Straight Skirt with High Waist

Name: Straight Skirt with High Waist
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5272
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5272

A women's knee-length straight skirt with a raised waist finished by a facing instead of a waistband. Two darts on the front and two on the back, a zipper in the centre back seam and a lapped back vent. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: fine wool fabrics: fine broadcloth, wool crepe, gabardine.

Tech. Description

Straight Skirt with High Waist

When To Wear

For the office with a blouse or fine knit tucked in, or with a matching jacket as a suit.
In autumn, winter and spring in wool, with tights.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Straight, fitted at the waist and hips, slightly narrowing to the hem.

Length: To the knee.

Waist: Raised above the natural waist, no waistband. The top edge is finished with an interfaced facing, understitched and hand-sewn to the darts and seam allowances inside.

Front: One piece cut on the fold, with two darts.

Closure: Zipper in the centre back seam; the facing ends are turned in and sewn to the zipper tapes.

Back: Two panels with a centre back seam and two darts. A lapped vent at the hem: the left back has a cut-on vent facing, the right back an underlay, held by a diagonal line of topstitching at the top of the vent.

Finishing: Hem pressed up and hand-sewn.

Level Of Difficulty

Beginner. Darts, a zipper in a straight seam, a waist facing and a simple vent with a cut-on facing.

Fabric Recommendations

Fine wool fabrics: fine broadcloth, wool crepe, gabardine.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (waist facings)
Zipper

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
1. Front facing - 1 piece on fold
2. Back facing - 2 pieces
3. Back - 2 pieces
4. Front - 1 piece on fold
From fusible interfacing: fuse facing pieces with fusible interfacing.

Sewing Instructions

Stitch darts on the front skirt half and back skirt half, press them towards the center.
Stitch the back center seam between the zipper and vent notches, stitch the side seams. Insert the zipper.
Stitch the side seams on the facings. Place the facing and skirt right sides together and stitch to the upper edge of the skirt. Trim seam allowances close to the stitching, turn towards the facing and topstitch close to the edge. Turn the facing to the wrong side and sew to the dart depths and seam allowances. Fold the ends of the facing and sew to the zipper tapes.
Press the hem allowance to the wrong side and hem. Press the integrated vent facing (left back) along the fold line to the wrong side and sew to the hem. Hem the longitudinal side of the vent allowance (right back) as narrowly as possible. Topstitch the left back diagonally at the top of the vent, catching the vent allowance.