Asymmetric Bow Pencil Skirt

Name: Asymmetric Bow Pencil Skirt
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4585
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4585

A women's knee-length pencil skirt with an asymmetric front: a curved waist facing-yoke, diagonal panel seams and a pleated bow flap set into the seam on one side. Concealed zipper in the right side seam. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: suiting fabrics with good drape, of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Asymmetric Bow Pencil Skirt

When To Wear

Office and business wear, with a blouse or a fitted jacket.
Daytime events and dinners, with pumps.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted pencil shape, narrowing slightly towards the hem.

Length: Knee length.

Waist: No waistband. The top edge is a shaped band (outer facing) on front and back, interfaced, and finished on the inside with a second facing.

Front: Upper and lower front panels and a side panel, joined by a diagonal front seam. A bow flap with a hemmed lower edge and a pleat is caught in the seam of the side panel.

Back: Upper back with a dart and a diagonal seam to the side panel, which wraps from the front.

Closure: Concealed zipper in the right side seam; the inner facings are sewn by hand to the zipper tape.

Finishing: Seams serged; hem turned up 2 cm and blind-stitched by hand.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Asymmetric panels joined along diagonal seams, a pleated flap inserted in a seam, a faced waist edge with a concealed zipper.

Fabric Recommendations

Suiting fabrics with good drape, of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (outer facings)
1 concealed zipper

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:

Back facing – 2 pieces
Upper back – 1 piece
Side skirt – 1 piece
Front facing – 2 pieces
Upper front - 1 piece
Lower front – 1 piece
Bow – 1 piece

From fusible interfacing:

Back facing – 1 piece
Front facing - 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the outer facings.
Stitch the dart on the back, press the dart allowance towards the center. Attach the outer back facing to the upper back, press seam allowances upwards.
Serge the bottom edge of the bow. Fold the allowance inwards and topstitch. Form a pleat on the bow. Place the bow on the side skirt and secure along the edges. Then treat as one piece.
Stitch the left side seam. Serge and press open the allowances.
Attach the upper front skirt to the front facing. Press the allowance towards the facing (a section of the facing remains unstitched). Serge the right side edges separately on each piece. Stitch the edge from the mark to the bottom edge. Press open the seam allowances, pressing the slit for the zipper. Insert the zipper.
Stitch the upper and lower parts of the skirt. Serge and press the allowances downwards. At the section where it attaches to the facing, press the allowance towards the facing.
Stitch the front bias edge. Press open and serge the allowances.
Stitch and press open the left side seam of the inner facings. Serge the bottom edge. Fold the facing with the skirt right sides together and stitch the upper edge. Fold the facings to the wrong side, press. Fold the side edges and sew to the zipper tape. Topstitch the inner facing into the seam of the upper attachment.
Serge the hem allowance. Press the allowances to the wrong side and hem with blind stitches.