Faux Leather Panelled Midi Skirt

Name: Faux Leather Panelled Midi Skirt
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5323
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5323

A women's A-line midi skirt in faux leather or suede, built from narrow panels and gores that fan out from a pointed yoke at the centre front and centre back. Faced waist without a waistband and a concealed zip in the left side seam. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: faux leather, faux suede.

Tech. Description

Faux Leather Panelled Midi Skirt

When To Wear

In autumn and winter with sweaters, blouses and boots.
For the office with a fitted top or a short jacket.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: A-line, close to the body at the waist and hips, flaring towards the hem.

Length: Midi, below the knee.

Waist: Front and back yokes that dip to a point at the centre; darts in the back yoke. The waist edge is finished with an interfaced facing topstitched to the seam allowances.

Skirt: Each quarter is made of a side gore, side upper and side lower panels, a centre insert and a centre gore, so the seams radiate from the point of the yoke. Every panel seam is topstitched. Centre front and centre back seams pressed open.

Closure: Concealed zip in the left side seam.

Finishing: Hem overlocked and topstitched with a 1 cm allowance, or left raw.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Many shaped panels that must meet at one point, accurate topstitching on faux leather, a concealed zip and a faced waist.

Fabric Recommendations

Faux leather, faux suede.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (front and back facings)
1 concealed zip

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:

1. Side Gore – 4 pieces
2. Side Upper Piece – 4 pieces
3. Side Lower Piece – 4 pieces
4. Center Inset – 4 pieces
5. Center Gore – 4 pieces
6. Front Yoke – 2 pieces
7. Back Yoke – 2 pieces
8. Front Facing – 1 piece
9. Back Facing – 1 piece
From fusible interfacing: Front Facing, Back Facing.

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Front Facing and Back Facing (fusible interfacing is pressed onto the wrong side of the piece with a hot iron). Stitch the darts on the Back Yoke and press them towards the centre.
Stitch the Side Gore to the Side Upper Piece. Topstitch the seam on the Side Gore side.
Stitch the joined pieces to the Front Yoke and Back Yoke. Topstitch the seam on the yoke side.
Stitch the Center Inset to the Center Gore. Press the seam and topstitch it on the Center Inset side.
Stitch the Side Lower Piece to the Center Inset. Press the seam and topstitch it on the Side Lower Piece side.
Join the upper and lower parts of the skirt. Press the seam upwards and topstitch.
Stitch the centre front and centre back seams, joining the right and left halves of the front and back. Press the seams open.
Stitch the side seams. Insert the concealed zip into the left side seam so that the teeth do not show.
Join the Front Facing and Back Facing at the right side seam. Overlock the lower edge of the facing. Place the facing on the skirt, right sides together, and stitch along the upper edge of the skirt. Turn the facing up and understitch it to the seam allowances. Stitch the ends of the facing to the zip tape.
Overlock the hem of the skirt and topstitch it. If desired, the hem can be left raw.