Pleated Midi Skirt with Button Tabs

Name: Pleated Midi Skirt with Button Tabs
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2627
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2627

A women's flared midi skirt on a straight waistband, with two inverted pleats on the front stitched down from the waist, stitched pleats on the back and two pointed tabs with buttons over the front pleats. Concealed zip in the left side seam. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: lightweight suiting fabrics from natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Pleated Midi Skirt with Button Tabs

When To Wear

At the office with a blouse or fine knit tucked in.
In spring and autumn with a jacket and boots or low heels.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Flared, widening from the hip to the hem through the released pleats.

Length: Midi, below the knee.

Waist: Straight interfaced waistband with an extension, fastened with a buttonhole and button at the left side.

Front: One panel cut on the fold, with two inverted pleats stitched along the marked line and then released. Two interfaced tabs with shaped pointed ends are topstitched over the pleats, wrapping over the waistband, each with two buttons.

Back: One panel cut on the fold, with two pleats stitched down from the waist.

Closure: Concealed zip in the left side seam.

Finishing: Hem overlocked, turned up and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Stitched-down pleats, a concealed zip, a waistband with an extension and topstitched shaped tabs.

Fabric Recommendations

Lightweight suiting fabrics from natural or blended fibres. Check on the layout that the skirt panels fit the fabric width.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (waistband, tabs)
5 buttons
Concealed zip

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
- Back Skirt – 1 piece on fold
- Front Skirt – 1 piece on fold
- Waistband – 1 piece
- Belt Loop (tab) – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
- Waistband – 1 piece
- Belt Loop (tab) – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Waistband and Belt Loop pieces.
Fold the inverted pleats on the Front Skirt and stitch them along the marked line. Fold and stitch the pleats on the Back Skirt. Baste the pleats along the upper edge.
Overlock the left side edges separately. Stitch the left side seam from the zipper notch down to the hem. Press the seam allowances open. Insert the concealed zipper. Stitch the right side seam. Overlock the seam allowances and press them towards the back.
Fold the Waistband in half lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch the short end and the extension. Start the stitching exactly at the marked line where the waistband joins the skirt. Clip the seam allowances at the mark, turn the waistband right side out and press. Stitch the outer side of the waistband to the upper edge of the skirt, turn under the inner side and stitch it in place through the attachment seam.
Fold each Belt Loop (tab) in half lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch the long side and the shaped end. Trim the seam allowances, notch them at the corners and turn right side out. Press the tab. Tuck in the raw edges of the open short end and secure them. Place the tab over the pleat, wrapping it over the waistband, and topstitch along the edges.
Overlock the hem allowance, press it to the wrong side and topstitch.
Make a buttonhole on the waistband. Sew the buttons onto the waistband and the Belt Loop tabs.