Draped Bubble Skirt with Wide Yoke

Name: Draped Bubble Skirt with Wide Yoke
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4041
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4041

A short women's skirt with a wide, interfaced yoke in suiting fabric and a lower skirt in drapey knit. Pleats under the yoke and draped folds at the sides give a rounded shape that narrows again at the hem; the skirt closes with a centre back invisible zipper. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: skirt: well-draping knit with medium stretch, from natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Draped Bubble Skirt with Wide Yoke

When To Wear

At parties and evening events, with a fitted top and heels.
At the office, with a plain blouse or a fine-knit jumper.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Rounded through the hips, tapering towards the hem.

Length: Short, above the knee.

Waist: Wide yoke with no separate waistband, curved along its lower edge; cut double (outer and inner) from suiting, with the outer yoke interfaced.

Skirt: One-piece front cut on the fold and two back pieces. Pleats at the upper edge are turned towards the centre of each panel; a slanted seam at each side forms a corner that is folded into drapes, and the corners are tucked inside and weighted.

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

Back: Centre back seam through the yoke and the skirt.

Finishing: Hem turned up 1.5 cm and topstitched with a twin needle or coverstitch; knit seams sewn with a stretch or narrow zigzag stitch or on an overlocker.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Combining a woven yoke with a stretch knit, an invisible zipper set through a faced yoke, and arranging the side drapes with weights.

Fabric Recommendations

Skirt: well-draping knit with medium stretch, from natural or blended fibres. Yoke: suiting fabric.

Additional Supplies

Suiting fabric for the yoke
Fusible interfacing (outer yoke)
Invisible zipper
Drapery weights

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: hem allowance – 1.5 cm, other seams 1 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 suiting fabric:
- Back yoke – 4 pieces
- Front yoke – 2 pieces
From knit fabric:
- Back — 2 pieces
- Front — 1 piece on fold
From fusible interfacing:
- Back yoke – 2 pieces
- Front yoke – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

Tip: Cut pieces from knit fabrics are stitched with a special elastic or narrow zigzag stitch. When serging, trim seam allowances to 0.7 cm. The hem allowance is topstitched with a twin needle or on a coverstitch machine to maintain elasticity. You can also stitch pieces directly on a 3- or 4-thread serger.

Reinforce the outer yoke pieces with fusible interfacing.
Stitch the side seams of the skirt. Serge the seam and press it open. Stitch the slanted seam of the skirt. Serge the seam and press it open (an angle should be formed). Stitch the center seam of the back from the zipper notch downwards. Press the seam open.
Stitch the side seams of the yokes. Serge the seams and press them towards the back.
On the front and back panels, create and secure the pleats. The pleat depths are directed towards the center of the piece. Attach the skirt panels to the outer yokes. Serge the seam and press it upwards. Insert the zipper into the center seam.
Serge the bottom edge of the inner yokes. Place the yokes right sides together and align along the top edge. Before reaching 5 mm from the edges of the concealed fastener, fold back the inner yoke and pin it to the top edge of the skirt. On the right side of the skirt, fold back the seam allowances along the zipper and pin them to the top edge over the facing. Stitch the top edge. Clip the seam at the curves, turn the pieces right side out, and press. Fold the seam allowances along the fastener to the wrong side and attach them to the zipper tape. Topstitch the inner yoke into the seam attaching the lower of the skirt.
Serge the bottom edge of the skirt, fold up, and topstitch.
Create drapery on the skirt. Tuck the skirt corners inwards and sew weights to them.