Panel Skirt with Bottom Inverted Pleats

Name: Panel Skirt with Bottom Inverted Pleats
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5734
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5734

A women's lined panel skirt with princess seams front and back, a faced waist without a waistband and a concealed zip in the left side seam. A pleated band is sewn to the lower edge, giving fullness at the hem. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: suiting fabrics from natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Panel Skirt with Bottom Inverted Pleats

When To Wear

To the office with a fitted jacket or a blouse.
In spring and autumn with a fine knit top and court shoes.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Close-fitting through the hips, widening at the hem with a pleated flounce.

Length: Knee length to just below the knee.

Skirt: Front and back each cut as a centre panel and two side panels; the seam allowances are pressed towards the centre. The lower band is joined into a ring from two pieces and laid in inverted pleats.

Waist: No waistband; the waist is finished with interfaced front and back facings, understitched 0.2 cm from the seam.

Closure: Concealed zip in the left side seam.

Finishing: Band hem secured with fusible web; the seam joining the band to the skirt is pressed upwards.

Lining: Panelled lining sewn to the lower edge of the facings, hemmed separately.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Six panels to match, a concealed zip with the lining sewn to its tapes, a faced waist and pressing the pleats of the flounce to the markings.

Fabric Recommendations

Suiting fabrics from natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Lining fabric
Fusible interfacing (waist facings)
Concealed zip
Fusible web

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:

Center back skirt half - 1 piece
Side back skirt half - 2 pieces
Side front skirt half - 2 pieces
Center front skirt half - 1 piece
Back facing - 1 piece
Front facing - 1 piece
Skirt flounce - 2 pieces

From lining fabric:

Center back skirt half - 1 piece
Side back skirt half - 2 pieces
Side front skirt half - 2 pieces
Center front skirt half - 1 piece

Attention: front and back pieces from lining fabric are cut without considering the width of the front and back facings. From fusible interfacing: front and back facings.

Sewing Instructions

Fuse the skirt facings with fusible interfacing.
Stitch the princess seams of the back. Press seam allowances towards the center and serge. Stitch the princess seams of the front. Press seam allowances towards the center and serge.
Stitch the left side seam from the zipper mark downwards. Press the seam open, pressing the seam allowance for the zipper, and serge. Place the zipper under the seam allowances and stitch so that the teeth are not visible.
Stitch the right side seam of the skirt. Press the seam towards the back and serge.
Stitch and press open the right side seam of the facings. Stitch and serge the lining pieces similarly to the main fabric pieces. Stitch the lining to the lower edge of the facings. Place the facings with the upper edge of the skirt right sides together and stitch. Topstitch the stitching seam onto the facings at a distance of 0.2 cm from the stitching seam. Fold the facings to the wrong side and press. Turn under the zipper opening seam allowances on the lining to the wrong side and sew to the zipper tapes. Serge the lower edge of the lining, press to the wrong side, and topstitch.
Stitch the skirt flounce pieces into a ring. Press the seam allowances open and serge. Serge the lower edge. Press the lower edge seam allowance to the wrong side and secure with fusible web. Form and press the pleats according to the markings. Place the flounce with the lower edge of the skirt right sides together and stitch. Press the seam allowance towards the skirt and serge.