Button-Front Wrap Skirt
Introducing a women's sewing pattern for a contemporary mini skirt featuring a stylish button-front wrap design and a clean silhouette.
When To Wear
This versatile skirt is perfect for a range of occasions, offering both style and comfort, making it suitable for:
- Casual Chic: Perfect for everyday wear, offering a stylish yet comfortable option.
- Office Attire: a modern and professional choice suitable for a business casual environment.
- Smart Weekend Outings: Ideal for social gatherings, brunches, or shopping trips.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: a mini-length skirt with a slight a-line shape, featuring an asymmetric wrap front.
Waist: High-rise waist, finished with a neat, internal facing.
Closure: a concealed zipper fastens at the center back, complemented by a functional button and buttonhole on the front wrap panel.
Front: Designed with a distinctive wrap panel that overlaps and secures with a single button, creating an elegant, asymmetrical line.
Hem: a straight hemline provides a polished finish to the skirt.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Requires skills in inserting zippers, sewing darts, applying facings, and creating a precise buttonhole.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose medium-weight woven fabrics with some body for the best drape and structure:
- Cotton twill
- Denim
- Gabardine
- Wool blends
- Linen blends
Additional Supplies
- 1 zipper
- 1 button
- Fusible interfacing for facings
Cutter's Must
- From main fabric:
- 1. Front - 1 qty on fold
- 2. Back - 2 qty
- 3. Front facing - 1 qty on fold
- 4. Back facing - 2 qty
- 5. Front flounce - 1 qty
- From fusible interfacing: facings.
Sewing Instructions
- Stitch darts, press dart bulk towards the center line.
- Stitch the center back seam, leaving the top open for the zipper closure. Insert the zipper.
- Baste the seam allowance of the upper edge of the front flounce to the wrong side. Press the seam allowances of the left and lower edges of the flounce to the wrong side. Finish the front lower corner as an envelope. Topstitch the flounce along the left and lower edges with a twin needle, and along the upper edge with a single stitch.
- Place the front flounce wrong side down onto the right side of the front, baste the right side seams, ensuring that the seam allowances of the upper and lower edges of the front extend beyond the corresponding edges of the flounce. Stitch the side seams.
- Stitch the side seams on the facings. Fold the facing with the skirt right sides together and stitch to the upper edge of the skirt, without catching the front flounce. Trim the seam allowances close to the stitching, turn towards the facing, and edgestitch. Turn the facing to the wrong side and sew to the dart bulk and seam allowances. Fold under the ends of the facing and sew to the zipper tapes.
- On the front flounce, make a buttonhole; sew a button onto the front in the corresponding position.
