Gored Flared Skirt

Name: Gored Flared Skirt
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5933
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5933

A women's unlined eight-gore skirt, fitted over the hips and flaring towards a below-knee hem. Each gore joins the straight edge of one panel to the bias edge of the next, so all gores are cut facing the same way, not as mirrored pairs. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: soft, well-draping suiting fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Gored Flared Skirt

When To Wear

With a blouse or fine knit for the office.
With a fitted top and low heels for everyday wear in spring and autumn.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Close to the body at the waist and hips, widening into a soft flare in the lower part of the skirt.

Length: Below the knee.

Skirt: Eight gores of one shape. Every seam joins a straight edge to a bias edge, and the allowances are pressed towards the bias edge. The gores are cut all as right pieces or all as left pieces.

Waist: Straight interfaced waistband with turned and trimmed ends, closed with one button and a buttonhole.

Closure: Zipper in the centre back seam.

Finishing: Seams overlocked; 1.5 cm hem overlocked, turned to the wrong side and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Beginner. Straight seams, a zipper and a waistband; the main care point is cutting all eight gores in the same direction and matching straight to bias edges.

Fabric Recommendations

Soft, well-draping suiting fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (waistband)
1 zipper
1 button

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:

Gore - 8 pieces
Waistband – 1 piece

From fusible interfacing:

Waistband – 1 piece

Attention! Skirt pieces are cut without symmetry. Either all right pieces or all left pieces, depending on the direction of the pleats. Symmetrical pieces are not allowed!

Sewing Instructions

Reinforce the waistband with fusible interfacing.
Stitch the panel seams of the skirt, leaving an opening for the zipper in one of the seams. The straight edge of one gore and the bias edge of another gore are stitched together. Overlock the seams and press them towards the bias edge. Insert the zipper.
Attach the waistband to the upper edge of the skirt. Finish the ends of the waistband, trim the seam allowances at the corners, and turn out. Fold under the inner edge of the waistband and topstitch into the attaching seam. Press the waistband when finished.
Overlock the hem allowance, press it to the wrong side, and topstitch.
Mark and make the buttonhole. Sew on the button.