Sport-Style Skirt with Patch Pockets
A women's straight, lined skirt around knee length with a drawstring waist casing, two large patch pockets with slanted openings on the front and a centre back slit.
When To Wear
- In spring and summer with T-shirts, polo shirts or sweatshirts.
- For everyday wear and weekends, with flat shoes or trainers.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: Straight, gathered slightly at the waist by the drawstring.
Length: About knee length.
Waist: No waistband: a 3 cm cut-on facing at the top edge is turned to the inside and topstitched at 2 cm to form a casing. A self-fabric tie runs through the casing and comes out through two buttonholes on the front; the ends are knotted.
Pockets: Two large patch pockets on the front, reaching from the waist and side seams. The slanted opening is turned under to 1 cm and topstitched close to the edge and at 0.75 cm; the front and lower edges are topstitched the same way, and the side and top edges are caught into the side seam and the casing.
Back: Two back pieces with a centre back seam, open at the bottom as a slit; the slit edges are topstitched and the stitching continues along the seam.
Finishing: Side seams pressed open; 7 cm hem topstitched 6 cm from the lower edge.
Lining: Front and back lining with a slit at the centre back, 2 cm shorter than the skirt, joined at the top edge.
Level Of Difficulty
Beginner. Patch pockets, a drawstring casing, a topstitched back slit and a simple lining joined at the waist.
Fabric Recommendations
Lightweight skirt fabrics that hold their shape.
Additional Supplies
- Lining fabric
- Fusible interfacing (cut-on front facings and a 5 cm strip along the top edges)
Cutter's Must
- From main fabric:
- Front - 1 piece on fold
- Back - 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 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, aligning the side and upper edges of the 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, 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 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, make 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.
