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   Mary_McGibbon | Sep 09, 2001 10:51pm | #1

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   I am new at this so I am not sure I am posting correctly, but here goes.

   I have a beautiful RTW wrap skirt that I don't wear because I have discovered that I hate wrap skirts. Does anyone have a suggestion for making this a "closed" skirt.

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   silkscape_ | Sep 11, 2001 04:29am | #2

   *maybe you could put some ties (you could use twill tape or hem tape or something) in there, down just far enough to hold things together but still give plenty of walking ease and "flap". You could machine stitch the tie to the underside of the overlap side right under the side seam (like what quilters call "in the ditch") so you can't see the stitching. then stitch one under the edge of the underlap side. You won't be able to tie them tightly or it'll pull on the side. In fact, you might want to use an elastic loop instead of a tie under the overlap side. Or, and this would seem to avoid the problem of the ties possibly pulling on that side seam....you could make a long loop or tie with buttonhole at the end that goes from the upper middle of the underlap to a button or tie under the overlap but up by the waistband. You could do hooks and eyes. I have trouble with them staying together sometimes and I like ties. You could even do something on the surface like three buttons down the front to help keep the overlap in place.