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

A women's high-waisted pencil skirt without a waistband, with a centre front opening running to the hem and seven buttons from the top edge down to the upper thigh. Darts front and back, a centre back seam and a full lining. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: suiting fabrics made from natural or blended fibres; lining fabric for the inside.

Tech. Description

High-Waist Button-Front Skirt

When To Wear

For the office with a blouse tucked in, or with a fitted jacket as a suit.
In autumn, winter and spring with tights and a fine knit top.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Pencil skirt, fitted through the waist and hips and narrowing slightly towards the hem.

Length: Knee length.

Waist: High waist rising above the natural waistline, with no waistband; shaped by one dart in each front and each back piece and finished inside with an interfaced facing.

Front: Two front pieces with a centre front opening that runs from the waist to the hem, finished with interfaced front facings joined to the waist facing. Seven buttons, buttonholes on the left front; the opening below the last button stays closed by the overlap.

Back: Centre back seam, no vent or zipper.

Finishing: Facing seams understitched 0.2 cm from the edge; the hem is finished with blind stitches.

Lining: Full lining with darts, sewn to the inner edges of the facings; the lining hem is turned under twice by 1 cm and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. A waistband-free high waist finished with a facing, a full-length faced front opening, a lining attached to the facings and seven buttonholes.

Fabric Recommendations

Suiting fabrics made from natural or blended fibres; lining fabric for the inside.

Additional Supplies

Lining fabric
Fusible interfacing (front facings, waist facing)
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.