dear, cough phone cough, are made too small that a seed could hardly be slid into them. And if the outfit might be made of any sort of knit or stretchy material, even that is a feat. Woe to women the horrors of the tiny pockets.


Sigh...


So mini rant over, but still pockets are nice. At the balls especially I struggle with what to do with my phone when propriety and friends pull me back onto the ballroom floor. These hidden pockets will hopefully do the trick.  To start with, I took cut panels of 50" fabric. I sewed two panels together, set aside, and sewed the other two panels together.


I then sewed these two 100" pieces together on each side, stopping and doing a tack stitch 12" from the top. I measure this 12" beforehand and place a pin there to mark the spot.


Next step is to cut the pocket pattern. I like the shape below as it flares out a little bit past the opening making more of a sack shape, and has no corners for anything to get stuck in. For large hands like mine, I suggest making the edge that will be sewed to the side of the skirt panel 7" or so long.


Going back to the main skirt, choose one of your sides that has the 12" gap at the top. Make sure that the gap on both the right and left side are both on the top. I have learned from experience that a pocket only 12" from the hem is not as useful as one might think. And that if there is an accident where a pocket is made on the wrong end, it is best to swallow one's pride and fix it.



With the 12" spot open and spread apart, pick one side and place one of pockets so raw edge is against raw edge of the skirt with the seam line of the main skirt panels facing out.



Repeat with the other side, making sure that the two match up when the panels are folded up, like little pocket sandwiches.



Sew the pocket on the edge of the skirt like thus. Repeat on the other side parrallel to this one.



Then iron and flip the flap (hey it rhymes, well sorta) and  sew along the pocket sandwich so the two pocket pieces are joined as one in sacred phone holding matrimony. Tada, you're done!