Yoke Detail Skirt

Name: Yoke Detail Skirt
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4025
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4025

A straight, lined women's skirt with a faced waist and no waistband. The centre front panel has curved cut-outs at the hips over separate side front pieces, with small pleats below each cut-out held by three decorative buttons. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Yoke Detail Skirt

When To Wear

To the office with a blouse, a fitted knit top or a jacket.
In spring and autumn with tights and closed shoes.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Straight skirt, close-fitting at the waist and hips.

Waist: No waistband; the top edge is finished with interfaced front and back facings, understitched 0.2 cm from the seam.

Front: A centre front panel with curved cut-outs at each side, finished with a facing and topstitched onto the side front pieces 0.7 cm from the edge. Pleats are laid along the cut-out edge on each side and secured with three buttons.

Back: Two pieces with one dart on each, a centre back seam and a vent at the hem.

Closure: Invisible zipper in the centre back seam.

Finishing: Hem pressed under 1 cm and then 2 cm and topstitched.

Lining: Full lining attached to the lower edge of the facings, with pleats along its upper edge; lining hem double-turned and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. A faced curved cut-out applied over the side fronts, pleats laid to markings, an invisible zipper, a back vent and a lining joined to the facings.

Fabric Recommendations

Fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Lining fabric
Fusible interfacing (facings, vent allowances)
1 invisible zipper
6 decorative buttons

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. Hem allowance for the bottom of the garment 3 cm. Allowance for the inner edge of the side front, for the inner edge of the facing for the cut-out – 0 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
- Center front – 1 piece
- Side front – 2 pieces
- Back facing – 2 pieces
- Front facing – 1 piece
From lining fabric:
- Back lining – 2 pieces
- Front lining – 1 piece
- Cut-out facing – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
- Back facing – 2 pieces
- Front facing – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!

Fuse interfacing to facings and vent allowances.
Stitch darts on back pieces, press depths towards the center.
Overlock the center edges of the back separately on each piece, simultaneously overlocking the vent. Stitch the center edge from the zipper mark to the edge of the vent. Press seam allowances open, pressing the zipper opening, press vent allowances towards the left side edge. Press the right side of the vent by 1 cm and topstitch. Secure vent allowances with machine stitching. Insert zipper.
Overlock the inner edges of the side front and the cut-out facing. Fold the facing with the center front wrong sides together and stitch the cut-out edge. Trim allowances, clip curves, turn facing to the wrong side and press.
Lay and secure pleats on the center front according to markings. Place the on the side and topstitch 0.7 cm from the cut-out.
Stitch side seams, press allowances towards the back and overlock.
Stitch lining edges similarly to main fabric pieces, press allowances, overlock. Lay pleats along the upper edge. Stitch and press open side seams of facings. Attach lining to the lower edge of facings, press allowances upwards, overlock.
Fold facings with the skirt right sides together and stitch the upper edge. Topstitch allowances to the facing 0.2 cm from the stitching line. Turn facings to the wrong side and press. Fold the center edges of the back facings and sew to the zipper tape.
Press the bottom edge of the skirt by 1 cm, then by another 2 cm and topstitch. Press the bottom edge of the lining twice by 1 cm and topstitch.
Sew buttons onto the pleats, securing them, according to the technical drawing.