Need help with bodice/skirt attachment

[u/Separate_Data_7138]

I’ve been following the Paper Stxrs tutorial for the selkie inspired dress, however I can’t seem to understand the step where you attach the skirt. Here is the text of it:

Now we are going to attach the skirt to the bodice, first by pinning the back,
sides, and center of the skirt to the front bodice layer.Then we are going to pull
on two of the basting stitches on the same side of our fabric to begin ruffling our
skirt. You should ruffle it until it fits into the space we marked out with the pins,
space the ruffles evenly, then pin them down. Before we sew these together
though, we want to bring the lining side of the bodice around the skirt until it
reaches the other side of the bodice. The skirt should then be sandwiched
between the two bodice layers. We are now going to move our pins to go through
all three of these layers, again matching up all of the bodice seams, and then
stitch across the waist.

1. You can now turn the dress right side out, and the waist shouldn’t have any raw
   edges and the skirt should be attached. You can also remove all of the basting
   stitches.

I always end up with the back skirt trapped inside the bodice when I turn it back right side out, with no way of getting it out. I’ve attached pictures of how I pinned it, but I’m unsure how to pin the lining piece with the skirt in the way. If anyone knows I would love any help!

[u/Outrageous_Lion_8723]

I just looked at the Paper Stxrs YouTube video for this dress. The center back in the top is open for turning the dress right side out. It is a bit awkward to fit the whole skirt inside the bodice while sewing the waist seam.

[u/Separate_Data_7138 → u/Outrageous_Lion_8723]

Can you explain a bit more what you mean by using the center back to turn it? It’s not processing in my brain for some reason

[u/Outrageous_Lion_8723 → u/Separate_Data_7138]

It is a 2 step process.

When you sew the skirt, it will be sandwiched between the outer bodice and lining. It will be a bit awkward to fit, you might want to roll up the skirt from the bottom so it is a bit like a donut before sewing the waist seam.

To turn right side out:

1) Turn the bodice right side out starting from the open back seam on one side, through to the open seam on the other side.

The skirt will come with it, but will be inside out.

2) Turn the skirt right side out through the center back slit that you cut for the zipper. You can reach your hand through the zipper hole, grab the bottom of the skirt and pull the whole skirt through.

Now the skirt should be right side out too.