Pencil Skirt with Angled Contrast Inserts
This women's pencil skirt pattern features a sleek, fitted silhouette enhanced by striking angled contrast inserts on both the front and back panels.
When To Wear
This versatile pencil skirt is suitable for a range of occasions, offering both professionalism and modern style:
- Professional Settings: a sophisticated choice for office wear, meetings, or business events.
- Smart Casual Outings: Pair with blouses or knitwear for a polished everyday look or dinner with friends.
- Semi-Formal Gatherings: Elevate your ensemble for parties or special events when crafted from refined fabrics.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: a classic pencil skirt silhouette, fitted through the hips and tapering gently to the knee, ensuring a sleek and polished profile.
Waist: Designed to sit at the natural waist, finished with an internal facing for a clean, smooth waistband-free appearance.
Front: Features prominent angled contrast inserts that create a distinctive V-shape, adding a modern and dynamic visual element.
Back: Includes matching angled contrast inserts on the back panels, complemented by a center back seam and a functional vent for comfortable movement.
Closure: Secured with a discreet invisible zipper at the center back seam.
Length: Finishes elegantly at knee length.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. This pattern requires skills in accurate panel seaming, invisible zipper insertion, applying facings, and constructing a back vent.
Fabric Recommendations
For the main skirt body, choose fabrics with good body and drape, and consider contrasting textures for the inserts:
- Suiting fabrics made from natural or blended fibers
- Faux or genuine leather for the contrast inserts
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing
- 1 invisible zipper
Cutter's Must
If the patterns have a double contour, seam allowances are included. If the contour is single, seam allowances are not included. Seam allowances: all seams 1 cm. Hem allowance for the bottom edge - 2 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!
- From main fabric:
- Back – 2 pieces
- Front – 1 piece on fold
- Side of front – 2 pieces
- Back facing – 4 pieces
- Front facing - 1 piece
- From contrast fabric:
- Back insert – 2 pieces
- Front insert – 2 pieces
- From fusible interfacing:
- Back facing – 2 pieces
- Front facing - 1 piece
Sewing Instructions
- Interface the facing pieces with fusible interfacing.
- Stitch darts on the back, press seam allowances towards the center. Attach the back insert to the back, press seam allowances upwards and overlock. Attach the outer back facings to the insert, press seam allowances upwards and overlock. Overlock the center edges of the back separately on each piece. Stitch the center back seam from the zipper mark to the slit mark. Press seam allowances open, pressing the zipper slit and the bottom slit. Insert the zipper. Topstitch along the folds of the bottom slit.
- Attach the front insert to the front, clipping at the corner, press seam allowances towards the center, overlock. Attach the side to the front insert, ending the stitching exactly at the marked side seam line. Clip seam allowances at the notch, press towards the insert and overlock.
- Stitch side seams, press seam allowances towards the back and overlock.
- Stitch and press open the side seams of the inner facings. Overlock the bottom edge. Place the facing with the skirt right sides together and stitch the top edge. Topstitch seam allowances to the facing 0.2 cm from the stitching line. Fold the facings to the wrong side, press. Fold under the center edges and sew to the zipper tape.
- Overlock the bottom edge of the skirt, press seam allowances to the wrong side and hem with blind stitches.
