Ruched Front Skirt with Flounce

Name: Ruched Front Skirt with Flounce
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5457
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5457

A fitted women's skirt of about knee length with a centre front seam gathered on a decorative cord, a three-part flounce at the hem and a faced waist with no waistband. Zip in the left side seam. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: thin viscose or silk fabrics.

Tech. Description

Ruched Front Skirt with Flounce

A fitted women's skirt of about knee length with a centre front seam gathered on a decorative cord, a three-part flounce at the hem and a faced waist with no waistband. Zip in the left side seam.

When To Wear

In summer, made in thin viscose or silk, with a fitted top or a blouse tucked in.
For dinners and parties, with heels.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted through the waist and hips, shaped with darts on the front and back.

Front: Right and left front panels joined by a centre front seam. The seam allowances are topstitched 0.7 cm from the seam to form a channel; a cord threaded through it and secured at the top with a 1 cm bar tack gathers the front into ruching, with the cord ends hanging free.

Skirt: The flounce is cut in three parts (back, right front, left front). At the front the flounce seam curves up towards the centre, and the two front flounces part at the centre front; their front edges are turned under and topstitched 0.5 cm from the edge.

Back: One panel with two darts and no centre back seam.

Waist: No waistband: the top edge is finished with an interfaced front and back facing, understitched 0.2 cm from the seam.

Closure: Zip in the left side seam.

Finishing: Flounce seams pressed towards the skirt; hem turned up and topstitched 0.5 cm from the edge.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. A drawstring channel made from seam allowances, a three-part flounce with open front edges, a side zip and a waist facing, all in thin, slippery fabric.

Fabric Recommendations

Thin viscose or silk fabrics.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (waist facings)
Zip for the left side seam
Decorative cord

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:

Back Skirt – 1 piece
Right Front Panel – 1 piece
Left Front Skirt – 1 piece
Front Skirt Facing – 1 piece
Back Skirt Facing – 1 piece
Back Skirt Flounce – 1 piece
Bigger Front Flounce – 1 piece
Smaller Front Flounce – 1 piece
From fusible interfacing: Front Skirt Facing, Back Skirt Facing.

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Front Skirt Facing and Back Skirt Facing.
Mark and stitch the darts on the front and back panels. Press the darts on the Back Skirt towards the centre back, and the darts on the front panels towards the centre front.
Overlock the front edge of the Bigger Front Flounce and Smaller Front Flounce. Press the front edge allowance of each front flounce to the wrong side and topstitch 0.5 cm from the edge. Stitch each front flounce to its front panel (Right Front Panel and Left Front Skirt), matching the notches. Overlock the seam and press it towards the skirt.
Stitch the Back Skirt Flounce to the Back Skirt. Overlock the seam and press it towards the skirt.
Overlock the centre front edges of the Right Front Panel and Left Front Skirt. Stitch the centre front seam and press it open. Topstitch the seam allowances 0.7 cm from the seam to form a channel. Thread the cord through the channel and secure it at the top with a 1 cm horizontal bar tack.
Overlock the side edges of the front and back panels. Stitch the side seams of the skirt and press them open, leaving an opening in the left side seam for the zip.
Stitch the right side seam of the Front Skirt Facing and Back Skirt Facing and press the seam open. Overlock the outer (lower) edge of the facing.
Insert the zip. Stitch the facing to the upper edge of the front and back skirt. Understitch the seam allowance onto the facing 0.2 cm from the seam. Turn under the side edges of the facing at the zip and stitch them by hand.
Overlock the lower edge of the flounces. Press the allowance to the wrong side and topstitch 0.5 cm from the lower edge.