Sport-Style Skirt with Patch Pockets
Introducing a comfortable and chic sport-style skirt featuring a practical drawstring waist and prominent front patch pockets with angled openings.
When To Wear
This versatile skirt is perfect for everyday comfort and casual elegance, making it suitable for:
- Casual Outings: Its relaxed fit and practical design make it ideal for daily wear and errands.
- Weekend Activities: Perfect for comfortable styling when enjoying leisure time or informal gatherings.
- Relaxed Work Environments: Can be dressed up slightly for offices with a casual dress code.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: A straight, knee-length silhouette designed for comfortable wear.
Waist: A comfortable drawstring waist with a casing, allowing for an adjustable fit.
Pockets: Functional and stylish large front patch pockets, each featuring an angled top opening.
Back: A clean back panel with a center back seam, finished with a practical walking vent at the hem.
Hem: A deep, topstitched hem, adding a clean finish and structure.
Details: Decorative topstitching is present on the pockets, hem, and seams, enhancing the sport-style aesthetic.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Requires skills in attaching patch pockets, constructing a drawstring casing, creating a back vent, and incorporating a lining.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose light to medium-weight skirt fabrics that maintain their shape well, such as:
- Cotton twill
- Light denim
- Linen blends
- Gabardine
Additional Supplies
- Lining fabric
- Fusible interfacing
CUTTER'S MUST
- From main fabric:
- FRONT PANEL - 1 piece on fold
- BACK PANEL - 2 pieces
- Pocket - 2 pieces
- TRIM STRIP for tie, 1.00 m long and 3 cm wide, including SEAM ALLOWANCES.
- From LINING fabric: cut FRONT PANEL and BACK PANELs.
- From FUSIBLE INTERFACING: reinforce the integrated FACINGs of the FRONT PANELs with interfacing. Additionally, iron on a 5 cm wide strip of interfacing along the upper edges of the panels (cut strips to the shape of the edges).
Sewing Instructions
- On each pocket, press the SEAM ALLOWANCE along the slanted pocket opening to the wrong side, fold under to a width of 1 cm and topstitch close to the edge and at a distance of 0.75 cm. Press the SEAM ALLOWANCES along the front and lower edges of the pocket to the wrong side.
- Pin the pocket to the FRONT PANEL, aligning the side and upper edges of the panel and the pocket. Topstitch the pocket along the front and lower edges close to the edge and at a distance of 0.75 cm. Baste the side and upper edges.
- Stitch the center seam of the BACK PANEL, leaving the slit open at the bottom. Press the SEAM ALLOWANCES to the left, at the upper end of the slit, clip the right SEAM ALLOWANCE.
- Stitch the side seams, press the SEAM ALLOWANCES open.
- Press the hem allowance of 7 cm width to the wrong side and topstitch at a distance of 6 cm from the bottom. Press the SEAM ALLOWANCES along the back slit to the wrong side and topstitch along the edges and, without interrupting the stitching, topstitch the left FRONT PANEL along the seam.
- Stitch the seams on the LINING pieces, leaving the slit open at the bottom of the back center seam. Fold the LINING with the skirt, wrong side to wrong side, and baste the upper edges. Hem the bottom of the LINING so that the LINING is 2 cm shorter than the skirt. Fold under the SEAM ALLOWANCE on the LINING along the lower slit and sew to the SEAM ALLOWANCES along the edges of the slit.
- On the waistband, overcast the buttonholes according to the markings. Press the integrated FACING of the skirt top (3 cm wide) to the wrong side and topstitch for the casing at a distance of 2 cm. On the TRIM STRIP for the tie, press the longitudinal edges to the wrong side to a width of 0.75 cm. Fold the strip in half lengthwise, stitch the edges close to the edge. Insert the tie into the waist casing, tie knots at the ends.
