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

Front skirt half – 2 pieces
Back skirt half – 2 pieces
Back Yoke 1 – 2 pieces
Back Yoke 2 – 2 pieces
Back Yoke 3 – 2 pieces
Back Yoke 4 – 2 pieces
Back Yoke – 2 pieces
Decorative Loop – 1 piece
Waistband – 1 piece
Front facing – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

Fuse fusible interfacing to: waistband; front facing.
Stitch the shaped edges of the yoke parts: Back Yoke 1, Back Yoke 2, Back Yoke 3, Back Yoke 4, and Back Yoke. Overlock the seams, press them open, and topstitch 0.5 cm from the stitching lines.
Attach the stitched yokes to the back skirt half. Overlock the seam, press it open, and topstitch 0.5 cm from the attachment seam.
Stitch the center seam of the back skirt half. Overlock the seam, press it open, and topstitch with a double decorative stitch 0.5 cm from the center seam.
Press the side and bottom edges of the decorative loop, place the loop on the back skirt half, and topstitch.
Overlock the center edge of the front skirt half. Stitch the center edge of the front skirt half from the notch for the slit to the notch for the zipper. Press the center seam open and topstitch with a double decorative stitch 0.5 cm from the center seam.
Stitch the side seams of the skirt, overlock the seams, and press them open.
Press the one-piece zipper facings to the wrong side. Attach the zipper under the edge of the zipper allowance (left side) close to the edge. Attach the free tape of the zipper to the right half, to the one-piece facing. Fold the front facing in half lengthwise and stitch the short bottom edge. Topstitch the one-piece zipper facing to the front facing on the left half of the skirt. Topstitch the right edge of the slit, catching the facing.
Fold the waistband in half lengthwise with the wrong side in and press it. Overlock the bottom edge of the waistband. Attach the waistband to the skirt. Stitch the ends of the waistband. Trim excess fabric and turn out the ends. Topstitch the overlock edge into the waistband attachment seam.
Overlock the bottom edge of the skirt. Fold up and press the hem allowance. Topstitch the hem allowance to the skirt.
On the right side of the waistband, make a buttonhole, and on the left side, sew a button.