Straight Skirt with Elasticated Waist

Name: Straight Skirt with Elasticated Waist
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5497
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5497

A mid-calf women's straight skirt with a waistband elasticated at the sides, darts front and back, a centre back zip and a topstitched back vent. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: fabrics from natural and blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Straight Skirt with Elasticated Waist

A mid-calf women's straight skirt with a waistband elasticated at the sides, darts front and back, a centre back zip and a topstitched back vent.

When To Wear

For the office with blouses, shirts and fitted knitwear.
Every day in spring and autumn with tops tucked in or worn over the waistband.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Straight, narrowing slightly towards the hem.

Length: Mid-calf.

Waist: Interfaced fold-over waistband with elastic stitched in along the sides, so the fabric gathers at the hips while the centre front and centre back stay flat. Fastens with one button and buttonhole at the centre back.

Front: One piece with two darts, pressed towards the centre.

Back: Two halves joined by a centre back seam, with darts pressed towards the centre and a 20 cm zip at the top of the seam.

Skirt: Centre back vent at the hem; the vent edge is topstitched 0.5 cm from the edge and the top of the vent is secured with a diagonal line of stitching.

Finishing: Seams overlocked and pressed open; 3.5 cm hem, overlocked and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Darts, a centre back zip, a back vent and a waistband with elastic stitched in under tension.

Fabric Recommendations

Fabrics from natural and blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (waistband)
1 zip, 20 cm
1 button
Elastic tape

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:

1. Back Skirt – 2 pieces
2. Front Skirt – 1 piece
3. Waistband – 1 piece
From fusible interfacing: Waistband.

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Waistband.
Mark the darts on the Front Skirt and Back Skirt. Stitch the darts. Press the darts on the Front Skirt towards the center front and the darts on the Back Skirt towards the center back.
Overlock the side edges of the Front Skirt and Back Skirt, the center back edges of the Back Skirt and the vent edges.
Press the edge of the under vent 1 cm to the wrong side and topstitch 0.5 cm from the vent edge. Stitch the center back seam from the zip notch down to the vent. Press the zip opening allowances open and press the vent. At the top of the vent, topstitch diagonally through the center back seam along the marking, catching the vent allowance.
Stitch the side seams and press them open. Insert the zip into the center back seam. Press the Waistband in half lengthwise, wrong sides together, and overlock the lower edge of the inner half.
Cut the elastic to your measurement. Secure the elastic across the waistband at the side sections and stitch it on, stretching the elastic along the waistband. Stitch the waistband to the upper edge of the skirt and stitch the waistband ends. Stitch the lower edge of the inner waistband in the ditch of the waistband seam. Work the buttonhole and sew on the button.
Overlock the lower edge of the skirt, turn up the hem, press and topstitch.