Wave Pleat Pencil Skirt

Fabric & Materials

Fabric recommendations: thin suiting fabrics made from natural or blended fibers, preferably with added elastane. Also needed: fusible interfacing; 1 invisible zipper.

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. The hem allowance of the product is equal to the pleat width + 0.5 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. When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match! Inscriptions on the patterns are made on the right side.

• From main fabric:
  • Back panel – 2 pieces
  • Front panel – 1 piece
  • Back yoke – 4 pieces
  • Front yoke – 2 pieces
• From fusible interfacing:
  • Back yoke – 2 pieces
  • Front yoke – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

1. Reinforce the yokes with fusible interfacing.
2. Stitch the darts on the back panel pieces, press the depths towards the center. Attach the back yokes to the back panels. Overlock the seams and press them upwards. Overlock the center edge of the back halves separately. Stitch the center edge from the notch for the zipper to the slit. Press the seams open. Insert the zipper, press the seam. Overlock the bottom edge.
3. Overlock, press, and topstitch the hem allowance of the front half.
4. Stitch the pleats according to the markings. Press the pleats downwards. Starting from the second pleat from the top, along the marking line, fold the depth of each pleat upwards to the stitching line. Secure the pleats strictly along the marked line. Press the front panel.
5. Attach the front yoke to the front panel. Overlock the seam and press it upwards.
6. Fold the pieces along the side seam, aligning from the top edge. Fold the hem allowance of the back panel upwards, overlapping the front skirt panel. Stitch, overlock, and press the side seams. Turn the skirt right side out. Topstitch the hem allowance onto the back panel. Press the slit. Stitch a reinforcing line 0.1 cm along the slit.
7. Stitch the side seams of the inner yokes. Overlock the bottom edge. Place the yoke with the skirt right sides together and face the top edge. Topstitch the seam allowances to the inner yoke at a distance of 0.2 cm from the facing seam. Fold the facings to the wrong side, press. Fold the center edges of the inner yoke and sew to the zipper tape. Topstitch the inner yoke into the seam of the outer yoke attachment.