High-Waisted Button Front Pencil Skirt

Name: High-Waisted Button Front Pencil Skirt
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4721
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4721

A women's knee-length pencil skirt in a jeans style: a separate centre front placket with six sewn-on buttons, curved front pockets, two patch pockets on the back, a folded waistband and a concealed zipper above a slit in the centre back seam. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: dense dress fabrics made from natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

High-Waisted Button-Front Pencil Skirt

When To Wear

For everyday wear and casual offices with shirts, T-shirts and knitwear.
In spring and autumn with tights, boots or flat shoes.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Pencil skirt, close-fitting through the hips and narrowing slightly towards the hem.

Length: About knee length.

Waist: Interfaced waistband folded in half lengthwise, the inner layer secured by stitching in the ditch; darts in the back.

Front: Two front pieces joined by a placket that runs from the waistband to the hem and is topstitched 0.1 cm from the seams. Six buttons are sewn onto the placket without buttonholes: the skirt opens at the back.

Pockets: Curved front pockets, the opening faced with the pocket bag and understitched 0.1 cm from the seam; the pocket bag is stitched to a side piece that forms the pocket back. Two patch pockets with a pointed lower edge on the back, the top edge turned under and topstitched.

Back: Centre back seam with a concealed zipper at the top and a slit at the hem, topstitched 0.5 cm from the fold.

Finishing: The hem is turned up and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Front pockets with a side piece, patch pockets, a set-in front placket, a concealed zipper combined with a slit in the same seam and a folded waistband.

Fabric Recommendations

Dense dress fabrics made from natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (waistband)
1 concealed zipper
6 buttons

Cutter's Must

If the patterns have a double contour, the patterns include seam allowances. If the contour is single, the patterns do not include seam allowances. Seam allowances: all seams 1 cm. Allowance for the upper edge of the pocket – 3 cm; Allowance for the lower edge of the front, back panels and placket – 3 cm. Attention! First of all, 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 Skirt – 2 pieces
- Front Skirt – 2 pieces
- Placket – 1 piece
- Side – 2 pieces
- Waistband – 2 pieces
- Pocket Bag – 2 pieces
- Pocket – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
- Waistband – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the waistband pieces.
Stitch the darts on the Back Skirt pieces, press the dart depths towards the center.
Press the allowance of the upper pocket edge to the wrong side, turn under and topstitch. Overlock pocket edges, press allowances to the wrong side. Place the Pocket on the Back Skirt according to the markings and topstitch.
Place the Pocket Bag on the Front Skirt and stitch along the pocket opening. Clip the allowances on curves, turn the pocket bag to the wrong side, understitch the allowances to the pocket bag 0.1 cm from the seam and press. Place the Front Skirt on the Side according to the markings. Stitch the Pocket Bag to the Side and overlock the allowances. Baste the pocket to the Front Skirt along the upper and side edges.
Stitch side seams, press allowances towards the back and overlock.
Press the Waistband pieces in half lengthwise, wrong sides together. Attach the outer half of the waistband to the upper edge of the skirt, press the allowances towards the waistband.
Attach the Placket to the Front Skirt pieces and the waistband, press the allowances towards the placket, overlock and topstitch 0.1 cm from the attaching seam.
Overlock the center back edges separately. Stitch the center back seam from the zipper mark to the slit mark, press the allowances open. Insert the zipper. Topstitch along the slit 0.5 cm from the fold to secure the allowances.
Overlock the edge of the inner waistband. Stitch in the ditch of the outer waistband seam to secure the inner waistband.
Overlock the lower edge of the skirt, press to the wrong side and topstitch.
Sew the buttons onto the Placket.