Have you ever considered harem pants or overalls (e.g. https://www.coline.com/en/combinaison-sarouel-ethnique)? Those often have a crotch around the knees or even lower. Wouldn't that work with thighbands? No chance for someone to look up your skirt and spot the belt, bands, or chains, and it might dampen unwanted sounds a bit as well.
Of course it is a bit of an unusual look, so it might not suit everyone.
Pants, skirts and overalls
Angelina not directly with something like this, but i owned a jeans bib skirt until a few months ago (when the fabric broke).
The bib part is not that relevant for my suggestion, I was mainly curious if wearing pants with a very low crotch could be a useful alternative to always needing to wear skirts with thighbands. I mentioned overalls mostly because I like them, and they might also help hiding the waist band.
Luckily you don't need to have your whole wardrobe suitable for thighbands anymore, and can wear regular pants again. But I can imagine that the jeans bib skirt was useful for hiding the waist band, too.
Laura That's exactly why I prefer it
Oh, I love these, too. Especially when working in the garden!
carg Oh, that just developed over time that I don't wear trousers but only skirts anymore. That's no special recommendation or rule, my husband just likes it when I look feminine and so I changed my wardrobe in the early days of our marriage and someday all my trousers were gone and I feel comfortable with it.
Josephine
Yes, I thought that might be it, based on your earlier wardrobe description. I had just expected you to make an exception for work clothes - especially if you would be on a ladder (painting, putting up wallpaper, ...) a skirt doesn't seem the obvious choice. But I can't judge well how much of a hindrance a skirt would be with garden work; perhaps it hardly is. I do have a bit of trouble imaging a standard denim bib skirt as part of your (dressier) wardrobe, though, but of course they are are available many materials, types and shapes.
carg It's really just something I like to wear as a comfortable dress when doing housework when I'm not expecting anyone else (except perhaps the postman). So tidying up the cellar, cleaning windows, gardening and so on. Whereas I would never climb a ladder while wearing thigh bands. This is something my husband has to do when he likes me to wear them. But otherwise it goes quite well. The seam is not tight. And painting is not so much ours. That's done by a company.
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carg But I can imagine that the jeans bib skirt was useful for hiding the waist band, too.
yes it was long enough, luckily. but generally i never wore trousers when i wore the thighbands, so i can't really answer your question.
well, i don't have the biggest green thumb, but with normal clothes and skirts i never had a problem to do gardening, i don't do bigger handicraft activities in general. but in the garden you shouldn't wear expensive clothes and it shouldn't be bad if they get dirty.
Angelina , but with normal clothes and skirts i never had a problem to do gardening
OK, thanks. (Obviously) I have no experience wearing skirts (or kilts), and even little experience gardening (love my apartment!). But I assumed a tight skirt might hamper your movements in the garden, with a short skirt you might expose yourself when bending over, and with a long skirt you might step on the hem when you get up from crouching/sitting. But perhaps there are enough skirts not that tight, short or long, that will work fine.
And yes, of course you don't wear your Sunday best when doing house- or garden work. Bib skirts and pants are traditionally sturdy and informal, so they are a logical choice. Although there are also lots of ones available that are more dressy, and suitable for office work or going out. Never (yet) seen wedding overalls though 
carg But I assumed a tight skirt might hamper your movements in the garden, with a short skirt you might expose yourself when bending over, and with a long skirt you might step on the hem when you get up from crouching/sitting. But perhaps there are enough skirts not that tight, short or long, that will work fine.
that's why you should wear clothes that fit and are comfortable for such work. a very loose summer dress, for example.
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carg But I assumed a tight skirt might hamper your movements in the garden, with a short skirt you might expose yourself when bending over, and with a long skirt you might step on the hem when you get up from crouching/sitting
Just visit an exhibition about the 18th or 19th century. See what farmers' wives, maids and maidservants wore and were still able to do really hard work. Compared to that, a bib dress is no problem at all. Especially if the hem is not too tight.
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Josephine
I think I'd better answer in English, so those (few) here that don't speak German can also read it. 
(Note: this remark makes no sense anymore since Josephine has changed her post to English 
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What I was looking for was the most comfortable clothes for doing garden work in. Of course there are way harder clothes that you can still do work in; for example I'm sure your husband will put a tightlacing corset on you if you ask him nicely 
But based on your and Angelina's replies, perhaps if I would try garden work in a skirt, I might find it a bit harder than in pants, but for women used to skirts, it doesn't make much/any difference if they choose a suitable one. Thanks for clearing that up.
carg for example I'm sure your husband will put a tightlacing corset on you if you ask him nicely
Never! I am ready to give up a lot for him and to endure a lot, and my figure is already so good that I would also put myself in a CB in his place. But more is really not possible anymore!