Skirt with Side Zip Godets and Flap Pocket

Name: Skirt with Side Zip Godets and Flap Pocket
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5152
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5152

A long, slightly flared women's skirt with centre front and centre back seams, a faced waist and a patch pocket with a flap on the right front. Long side slits close with 90 cm zips that open from the hem upward, with a godet set behind each zip. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: skirt fabrics that hold their shape.

Tech. Description

Skirt with Side Zip Godets and Flap Pocket

When To Wear

In autumn and spring, with boots and knitwear or a shirt tucked in.
Zips closed for a narrow line, opened for a wider step and a visible godet.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Slim through the hips, slightly flared to the hem.

Length: Long, below mid-calf.

Waist: No waistband; the top edge is finished with an interfaced facing (front facing cut on the fold, back facing in two parts), understitched. Darts on the back.

Closure: 20 cm zip in the centre back seam.

Pockets: One patch pocket on the right front, with a two-layer flap stitched on above it and topstitched 0.7 cm from the edge.

Skirt: Side seams open into long slits; zips set under the slit edges open from the bottom up. A hemmed godet is stitched to the zip tapes and slit allowances on each side.

Finishing: Hem blind-stitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Three zips, including two long zips set into side slits with godets stitched to the tapes, a faced waist and a flap pocket.

Fabric Recommendations

Skirt fabrics that hold their shape.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (facings, upper flap piece)
1 zip, 20 cm
2 zips, 90 cm each

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
Back Skirt – 2 pieces
Front Skirt – 2 pieces
Front Facing – 1 piece on fold
Back Facing – 2 pieces
Gore (godet) – 2 pieces
Pocket – 1 piece
Flap – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing: Front Facing, Back Facings and the upper Flap piece.

Sewing Instructions

Reinforce the Front Facing, Back Facings and the upper Flap piece with fusible interfacing (fusible interfacing is pressed onto the wrong side of the piece with a hot iron).
Stitch darts on the back skirt half, press depths towards the center.
Stitch the back center seam below the slit mark for the zipper, press seam allowances open. Baste the zipper under the edges of the slit, stitch from the right side.
Stitch the front center seam, press seam allowances open.
Press the Pocket seam allowances inwards, place it on the right Front Skirt according to the marking and topstitch. Stitch the two Flap pieces right sides together along the side and bottom edges. Turn out, press. Place the flap on the right front above the pocket and stitch. Press downwards and topstitch at a distance of 0.7 cm from the edge.
Stitch the skirt's side seams up to the slit marks.
Stitch the side seams on the facings.
Finish the top of the skirt with the facing, press seam allowances onto the facing and topstitch, turn out and overlock the open edge of the facing. Fold under the ends of the facing and sew to the zipper tape.
Baste zippers under the edges of the side slits so that they open from bottom to top, topstitch close to the edge.
Fold under the hem allowances of the Gores and topstitch. Place the Gores on the zipper tapes and the seam allowances of the side slits right sides together, topstitch close to the zipper teeth.
Fold under the seam allowance for the skirt hem, hem with blind stitches.