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 – 4 pieces
3. Side lower – 4 pieces
4. Center insert – 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

Reinforce the waistband with fusible interfacing (Heat-activated interfacings are ironed onto the wrong side of the piece with a hot iron). Stitch darts on the back yoke and press them towards the center.
Stitch the side gore and the side upper. Topstitch the seam along the side gore.
Attach the stitched pieces to the yoke pieces. Topstitch the seam along the yoke.
Stitch the center insert and the center gore. Press the seam and topstitch along the center insert.
Attach the side lower to the center insert. Press the seam and topstitch along the side lower.
Stitch the upper and lower skirt pieces. Press the seam upwards and topstitch.
Stitch the right and left panels of the front and back halves. Press the seam open.
Complete the side seams. Insert the zipper into the left side seam so that the teeth are not visible.
Stitch the facings along the right side seam. Overlock the bottom edge of the facing. Place the facing and the skirt right sides together and stitch the upper edge of the skirt. Turn the facings upwards and topstitch them to the seam allowances. Attach the side edges of the facing to the zipper.
Overlock and topstitch the hem of the skirt. If desired, the hem of the skirt can be left unfinished.