A-Line Skirt with Lace Side Panels

Name: A-Line Skirt with Lace Side Panels
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5555
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5555

A women's below-the-knee A-line skirt on a shaped yoke, with princess seams front and back. The side panels are covered with guipure lace laid over the main fabric. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: fabrics of natural or blended fibres, with guipure lace for the side panels.

Tech. Description

A-Line Skirt with Lace Side Panels

A women's below-the-knee A-line skirt on a shaped yoke, with princess seams front and back. The side panels are covered with guipure lace laid over the main fabric.

When To Wear

In spring and summer with blouses and fitted tops.
For daytime occasions where the lace panels can be shown with a plain top.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: A-line, flaring from the hip through the princess seams.

Length: Below the knee.

Waist: No waistband. A shaped yoke, one piece at the front and two at the back, finished on the inside with interfaced facings; the facing seam is understitched 0.2 cm and the facing edge is stitched into the yoke seam.

Skirt: Centre front panel and two side panels at the front; two centre back panels and two side panels at the back. Each side panel is cut from main fabric and from guipure, basted together and sewn as one; princess seams are pressed towards the centre.

Closure: Zipper in the centre back seam, with the facing ends hand-stitched to the zipper tape.

Back: Centre back seam.

Finishing: Seams overlocked; the hem is overlocked, turned up and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Lace overlaid on panels, princess seams, a yoke finished with facings and a zipper in the centre back seam.

Fabric Recommendations

Fabrics of natural or blended fibres, with guipure lace for the side panels.

Additional Supplies

Guipure lace
Fusible interfacing (front and back facings)
Zipper

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:

1. Center Front Skirt – 1 piece
2. Side Front Skirt – 2 pieces
3. Front Skirt Yoke – 1 piece
4. Front Skirt Facing – 1 piece
5. Center Back Skirt – 2 pieces
6. Back Side Skirt – 2 pieces
7. Back Skirt Yoke – 2 pieces
8. Back Skirt Facing – 2 pieces

From guipure lace:

1. Side Front Skirt – 2 pieces
2. Back Side Skirt – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing: Front Skirt Facing, Back Skirt Facing.

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Front Skirt Facing and Back Skirt Facings.
Lay the guipure Side Front Skirt pieces over the main-fabric Side Front Skirt pieces and baste them together. Stitch the princess seams on the front (Center Front Skirt to Side Front Skirt), overlock them and press them towards the centre front.
Lay the guipure Back Side Skirt pieces over the main-fabric Back Side Skirt pieces and baste them together. Stitch the princess seams on the back (Center Back Skirt to Back Side Skirt), overlock them and press them towards the centre back.
Stitch the Front Skirt Yoke to the front skirt. Press the seam allowance towards the yoke.
Stitch the Back Skirt Yokes to the back skirt. Press the seam allowances towards the yoke.
Overlock the centre back edges of the skirt. Stitch the centre back seam up to the zipper notch. Press the seam open and press back the zipper opening allowances. Insert the zipper.
Overlock the side edges of the skirt. Stitch the side seams of the front and back and press them open.
Stitch the side seams of the facings and press them open. Overlock the lower edge of the facings.
Place the facings on the upper edge of the skirt, right sides together, and stitch. Understitch the seam allowances onto the interfaced facings 0.2 cm from the seam. Turn the facings to the wrong side and press the finished upper edge of the skirt. Fold under the centre edges of the Back Skirt Facings and slipstitch them by hand to the zipper tape. Stitch the overlocked edge of the facings in the ditch of the yoke seam. Remove the basting.
Overlock the lower edge of the skirt, turn up the hem and topstitch.