High-Waist Button-Front Pencil Skirt

Name: High-Waist Button-Front Pencil Skirt
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4729
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4729

This sophisticated women's sewing pattern creates a high-waisted pencil skirt, defined by its elegant button-front closure and structured silhouette. Its flattering pencil silhouette, designed to hit around the knee or just below, makes it an excellent choice for professional attire, smart casual elegance, or special occasions. The pattern requires intermediate skills such as dart construction, lining attachment, and creating neat buttonholes.

Tech. Description

High-Waist Button-Front Skirt

A sophisticated women's sewing pattern for a high-waisted pencil skirt, defined by its elegant button-front closure and structured silhouette.

When To Wear

This versatile skirt is an excellent choice for a variety of settings, making it perfect for:

Professional & Business Attire: Ideal for office wear, meetings, and corporate environments due to its polished and modest design.
Smart Casual & Everyday Elegance: Elevates daily outfits, perfect for brunches, upscale errands, or relaxed yet refined gatherings.
Special Occasions & Events: Suitable for semi-formal events, dinners, or occasions where a chic and sophisticated look is desired.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: a flattering pencil silhouette, gently skimming the body from the high waist to the hem.

Waist: a high waist without a waistband, shaped with front and back darts and finished on the inside with a facing.

Closure: a button-front closure at the center front with seven buttons from the waist to the hip; the faced front edges continue to the hem.

Back: Includes a center back seam and shaping darts for a smooth and contoured fit.

Length: Designed to hit around the knee or just below.

Lining: Fully lined for comfortable wear and a clean, professional finish.

Hem: a clean, straight hemline, finished with blind stitches.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. This pattern involves skills such as dart construction, lining attachment, facing application, and creating neat buttonholes.

Fabric Recommendations

Choose suiting fabrics with good body and drape for the main garment, and a suitable lining material:

Suiting fabrics made from natural or blended fibers

Additional Supplies

Lining fabric
Fusible interfacing
7 buttons

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 for the bottom edge – 2.5 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 main fabric:
- Back Skirt – 2 pieces
- Front Skirt – 2 pieces
- Center Front Facing – 2 pieces
- Facing – 1 piece
From lining fabric:
- Back Skirt – 2 pieces
- Front Skirt – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
- Center Front Facing – 2 pieces
- Facing – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Center Front Facings and the Facing.
Stitch the darts on the Back Skirt and Front Skirt pieces, press the dart depths towards the center.
Stitch the center back seam, press allowances to the left and serge.
Stitch the side seams, press allowances towards the back and serge.
Stitch the Center Front Facings to the Facing, press allowances open. Place the facings on the skirt right sides together and stitch along the center front edges and the upper edge. Understitch the allowances to the facings 0.2 cm from the seam. Turn the facings to the wrong side and press. Stitch across the lower corner of each front edge.
Stitch the darts and seams of the lining pieces, press allowances and serge. Turn the lower edge under twice by 1 cm and topstitch. Stitch the lining to the inner edges of the Center Front Facings and Facing, press allowances and serge.
Serge the lower edge of the skirt, press to the wrong side and hem with blind stitches.
Work buttonholes on the left front and sew the buttons on the right front.

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