Yoked Pleated A-Line Mini Skirt

Name: Yoked Pleated A-Line Mini Skirt
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5347
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5347

A women's denim mini skirt with a deep shaped yoke at front and back and a pleated lower skirt that flares to the hem. The top edge is finished with an interfaced facing, and the skirt closes with a zip at the centre back. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: denim.

Tech. Description

Yoked Pleated A-Line Mini Skirt

When To Wear

In spring and summer with a T-shirt, a tucked-in shirt or a fitted knit top.
In autumn with tights, ankle boots and a jacket.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Close-fitting yoke over the hips, flared lower skirt.

Length: Mini, above the knee.

Waist: No waistband; the upper edge of the yoke is faced, with the facing understitched 0.2 cm from the seam.

Front: One-piece front yoke with a curved lower edge that dips at the centre. Below it the skirt is laid in pleats, with an inverted pleat at the centre front over the centre front seam.

Back: Two-piece back yoke shaped with darts; pleats below the yoke as on the front.

Closure: Zip in the centre back seam through the yoke and the top of the skirt.

Finishing: Pleats pressed and stitched 0.5 cm from the top edge before the yoke is attached; yoke seam overlocked and pressed up onto the yoke; hem turned up 2 cm and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Beginner. Few pieces; the work is in folding the pleats accurately by the notches, setting the zip and finishing the faced top edge.

Fabric Recommendations

Denim.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (front and back facings)
Zip

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:

1. Back Yoke – 2 pieces
2. Front Yoke – 1 piece
3. Back Facing – 2 pieces
4. Front Facing – 1 piece
5. Skirt – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing: Back Facing, Front Facing.

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Back Facings and the Front Facing.
Mark and stitch the darts on the Back Yoke. Press the darts towards the centre back seam of the yoke.
Overlock the side edges of the Front Yoke and the Back Yokes. Stitch the side seams of the yoke and press them open.
Overlock the centre front edges of the Skirt pieces, stitch the centre front seam and press it open. Overlock the lower edge of the Skirt and press up the hem allowance. Fold the pleats following the notches, press them and secure them with stitching 0.5 cm from the top edge of the Skirt. Stitch the joined Front Yoke and Back Yokes to the Skirt, overlock the seam and press it up towards the yoke.
Stitch the side seams of the Front Facing and the Back Facings and press them open. Overlock the outer edge of the facings and the centre back edges of the Back Facings.
Overlock the centre back edges of the Skirt. Press the zip opening allowances and insert the zip. Turn under the centre back edges of the Back Facings and hand-stitch them in place along the zip.
Place the facings on the Front Yoke and Back Yokes, right sides together, and stitch along the upper edge. Press the seam allowances towards the facings and understitch 0.2 cm from the seam. Turn the facings to the wrong side and press the upper edge of the yoke. Topstitch the hem of the Skirt.