Asymmetric Cascading Ruffle Skirt
A fitted women's skirt above the knee with four tiers of folded, double-layer flounces set diagonally into the front seams. The front is cut in an upper and a lower part; the back has darts, a centre back zip and a topstitched slit.
When To Wear
- At the office with a plain fitted blouse or a short jacket.
- For dinners and daytime events, with simple tops that leave the flounced front in view.
- In spring and autumn with tights; in summer bare-legged with sandals.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: Fitted through the hips, slightly narrowing towards the hem.
Length: Above the knee.
Front: Four flounces, each cut as two pieces stitched together along the lower edge, turned and folded along a marked line. They are nested one inside the next and set into the seam between the upper and lower front, running at an angle from the right side seam across the front.
Back: Two back pieces with two darts each, a centre back seam with an invisible zip at the top and a slit at the hem, topstitched 0.1 cm from the edge.
Waist: No waistband; the top edge is finished with a fused facing, understitched 0.2 cm from the seam and sewn to the zip tape.
Finishing: Hem turned up and sewn by hand with blind stitches.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Bagging out four flounces and nesting them in sequence, setting them into a seam on the angle, an invisible zip and a back slit.
Fabric Recommendations
Thin suiting fabrics of natural or blended fibres.
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing (back and front facings)
- 1 invisible zip
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 – 3 cm, center back seam allowance - 1.5 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. Inscriptions on the patterns are on the right side!
- From main fabric:
- Back – 2 pieces
- Upper front – 1 piece
- Lower front – 1 piece
- Back facing – 2 pieces
- Front facing – 1 piece
- Flounce_1 – 2 pieces
- Flounce_2 – 2 pieces
- Flounce_3 – 2 pieces
- Flounce_4 – 2 pieces
- Free-hanging panel – 1 piece
- From fusible interlining:
- Back facing – 2 pieces
- Front facing – 1 piece
Sewing Instructions
When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!
- Reinforce facing pieces with fusible interlining.
- Stitch darts on back pieces, press seam allowances towards the center.
- Overlock center back seams. Stitch the center back seam from the zipper mark to the slit mark. Press seam allowances open, pressing the zipper slit and the lower slit. Insert the zipper.
- Fold flounce_4 pieces in pairs right sides together and stitch the lower edge from the sharp corner to mark “o”. Clip seam allowances at the mark. Turn the flounce right side out, straighten, press. Fold the flounce along the marked line, secure along the upper edge.
- Fold flounce_3 pieces in pairs right sides together and stitch the lower edge, inserting flounce_4 between them. Turn the flounce right side out, straighten, press. Fold the flounce along the marked line, secure along the upper edge.
- Fold flounce_2 pieces in pairs right sides together and stitch the lower edge, inserting flounce_3 between them. Turn the flounce right side out, straighten, press. Fold the flounce along the marked line, secure along the upper edge.
- Fold flounce_1 pieces in pairs right sides together and stitch the lower edge, inserting flounce_2 between them. Turn the flounce right side out, straighten, press. Fold the flounce along the marked line, secure along the upper edge.
- Stitch the upper and lower front pieces, inserting flounce_1 between them. Press seam allowances upwards and overlock.
- Topstitch the free-hanging onto the skirt into the flounce stitching seams from the right side seam to the first mark.
- Stitch side seams, press seam allowances towards the back and overlock.
- Stitch side seams of facings. Overlock the lower edge. Fold the facing with the skirt right sides together and stitch the upper edge. Topstitch seam allowances to the facing 0.2 cm from the stitching seam. Fold facings to the wrong side, press. Fold the back edges of the facing and sew to the zipper tape.
- Overlock the lower edge of the skirt together with the lower edge of the free-hanging, press to the wrong side and hem with blind stitches. Topstitch the slit on the back 0.1 cm from the edge.
