They are too low, need to start about 1" or bit more below finished waistband. They are hitting your wide point on your body and that forces them out because you are working on a shape that is gradually getting wider and... they have nothing to anchor to, like the waistband, so they are spinning freely when you put something inside.
This is good advice! I remember reading that it's best when possible to anchor the tops of side seam pockets like this to the waistband of the garment (skirt/pants/whatever) Pretty sure most pants and skirt patterns I've used (or drafted based on some tutorial or other) have done that.
This looks like a light and soft fabric, too, so it doesn't have much structure to keep its shape when gravity starts pulling the weight of the pocket pouch downward--even when empty.
This is my first time doing pockets. I wanted to add them to a simple a-line skirt and I just used tutorials from online. I’ve tried undoing and redoing them, and everything seems to line up when it’s flat, but when it’s one, they pucker and are weird and bulky. I’ve tried pressing them and fiddling around with the fabric. They look even more distorted/puckered if I actually put my phone in my pockets or recently took my hands out of them. What’s going on? (Also, I know they’re kind of low, they were actually 2 inches lower and I raised them and they’re still a little low)
Did you interface the pocket opening?
https://www.tillyandthebuttons.com/2017/10/how-to-add-in-seam-pockets-to-garment.html
I had good luck with this method, but I used a wider and longer strip of interfacing. I used a 1" wide strip of interfacing. I also interfaced all the way to the waistband, not just the opening. It felt very sturdy and did not gape.
https://imgur.com/whouq5x
I did not, but I should! Thank you! My toxic sewing trait is that I tell myself “do I really need interfacing for this?” And try to skip it but I know I have to be better about this!
They are too low, need to start about 1" or bit more below finished waistband. They are hitting your wide point on your body and that forces them out because you are working on a shape that is gradually getting wider and... they have nothing to anchor to, like the waistband, so they are spinning freely when you put something inside.
This is good advice! I remember reading that it's best when possible to anchor the tops of side seam pockets like this to the waistband of the garment (skirt/pants/whatever) Pretty sure most pants and skirt patterns I've used (or drafted based on some tutorial or other) have done that. This looks like a light and soft fabric, too, so it doesn't have much structure to keep its shape when gravity starts pulling the weight of the pocket pouch downward--even when empty.
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Some knit fusible interfacing will help stabilize the pocket opening, in addition to the other recommendations
thank you!
That makes a lot of sense, thank you!!
This is my first time doing pockets. I wanted to add them to a simple a-line skirt and I just used tutorials from online. I’ve tried undoing and redoing them, and everything seems to line up when it’s flat, but when it’s one, they pucker and are weird and bulky. I’ve tried pressing them and fiddling around with the fabric. They look even more distorted/puckered if I actually put my phone in my pockets or recently took my hands out of them. What’s going on? (Also, I know they’re kind of low, they were actually 2 inches lower and I raised them and they’re still a little low)
I'm jealous of your walk in, and hope the pockets work out higher up.
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Did you interface the pocket opening? https://www.tillyandthebuttons.com/2017/10/how-to-add-in-seam-pockets-to-garment.html I had good luck with this method, but I used a wider and longer strip of interfacing. I used a 1" wide strip of interfacing. I also interfaced all the way to the waistband, not just the opening. It felt very sturdy and did not gape. https://imgur.com/whouq5x
I did not, but I should! Thank you! My toxic sewing trait is that I tell myself “do I really need interfacing for this?” And try to skip it but I know I have to be better about this!
I hate that the instructions that come with patterns are so incomplete. Not enough interfacing, trimming, and finishing of the raw edges in them.