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How to Add Pockets to a Skirt or Dress

By Beth Huntington

Oh, the luxury of a good pocket–perfect for phones, lipstick, or loose change. Plus, you can
plunge your hands into them to look effortlessly casual during social situations. But what to do
if your favorite dress or skirt is pocketless? No need to stand around feeling awkward with your
hands flapping about in the wind and no place to stash your phone. All it takes is a good seam
ripper and a little fun fabric to add an in-seam pocket to any piece of clothing in your
wardrobe.

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How to Add Pockets to a Skirt or Dress

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Things You'll Need

Pocketless dress or skirt

1/2 yard coordinating fabric

Paper and pen

Scissors

Pins

Washable marking pen

Seam ripper

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Step 1

Place your hand at an angle on the paper. Trace around your hand to create a pocket pattern.
Make it an inch or so bigger than your hand for seam allowances. Cut along the line.
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Step 2

Fold the fabric in half and pin the pattern piece along the straight raw edge (not the folded
edge). Cut around the pattern. Repeat again so you end up with four mirror image pocket
pieces.

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Step 3

Put your dress on and mark where you would like the top of the pocket to be.

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Place the top of the pocket next to the mark you made and make another mark where the
bottom of the pocket falls.

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Step 4

Starting a 1/2-inch above the top mark, unpick the side seam with a seam ripper. Open the
seam until you get a 1/2-inch below the bottom mark.

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Step 5

Turn the dress right side out and pin the straight edge of the pocket along the raw edge of the
seam with the right sides of the fabrics together. Match the top and bottom of the pocket with
the marks you made. Make sure the pockets are angled down.

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Step 6

Sew along the original seam lines. Then press the pockets away from the dress.

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Step 7

Turn the dress inside out and place the pockets pieces so they lay directly on top of each other.
Pin in place.

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Step 8

Start to sew above the pocket where you unpicked the seam. Sew down and around the pocket
and back down the unpicked seam below the pocket. Be sure to backstitch when you start and
finish to lock the stitches in place.

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Step 9

Turn the dress right side out and tuck the pockets in. Press along the edges to create a nice
crisp seam.

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Here's to sweet pocket love and giving those restless hands a place to sit!

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