/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>9901958

If the fabric is really sheer, wouldn't you use an underlining?

Either way, I'm dealing with a similar issue -- inserting pockets into a skirt with a lace overlay. So far as I can figure, the best bet is to serge the skirt pieces individually. Then sew up the seam (not french seam) and press the seams open to either side. The part of the seam where my pockets/your zipper needs to be should also be pressed open to either side, and then you can stitch it down along the sides of the pocket/zipper opening.

That will give you a nice, even line along all your seams. Although you'd have to figure out something else if the zipper ends in the middle of the skirt, maybe make the seams wide enough to cover it so the zipper ending isn't visible.

If you don't have a serger, there's some tailors who are willing to serge your pieces for a fee, or some makerspaces have sewing machines and sergers that you can rent. Or, if the seams looked okay with a thick french seam then I guess you can do a rolled hem instead of serging them, and then sew them up the same way.

pic sort of vaguely related, I looked a lot at how zippers were inserted into lace dresses to see how they made it look neat.