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 Skirt – 1 piece on fold
- Back Skirt – 2 pieces
- Pocket – 2 pieces
- Tie strip, 1.00 m long and 3 cm wide, including seam allowances – 1 piece
- From lining fabric: cut the Front Skirt and the Back Skirt.
- From fusible interfacing: reinforce the cut-on facing at the top of the Front Skirt. Additionally, press a 5 cm wide strip of interfacing along the top edges of the skirt pieces (cut the 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, turn it under to a width of 1 cm and topstitch close to the edge and 0.75 cm from it. Press the seam allowances along the front and lower edges of the Pocket to the wrong side.
- Pin the Pocket to the Front Skirt, matching the side and top edges of the skirt and the Pocket. Topstitch the Pocket along the front and lower edges, close to the edge and 0.75 cm from it. Baste the side and top edges.
- Stitch the centre back seam of the Back Skirt, leaving the slit open at the bottom. Press the seam allowances to the left; at the top of the slit, clip the right seam allowance.
- Stitch the side seams and press the seam allowances open.
- Press the 7 cm hem allowance to the wrong side and topstitch 6 cm from the lower edge. Press the seam allowances along the back slit to the wrong side and topstitch along the slit edges and, without breaking the stitching, continue topstitching the left Back Skirt along the centre back seam.
- Stitch the seams of the lining pieces, leaving the slit open at the bottom of the centre back seam. Place the lining in the skirt, wrong sides together, and baste the top edges. Hem the lining so that it is 2 cm shorter than the skirt. Turn under the seam allowances of the lining along the slit and sew them by hand to the seam allowances along the slit edges.
- Make the buttonholes at the waist at the markings. Press the cut-on facing at the top of the skirt (3 cm wide) to the wrong side and topstitch 2 cm from the top edge to form the casing. On the tie strip, press the long edges 0.75 cm to the wrong side. Fold the strip in half lengthwise and topstitch the edges together close to the edge. Thread the tie through the waist casing and knot the ends.
