Ruched Pencil Skirt with Side Buttons
Introducing a sophisticated women's pencil skirt pattern, distinguished by elegant side ruching and button placket.
When To Wear
This pencil skirt is a versatile and chic choice, perfect for:
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Professional Settings: Ideal for office wear, business meetings, and corporate events.
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Social Gatherings: Suitable for smart dinners, semi-formal events, and elegant outings.
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Elevated Everyday Style: Perfect for creating a polished and sophisticated look for daily wear.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: a classic, fitted pencil skirt silhouette, designed to hit at knee-length.
Waist: Features a clean, high-waisted design with a structured waistband.
Front: Defined by elegant, diagonal ruching on the left side (as worn) creating a flattering drape, secured by a vertical button placket with multiple buttons.
Back: a sleek, plain back panel with a center back seam and waist darts for shaping.
Closure: An invisible zipper is discreetly placed at the center back seam for a smooth finish.
Hem: a simple, straight hemline provides a polished and versatile finish.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Requires confident sewing skills, including accurate construction of the ruched front, precise button placket assembly, and invisible zipper insertion.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose medium-weight fabrics with a good drape and subtle structure to best enhance the skirt's silhouette:
- Soft suiting fabrics made from natural or blended fibers
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing
- 1 invisible zipper
- 8 buttons
Cutter's Must
If the patterns have a double contour, seam allowances are included. If the contour is single, the patterns are without seam allowances. Seam allowances: all seams 1 cm. Hem allowance for the bottom edge of the front panels, back, and plackets – 3 cm. Attention! First, print out the paper patterns and lay them out on the fabric width (fabric width can be from 90cm to 150cm) to determine how much material you will need.
- From main fabric:
- Back – 2 pieces
- Front right – 1 piece
- Front left – 1 piece
- Placket right – 1 piece
- Placket left – 2 pieces
- Waistband – 2 pieces
- From fusible interfacing:
Sewing Instructions
When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match! Attention! Markings on patterns are made on the right side!
- Fuse interfacing to the waistband piece.
- Stitch darts on the back pieces, press seam allowances towards the center.
- Serge the center edges of the back separately. Stitch the center seam from the zipper mark to the bottom, press seam allowances open. Insert the invisible zipper.
- Fold the left placket pieces right sides together and stitch the inner seam from the mark to the bottom. Clip seam allowances at the mark, turn the placket right side out, straighten, press.
- Attach the left placket to the left front, press seam allowances towards the, serge.
- Form and secure the pleats on the right front. Pleat depths are directed upwards. Press the right placket lengthwise in the middle, right side out. Stitch the right front, right placket, and left front, positioning the right placket in the middle. Press seam allowances towards the right, serge.
- Stitch the side seams, press seam allowances towards the back and serge.
- Attach the outer side of the waistband to the upper edge of the skirt, press seam allowances towards the waistband. Finish the ends of the waistband, trim seam allowances at the corners and turn out. Fold under the inner edge of the waistband and topstitch into the seam of attaching the outer waistband. Press the waistband when finished.
- Serge the bottom edge of the skirt, press to the wrong side and topstitch.
- Mark and overlock a buttonhole on the waistband, sew on a button. Sew buttons onto the right placket, securing it to the left placket.
