Skirt with Yoke & Pintucks

Name: Skirt with Yoke & Pintucks
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5448
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5448

A women's skirt with a deep hip yoke and a row of narrow pleats on the front and back that are stitched down to the notches and released towards the hem. Belt loops on the yoke and a zip in the left side seam. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: thin fabric of natural fibres.

Tech. Description

Skirt with Yoke & Pintucks

When To Wear

For the office with a blouse or a fitted knit top.
In spring and summer with a shirt or a T-shirt and flat shoes.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted through the yoke, with fullness released from the stitched pleats in the lower part of the skirt.

Length: About knee length.

Waist: Deep shaped yoke, front and back, interfaced and faced with a second yoke; the upper edge is understitched 0.2 cm from the seam. Belt loops are topstitched onto the yoke.

Skirt: Front and back panels with vertical pleats stitched down from the yoke seam to the notches, then left free.

Closure: Zip in the left side seam; the inner yoke is slip-stitched by hand to the zip tape.

Finishing: Side seams overlocked and pressed open; deep hem overlocked and stitched by hand.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Marking and stitching many pleats evenly, a faced yoke, a side zip finished by hand and belt loops.

Fabric Recommendations

Thin fabric of natural fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (front and back yokes)
Zip for the left side seam

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:

Belt-Loop – 1 piece
Back Skirt – 1 piece
Front Skirt – 1 piece
Back Skirt Yoke – 2 pieces
Front Skirt Yoke – 2 pieces

From fusible interfacing:

Front Skirt Yoke, Back Skirt Yoke.

Sewing Instructions

Fuse fusible interfacing to the Front Skirt Yoke and Back Skirt Yoke.
Mark the pleats on the Front Skirt and Back Skirt. Stitch the pleats down to the notches on the Front Skirt and Back Skirt.
Stitch the Front Skirt Yoke to the Front Skirt. Press the seam allowances towards the yoke.
Stitch the Back Skirt Yoke to the Back Skirt. Press the seam allowances towards the yoke.
Overlock the side edges. Stitch the side seams of the Front Skirt and Back Skirt, leaving an opening in the left side seam for the zip. Press the side seams open and press back the seam allowances of the zip opening. Insert the zip.
Stitch the right side seam of the interfaced Front Skirt Yoke and Back Skirt Yoke (the inner yokes). Press the seam open. Overlock the lower edge of the inner yokes.
Place the inner yokes on the upper edge of the skirt, right sides together, and stitch. Understitch the seam allowance onto the interfaced inner yokes 0.2 cm from the seam. Turn the inner yokes to the wrong side and press the upper edge of the skirt. Turn under the side edges of the front and back inner yokes at the zip and slip-stitch them to the zip tape by hand. From the right side, stitch in the ditch of the yoke seam, catching the overlocked lower edge of the inner yokes.
Fold the Belt-Loop strip in half lengthwise, right sides together, match the edges and stitch 0.5–0.7 cm from the edges. Turn it right side out and press it either with the seam on the fold or with a 0.1–0.2 cm edge rolled to the inside. Cut the belt loops to length and topstitch them onto the yokes.
Overlock the lower edges of the Front Skirt and Back Skirt. Press up the hem allowance and stitch it by hand.