Maxi Paneled Skirt with Pockets

Name: Maxi Paneled Skirt with Pockets
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5025
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5025

A long, slightly flared women's skirt with a centre front panel cut on the fold, side front panels with curved pocket openings, back darts, a centre back zip and a back vent. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: medium-weight woven fabrics with some body: cotton twill, denim, linen, gabardine.

Tech. Description

Maxi Paneled Skirt with Pockets

A long, slightly flared women's skirt with a centre front panel cut on the fold, side front panels with curved pocket openings, back darts, a centre back zip and a back vent.

When To Wear

For everyday wear in spring and autumn with a T-shirt, a shirt or a knit.
In summer with sandals and a light top; with boots and a jumper in cooler weather.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Slight A-line, fitted at the waist.

Length: Maxi, to the ankle.

Front: A centre front panel cut on the fold between two side panels, each side panel in an upper and a lower part. The panel seams are topstitched.

Pockets: Front hip pockets with curved, topstitched openings in the side panels, with upper and lower pocket bags in lining.

Back: Two back pieces with a centre back seam and one dart on each side, pressed towards the centre.

Closure: Zip in the upper part of the centre back seam; button and buttonhole on the waistband, with a closure extension.

Skirt: Vent at the hem of the centre back seam: a cut-on vent facing on the left back, an underlap on the right back, and diagonal topstitching at the top of the vent.

Waist: Straight waistband folded lengthwise and edgestitched.

Finishing: Topstitched hem.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Pockets set into the side front panels, a centre back zip, a lapped back vent, a waistband with a closure extension.

Fabric Recommendations

Medium-weight woven fabrics with some body: cotton twill, denim, linen, gabardine.

Additional Supplies

Lining fabric (pocket bags)
Zip
1 button

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
Center Front Skirt Half - 1 piece on fold
Back Skirt Half - 2 pieces
Upper Side Front Skirt Half - 2 pieces
Lower Side Front Skirt Half - 2 pieces
Waistband - 1 piece
From lining fabric:
Upper Pocket Lining - 2 pieces
Lower Pocket Lining - 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Sew the darts on the back skirt halves and press them towards the center.
Make the pockets using the upper and lower pocket linings, then join the side front skirt halves to the center front skirt half.
Sew the center back seam between the zipper opening mark and the vent mark; sew the side seams. Insert the zipper.
Fold the waistband in half lengthwise and stitch the short ends and the closure extension; turn out. Sew the outer half of the waistband to the upper edge of the skirt right sides together; turn under the inner half and sew it to the waistband seam. Edgestitch the waistband. Make a buttonhole and sew on the button.
Hem the skirt. Press the cut-on vent facing (left back skirt half) to the wrong side along the fold line and sew it to the hem. Hem the long edge of the vent underlap (right back skirt half) as narrowly as possible. Topstitch the left back skirt half diagonally at the top of the vent, catching the underlap.