High-Waist Pleated Midi Skirt with Button Yoke

Name: High-Waist Pleated Midi Skirt with Button Yoke
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2634
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2634

A women's flared midi skirt on a deep high-waisted yoke, with pressed pleats below the yoke at front and back and six decorative buttons in two rows of three on the front yoke. Concealed zipper in the centre back seam. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: thin, soft suiting fabrics made from natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

High-Waist Pleated Midi Skirt

When To Wear

For the office with a blouse or a fine knit tucked into the high waist.
In spring and autumn with a cropped jacket or cardigan that ends at the yoke.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted through the yoke, with the volume of the pleats flaring towards the hem.

Length: Midi, below the knee.

Waist: Deep high-waisted yoke, interfaced and faced with a second yoke on the inside; the facing is topstitched 0.2 cm from the edge seam and stitched in the ditch of the yoke seam.

Front: One panel cut on the fold, with pleats turned towards the side seams; six decorative buttons on the front yoke.

Back: Two panels with a centre back seam, pleats turned towards the side seams, and a two-piece back yoke.

Closure: Concealed zipper in the centre back seam, running through the yoke.

Finishing: Serged seams; hem serged, turned up and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Laying and securing pleats, a faced yoke, a concealed zipper finished into the yoke facing.

Fabric Recommendations

Thin, soft suiting fabrics made from natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (front and back yokes)
Concealed zipper
6 buttons

Cutter's Must

If the patterns have a double contour, seam allowances are included. If the contour is single, seam allowances are not included. Seam allowances: all seams 1 cm. Hem allowance – 1.5 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!

From main fabric:
- Back – 2 pieces
- Front – 1 piece on fold
- Front yoke - 2 pieces
- Back yoke – 4 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
- Back yoke – 2 pieces
- Front yoke - 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the designated pieces.
Form and secure the pleats on the back skirt (pleat depths facing the side seam). Stitch the back yoke to the back, press seam allowances upwards.
Serge the center edges of the back separately on each piece. Stitch the center seam from the zipper mark to the hem. Press seam allowances open. Insert the zipper.
Form and secure the pleats on the front skirt (pleat depths facing the side seams). Stitch the front yoke to the front, press seam allowances upwards.
Stitch the side seams, press seam allowances towards the back and serge.
Stitch the side seams of the inner yokes, press seam allowances open. Serge the bottom edge. Place the yoke and skirt right sides together and stitch the top edge. Topstitch the seam allowances to the yoke 0.2 cm from the stitching line. Fold the yoke to the wrong side, press. Fold the center edges and sew to the zipper tape. Topstitch the yoke into the seam of the outer yoke attachment.
Serge the bottom edge of the garment, press to the wrong side and topstitch.
Sew decorative buttons onto the front yoke.