Lace-Up Tiered Ruffle Midi Skirt

Name: Lace-Up Tiered Ruffle Midi Skirt
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5434
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5434

A women's long A-line skirt with two tiers of flounces at the hem, a faced waist without a waistband, a zip in the left side seam and cord lacing through eyelets at the top of that seam. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: thin viscose or silk fabrics.

Tech. Description

Lace-Up Tiered Ruffle Skirt

A women's long A-line skirt with two tiers of flounces at the hem, a faced waist without a waistband, a zip in the left side seam and cord lacing through eyelets at the top of that seam.

When To Wear

In summer with a fitted top, a bodysuit or a tucked-in blouse.
For holidays, garden parties and warm evenings.

Key Design Features

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

Length: Long, below mid-calf.

Waist: No waistband; the upper edge is finished with an interfaced front and back facing, understitched 0.2 cm from the seam and slipstitched by hand at the zip.

Closure: Zip in the left side seam. Eyelets set along the top of the same seam, with a decorative cord laced through them and tied in a bow.

Skirt: One front and one back panel with side seams. The first flounce is basted to the upper edge of a separate lower skirt section and both are stitched to the skirt; the second flounce is stitched to the lower edge of the lower section. At the front the joining line curves up in an arch, at the back it is straight.

Finishing: Side seams pressed open, flounce seams overlocked and pressed towards the skirt, flounce hems turned up and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Two flounce tiers attached along a curved line on a slippery fabric, a zip in the side seam with a facing, eyelets set by hand tool.

Fabric Recommendations

Thin viscose or silk fabrics.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (front and back facings)
Zip
Decorative cord
Eyelets

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
Front Skirt – 1 piece
Front Skirt Facing – 1 piece
Front Flounce – 1 piece
Front Flounce 2 – 1 piece
Lower Front Skirt – 1 piece
Back Skirt – 1 piece
Back Flounce – 1 piece
Back Skirt Facing – 1 piece
Lower Back Skirt – 1 piece
Back Flounce 2 – 1 piece
From fusible interfacing: Front Skirt Facing and Back Skirt Facing.

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Front Skirt Facing and Back Skirt Facing.
Overlock the side edges of the front and back skirt. Stitch the side seams of the front and back skirt, leaving an opening for the zipper in the left side seam. Press the side seams open, pressing the zipper opening allowances as well.
Overlock the side edges of the lower front and lower back skirt, the front and back flounces, and the front and back flounces 2. Stitch the side seams of the lower front and lower back skirt, the front and back flounces, and the front and back flounces 2. Press the seams open.
Baste the flounce (Front/Back Flounce) to the upper edge of the lower skirt section, then stitch both layers to the front and back skirt, matching the side seams. Remove the basting and overlock the seam. Press the seam towards the skirt.
Stitch flounce 2 to the lower edge of the lower skirt section. Overlock the seam and press it towards the skirt.
Stitch the right side seam of the front and back facings. Press the seam open and overlock the outer (lower) edge of the facings.
Insert the zipper. Face the upper edge of the front and back skirt with the facing. Understitch the seam allowance onto the facing 0.2 cm from the seam. Turn under the side edges of the facing at the zipper and slipstitch by hand.
Overlock the lower edges of both flounce tiers, turn up the hem allowances, press and topstitch.
Mark and set the eyelets. Thread the cord through the eyelets.