Pencil Skirt with Asymmetrical Button Flap

Name: Pencil Skirt with Asymmetrical Button Flap
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2452
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2452

A women's knee-length lined pencil skirt with a high waist finished with a facing, an off-centre vertical seam on the front and a pointed flap with three buttons set into that seam. Centre back zip and vent. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: skirt fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Pencil Skirt with Asymmetrical Button Flap

When To Wear

At the office with a tucked-in blouse or a fitted knit top.
In autumn and spring with a short jacket and tights.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Pencil, close to the body through the waist and hips and narrowing slightly to the hem.

Length: To the knee.

Waist: High waist without a waistband; the top edge is finished with an interfaced front facing and two back facings.

Front: Cut in two unequal panels joined by a vertical seam to the right of centre; one waist dart on each panel. A folded, interfaced flap with a pointed lower end is caught into the top of the seam and held by three buttons.

Back: Two panels with waist darts, a centre back seam with a zip and a vent at the hem.

Closure: Zip in the centre back seam.

Finishing: Hem turned up 3 cm and sewn by hand with blind stitches.

Lining: Lining with darts, sewn to the facings and to the zip tape and tacked by hand at the side seams; the lining hem is double-turned and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. A lined skirt with a faced high waist, a centre back vent, a zip set into the lining and a flap caught into a seam.

Fabric Recommendations

Skirt fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Lining fabric
Fusible interfacing (facings, flap)
3 buttons
Zip

Cutter's Must

If the patterns have a double contour, they include seam allowances. If the contour is single, the patterns do not include seam allowances. Seam allowances: all seams 1 cm. Hem allowance – 3 cm, lining bottom edge allowance – 2 cm. Attention! First, print out the paper patterns and lay them out on the fabric width (fabric width can be from 90 cm to 150 cm) to determine how much material you will need. When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match! Note! Markings on the patterns are made on the right side.

From main fabric:
- Back – 2 pieces
- Front left – 1 piece
- Front right - 1 piece
- Front facing - 1 piece
- Back facing – 2 pieces
- Flap – 1 piece
From lining fabric:
- Front lining – 1 piece on fold
- Back lining – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
- Back facing – 2 pieces
- Front facing - 1 piece
- Flap – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the designated pieces.
Stitch darts on the back skirt panels. Press dart allowances towards the center. Overlock the center edges of the back separately on each piece, simultaneously overlocking the vent. Stitch the center edge from the zipper mark to the edge of the vent. Press seam allowances open, press vent allowances towards the left side edge. Press the right side of the vent by 1 cm and topstitch. Secure vent allowances with machine stitching. Insert the zipper.
Fold the flap in half lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch the bottom edge. Turn the flap right side out, straighten, and press. Place the flap on the right side of the left, align the relief edges, and secure along the seam.
Stitch the dart on the right front skirt. Press the dart allowance towards the center. Stitch the front relief edge. Overlock the allowance and press towards the center.
Stitch the side edges, press allowances towards the back and overlock.
Stitch darts on the lining. Press dart allowances towards the center. Stitch the side edges of the lining. Overlock allowances and press towards the back. Overlock the center edges of the lining separately. Stitch the center back edges from the zipper mark to the bottom, press allowance open. Fold the bottom hem allowance twice by 1 cm and topstitch.
Stitch the side edges of the facings. Press allowances open. Attach the lining to the facings. Press allowance downwards. Place the facing with the skirt right sides together and stitch the top edge. Turn the facing and lining to the wrong side, straighten, and press.
Attach the lining to the side edge with hand stitches. Attach the lining to the zipper tape.
Overlock the bottom edge of the garment, press to the wrong side, and hem with blind stitches.
Sew on buttons, securing the flap.