A-line Paneled Skirt with Elastic Side Sections

Name: A-line Paneled Skirt with Elastic Side Sections
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5508
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5508

A women's midi-length A-line skirt made of vertical panels: a centre front panel and two side fronts, two centre back panels and two side backs. The waistband is gathered with elastic at the sides, and the skirt closes with a centre back zipper and a button. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

A-line Paneled Skirt with Elastic Side Sections

When To Wear

For work and everyday wear with blouses, shirts and fine knits.
In spring and summer in lighter fabrics, in autumn with tights and boots.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: A-line, widening from the hips to the hem through the panel seams.

Length: Midi, below the knee.

Skirt: Princess seams on the front and back; the back also has a centre seam.

Waist: Interfaced waistband folded in half, with elastic stitched in under tension over the side sections; the centre front and centre back stay flat.

Closure: 20 cm zipper in the centre back seam, with a buttonhole and button on the waistband.

Finishing: Hem folded up 3 cm and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Beginner. Straight panel seams, a centre back zipper, and a waistband with stitched-in elastic.

Fabric Recommendations

Fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

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

Cutting Plan

From main fabric:

1. Middle Back Skirt – 2 pieces
2. Back Side Skirt – 2 pieces
3. Waistband – 1 piece
4. Middle Front Skirt – 1 piece on fold
5. Side Front Skirt – 2 pieces

From fusible interfacing: Waistband.

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Waistband.
Overlock the side and panel seam edges of the Middle Front Skirt, Side Front Skirt, Middle Back Skirt and Back Side Skirt.
Stitch the panel seams of the front (Side Front Skirt to Middle Front Skirt) and press them open. Stitch the panel seams of the back (Back Side Skirt to Middle Back Skirt) and press them open.
Overlock the center back edges. Stitch the center back seam up to the zipper notch. Press the center back seam open and press back the zipper opening allowances.
Insert the zipper into the center back seam of the skirt. Stitch the side seams and press them open.
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.