Gathered Skirt with Hip Yoke

Name: Gathered Skirt with Hip Yoke
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2790
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2790

A women's midi skirt with a deep hip yoke, gathered lower panels, a topstitched placket strip down the centre front and two rounded decorative flaps on the front yoke. The top edge is finished with facings, and an invisible zip closes the centre back. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: dense dress fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Gathered Skirt with Hip Yoke

When To Wear

For the office with a tucked-in blouse or a fitted knit top.
In spring and autumn with boots or low-heeled shoes; in summer with sandals and a T-shirt.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted through the hip yoke, then full and flared below the gathered yoke seam.

Length: Midi, below the knee.

Waist: No separate waistband. An interfaced outer facing is stitched to the top of the yoke on the right side and forms a band; an inner facing behind it is sewn to the top edge, turned inside and stitched in the ditch of the outer facing seam.

Front: Front yoke and front skirt each cut in one piece on the fold; the front skirt is gathered from each side seam to a mark, leaving the centre flat. An interfaced placket strip is topstitched over the centre front from the waist to the hem.

Pockets: None. Two rounded flaps, made of two layers each and interfaced, are basted onto the front yoke below the waist band; they are decorative.

Back: Yoke with princess seams (centre and side back yoke pieces); the back skirt is gathered onto the yoke. Centre back seam with an invisible zip.

Finishing: Yoke seams pressed upwards; hem turned and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Gathering onto a yoke, an invisible zip, a two-part facing finish at the top edge, and a topstitched placket strip.

Fabric Recommendations

Dense dress fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (facings, flaps, placket)
Invisible zip

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 – 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!

From main fabric:
- Center Back Yoke – 2 pieces
- Side Back Yoke – 2 pieces
- Back Skirt – 2 pieces
- Front Yoke – 1 piece (cut on fold)
- Front Skirt – 1 piece (cut on fold)
- Back Facing – 4 pieces
- Front Facing – 2 pieces
- Flap – 4 pieces
- Placket – 1 piece
From fusible interfacing:
- Back Facing – 2 pieces
- Front Facing – 1 piece
- Flap – 2 pieces
- Placket – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Back Facings, Front Facing, Flaps and Placket as listed above.
Stitch the princess seams joining the Center Back Yoke and Side Back Yoke, press seam allowances towards the center, and serge. Along the upper edge of the Back Skirt, stitch with a loosened upper thread and gather. Stitch the yoke to the Back Skirt, press seam allowances upwards, and serge. Stitch the outer Back Facings to the top of the back yoke, press seam allowances towards the facings.
Serge the center back edges separately. Stitch the center back seam from the zipper mark to the bottom, press seam allowances open. Insert the zipper.
Along the upper edge of the Front Skirt, from each side seam to the mark, stitch with a loosened upper thread and gather. Stitch the Front Yoke to the Front Skirt, press seam allowances upwards, and serge.
Press the seam allowances of the vertical edges of the placket to the wrong side, place the Placket on the front along the markings, and topstitch.
Place the Flap pieces right sides together in pairs and stitch along the outer contour. Clip the seam allowances at the curves, turn the flaps right side out, straighten, and press. Place the flaps on the Front Yoke and baste along the upper and side edges. Stitch the outer Front Facing to the top of the Front Yoke, press seam allowances towards the facing.
Stitch the side seams, press seam allowances towards the back, and serge.
Stitch the side seams of the inner facings, press seam allowances open, and serge the lower edge. Place the inner facing on the skirt right sides together and stitch the upper edge. Clip the seam allowances, turn the facing to the wrong side, and press. Secure it by stitching in the ditch of the outer facing seam.
Serge the bottom edge of the garment, press to the wrong side, and topstitch.