Maxi Skirt with Stacked Yokes and Slit

Name: Maxi Skirt with Stacked Yokes and Slit
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5415
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5415

A women's A-line maxi skirt in denim with a straight waistband, a centre front zipper with a one-button waistband and a centre front slit. The back has a yoke pieced from narrow curved strips, each seam topstitched, with a decorative tab at the centre. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: denim.

Tech. Description

Maxi Skirt with Stacked Yokes and Slit

When To Wear

In autumn and spring with knitwear, shirts and boots.
In summer with T-shirts and sandals; the front slit gives room to walk.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: A-line, widening gradually from the hips to the hem.

Length: Maxi, to the ankle.

Waist: Straight interfaced waistband, folded lengthwise, with a buttonhole and one button at the centre front.

Front: Centre front seam with a double row of topstitching 0.5 cm from the seam, open at the top for the zipper and at the bottom for the slit.

Closure: Zipper at the centre front with cut-on facings and an interfaced underlap on the left half.

Back: A shaped yoke made of five curved parts stacked one above the other, each seam topstitched 0.5 cm; the yoke seam is topstitched the same way. A trapezoid decorative tab is topstitched over the centre of the yoke. Centre back seam with double topstitching 0.5 cm from the seam.

Finishing: Seams overlocked; 2 cm hem, overlocked and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Joining several narrow curved yoke strips accurately, even double topstitching, and a front zipper with an underlap combined with a slit.

Fabric Recommendations

Denim.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (waistband, underlap)
Zipper
1 button

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:

Front Skirt – 2 pieces
Back Skirt – 2 pieces
Back Skirt Yoke 1 – 2 pieces
Back Skirt Yoke 2 – 2 pieces
Back Skirt Yoke 3 – 2 pieces
Back Skirt Yoke 4 – 2 pieces
Back Skirt Yoke – 2 pieces
Decorative Belt Loop – 1 piece
Waistband – 1 piece
Button Catch (underlap) – 1 piece
From fusible interfacing: Waistband, Button Catch.

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Waistband and the Button Catch.
Stitch the shaped edges of the yoke parts together: Back Skirt Yoke 1, Back Skirt Yoke 2, Back Skirt Yoke 3, Back Skirt Yoke 4 and Back Skirt Yoke. Overlock the seams, press them and topstitch 0.5 cm from the seams.
Stitch the assembled yokes to the Back Skirt. Overlock the seam, press it and topstitch 0.5 cm from the seam.
Stitch the centre back seam. Overlock the seam, press it and topstitch a double row 0.5 cm from the seam.
Press under the side and lower edges of the Decorative Belt Loop, place it on the back of the skirt and topstitch it in place.
Overlock the centre front edges of the Front Skirt. Stitch the centre front seam from the slit notch up to the zipper notch. Press the seam and topstitch a double row 0.5 cm from the seam.
Stitch the side seams of the skirt, overlock and press them.
Press the cut-on fly facings to the wrong side. Stitch the zipper close to the folded edge of the left fly allowance. Stitch the free zipper tape to the cut-on facing of the right half. Fold the Button Catch in half lengthwise, right sides together, stitch across the short lower end and turn it right side out. Stitch the cut-on facing to the Button Catch on the left half of the skirt. Topstitch the right side of the zipper opening, catching the facing.
Fold the Waistband lengthwise in half, wrong sides together, and press. Overlock the lower edge of the Waistband. Stitch the Waistband to the skirt. Stitch across the ends of the Waistband, trim the excess fabric and turn the ends right side out. Secure the overlocked edge by stitching in the ditch of the waistband seam.
Overlock the lower edge of the skirt. Turn up and press the hem allowance. Topstitch the hem.
Make a buttonhole on the right end of the Waistband and sew the button on the left end.