Straight Skirt with Elasticated Waist Sides
This versatile women's sewing pattern creates a chic straight skirt, distinguished by its fixed front waistband with belt loops and practical elasticated side sections.
When To Wear
This straight skirt is a smart and adaptable choice, perfect for:
- Business & Professional Settings: Its tailored silhouette makes it ideal for office wear or formal meetings.
- Smart Casual Outings: Pair it with a relaxed top for a polished yet comfortable everyday look.
- Transitional Weather: Suitable for cooler seasons, especially when sewn from a wool blend, offering warmth and style.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: A flattering straight-cut skirt that skims the body, falling to a midi length.
Waist: High-waisted design featuring a smooth, fixed waistband at the front with functional belt loops, transitioning to comfortable elasticated sections on the sides.
Closure: A concealed zipper is set into the center back seam, secured at the top waistband tab with a single button and buttonhole.
Back: Includes a center back seam with a practical walking vent (slit) for ease of movement.
Lining: Fully lined for a smooth finish and enhanced drape.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Requires skills in constructing darts, inserting a zipper, creating a waistband with elastic, and sewing a lined garment with a back vent.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose medium-weight fabrics with good drape and structure, such as:
- Wool or semi-woolen suiting fabrics
- Blended suiting fabrics
Additional Supplies
- Lining fabric
- Fusible interfacing
- 1 zipper
- 1 button
Fabric & Materials
From main fabric: 1. Front Panel - 1 piece on fold 2. Back Panel - 2 pieces 3. Waistband - 1 piece From LINING: Front Panel - 1 piece on fold Back Panel - 2 pieces From FUSIBLE INTERFACING: reinforce waistband with interfacing.
CUTTER'S MUST
- From main fabric:
- Front Panel - 1 QTY on fold
- Back Panel - 2 QTY
- Waistband - 1 QTY
- From LINING:
- Front Panel - 1 QTY on fold
- Back Panel - 2 QTY
- From FUSIBLE INTERFACING:
- Reinforce waistband with interfacing.
Sewing Instructions
- Reinforce the waistband with FUSIBLE INTERFACING (Heat-activated interfacings are pressed onto the wrong side of the fabric with a hot iron).
- Stitch the darts on the FRONT SKIRT HALF and BACK SKIRT HALF, press them towards the center.
- Stitch the center back seam between the marks for the ZIPPER opening and the vent. Press the edges of the opening. Attach the ZIPPER under the edges of the upper opening so that the teeth are not visible.
- Stitch the side seams.
- On the LINING, stitch the darts and seams. Place the LINING into the skirt, wrong side to wrong side, turn under the SEAM ALLOWANCES at the ZIPPER opening and sew to the ZIPPER tapes, baste the LINING to the upper edge of the skirt.
- Fold the waistband in half lengthwise and stitch the ends and the SEAM ALLOWANCE for the closure. Stitch the outer half of the waistband to the upper edge of the skirt, turn under the inner half and topstitch into the attachment seam. Make a buttonhole.
- Hem the skirt. Press the integrated vent FACING (left BACK PANEL) along the fold line to the wrong side and sew to the hem. Hem the longitudinal side of the vent SEAM ALLOWANCE (right BACK PANEL) as narrowly as possible. Topstitch the left BACK PANEL diagonally at the top of the vent, catching the vent SEAM ALLOWANCE.
- Hem the LINING so that it is 2 cm shorter than the skirt. Turn under the SEAM ALLOWANCES of the opening and secure at the vent.
