How to Make a Skirt Placket | Victorian Sewing 

To be honest, I am not a total novice at sewing and I love handsewing, but I am a little lost with this video. if you explain things in the future, it would be great to have some closeups of what exactly you are doing, or to just have it held into the camera once before you start. also for the people that do not breathe every stitch, try to name the stitches you use in the voiceover whenever you switch or start a new step. thank you for your hard work

That was very interesting. I normally use a placket on my reversible skirts. I didn't know there were so many ways to do them, even though each of mine are slightly different. I really liked the hook and eye one you did. I guess I'm going down the placket rabbit hole, next. Thank you for this, Cat. Stay well.

Since zippers are equal in evilness to sleeves, I prefer plackets in all of my skirts and may or may not debate, ripping out all zippers and replacing them with plackets in skirts I've bought. I do not hate sewing hooks and eyes though, they just get caught in my bags or cardigans or sweaters all the time, unraveling them so I actualy prefer snaps even though they are worse to sew on. Might think about investing in a snap setter tool. Great video as always, I now definitely need a copy of Authentic Victorian Dressmakingtechniques. Maybe for Christmas...

I needed this today lol. I'm making my Thanksgiving day skirt and didn't want a zipper but didn't know how I wanted to close it! I will definitely have this wonderful closing.

Followed your tutorial and it worked out perfectly fine! Thank you so much, having it as a video is really helpful. Victorian sewing instructions are mind boggling sometimes.

How did I not know that plackets were a thing?!? Argh! This fixes the problem I was having! As a visual learner, thank you! Now I can fix my skirts!

I have come back to this video 4-6 times at least in this last week to take meticulous notes, as I am working on 3 full circle skirts at same time and needed a good way to close them. This was a lifesaver and I am so very thankful you did this video.

That was interesting, thanks! Next time, please use a lighter color of fabric so we can see the details of what you are sewing. I was looking for this tutorial, but I had a hard time following the steps. Thanks for sharing!

Are you reading my mind? I LITERALLY looked up how to sew plackets for skirts YESTERDAY 😮

Your sewing machine is beautiful as with your sewing!

Considering using something like this on the side seam of a modern wool dress. Zips are such a huge faff with big skirts haha

this video helped me so much with my own placket sewing. I did accidentally put the hooks and eyes on the wrong sides, so that the hooks ended up on the left and the eyes on the right. (partially because the black hardware on black fabric is a bit hard to see on video, but also because the notes i took were a bit sloppy and I didn't double check.)

I will now learn to use plackets in my skirts. I always get self conscious when I wear a ball gown skirt and everyone could see my petticoats and slip skirt.

The long-awaited placket video did not disappoint! I'll definitely adapt my Edwardian skirt pattern to include this method if I choose to remake it in summer fabric at some point :)

I didn't understand how to do one of those a week ago, you are an angel for this video !!!!

man i needed this last week.....but now i know what i did wrong. thanks!

Thank you so much for making this - I need to put a closure on a pleated divided skirt that I've adapted from a pattern for an elasticated waist and you've described it so clearly!

This was extremely helpful. I think I'll try it on a skirt I made, that zippers falling out. And then put it in a new skirt.

I’m curious: When you’re cutting out the rectangular pieces, you drew them out with a grid ruler, then freehand cut them with a rotary cutter. Is there an accuracy or a hand strength reason you chose this method? My intro to sewing is as a quilter, so this seems... odd. In quilting, which is generally based on strait lines, you don’t trace pieces. You’d set that grid ruler over the fabric, hold it firmly, pressing it down with your left hand (you do need some hand/wrist strength), and run the rotary blade along the side of the ruler to keep your cuts from wavering. The grid ruler can also be used in conjunction with the grid on the cutting mat for lining things up. A video on using quilting rulers would make it make sense. I’m just curious if you were so used to using garment construction techniques, that it just isn’t the first thing to cross your mind... or maybe it’s for the sake of the video? - I literally was convinced to try quilting after getting incredibly frustrated with a clothing sewing pattern. Curves? Clip and match? I was supposed to transfer that mark?! What do you mean I should have pinned that?! When I swore I hated sewing, my then partner sucked me into quilting promising me all of the things I was complaining about were absent from quilting. And they are - until you get into some really advanced geekery. 15 years and 5 quilts later, I’ve got a very lopsided set of sewing skills coming into attempting garment construction. Thanks for helping me fill in some gaps.

Thank you very much for this, I'd heard about plackets and tried to do one but messed it up since I didn't know what I was doing, now I can go fix it!

Life saver! I'm making my first victorian skirt but the instructions for the placket on the pattern were so vague. Thank you!!!

it's like you can read minds! I've been thinking about plackets for a few weeks now and now this video came like an answer from heaven :)

Thank you for sharing. Your hand work is lovely.

Thank you so much for this! I've been over-complicating the process and not adding enough closures. This has been extremely helpful.

I have been looking for this forever. THANK YOU. *throws glitter* *offers cookies*

I cannot describe how helpful this is!!!! Thank you so much!!!

Ooh. Thank you for this. I’m working on adding a waistband to a skirt and need to add plackets and pockets. This will be super helpful when I get to that step. Sometimes seeing it done is the only way to learn, even with pictures and diagrams out there. ❤️

I was literally looking for this for weeks, thankyou SO MUCH

Your explanation is wonderful. Thank you so much, this will definitely go into my reference videos list. Take care and I hope you're having a great day.

Thank you! I recently made a pinafore that is, in retrospect, in dire need of a placket. Looks like I need to make some alterations!

I really love your information and accent

So this is my second time doing this. And watching the video, so for my left side i make my placket about a inch bigger. Just because it works better for me. The right stays the same

You always have excellent background music on your videos. Thank you for the helpful video! I do have a skirt I'm planning with a placket, and this is such good timing.

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This is simply perfect! I'm planning to make some skirts and this is going to be very helpful!

Thank you for showing these alternatives 🤗

Could you make a list of some of your favourite sewing notions and tools? Maybe where to find them too? I've already purchased the Victorian Sewing Techniques having seen you use it on your channel before.

😔The dark color of the fabric... I cannot see the process😟

I've been so lost with skirt plackets! I read about it but I've never really understood it.

Great video. I recently bought that book but have yet to read it, you’ve made me place it higher in my queue ☺️

A thousand blessings to you, plackets are so confusing to me for some reason!

Thanks! Adding to my list of sewing reference videos.

Wish I could have consulted this when I was sewing my Edwardian skirt!

I don't wear skirts myself but this is still fascinating

I love ur hair!!! Also thank you for teaching me so much!! Luv ur channel! ❤️❤️

Thank you for making a video on this! I feel like I understand the process much better now, though I saved this to a playlist for future reference to be on the save side :)

How did you know I needed this video? Sorcery

You have beautiful hair. I enjoy your videos so much.

Anyone else as tall as me, so whenever you walk through doors your plackets or belt loops are perfect height with the door knob and get caught on them? At least after this video, Im hoping my plackets will be better done and so this doesn’t happen.

How are you finishing the raw edge of the turned under seam allowance on the skirts left side?

This helped me so much! Could you please tell me what the rolling thing you used to cut it was?

Okay but what are the odds that this video would be posted right as I'm trying to figure out how to do the placket on a Victorian skirt??

Great video. Thank you.

I skipped forward to see your machine. I adore my Singer 185!

black fabric is hard to see

what chalk products do you use to mark on your fabric?

What is this soooong its beautiful

What kind of thimble do you use? I've been looking for a nice open-ended metal thimble so I can keep slightly longer nails...

Your sewing machine is so beautiful what kind is it?

I just wanted to let you know that the patreon link in the descriptionbox can't be used since you can't click on it :(

Hmm watching this I think I made my placket too wide. Its double the width of yours.

I know the top seam of the placket gets sewn into the waistband but do you finish the bottom edge of the placket?