Gored Flared Skirt
Presenting a women's sewing pattern for a chic gored flared skirt, meticulously crafted with eight distinct gored panels for a graceful, flowing silhouette.
When To Wear
This versatile skirt is an excellent choice for a variety of settings, offering both elegance and comfort for:
- Professional Settings: Its sophisticated silhouette makes it perfect for the office or business meetings.
- Elegant Everyday Wear: Comfortable yet refined for daily activities and stylish outings.
- Semi-Formal Events: Easily dressed up for dinners, cultural events, or special occasions.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: Flared, created by eight gored panels that provide a full, flowing hemline.
Waist: Features a tailored waistband designed to sit comfortably at the natural waist.
Length: Midi length, falling gracefully below the knee.
Closure: Concealed zipper closure in one of the back gored seams, topped with a button on the waistband for a secure fit.
Hem: A clean, finished hem with a moderate allowance, designed to enhance the skirt's flowing drape.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Requires accurate seam construction, zipper insertion, and waistband finishing.
Fabric Recommendations
Select soft, well-draping fabrics that will enhance the skirt's flowing silhouette:
- Suiting fabrics made from natural or blended fibers
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing
- 1 zipper
- 1 button
CUTTER'S MUST
- From main fabric:
- Gore - 8 QTY
- Waistband – 1 QTY
- FROM FUSIBLE INTERFACING:
- Waistband – 1 QTY
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 relief 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. Overcast 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.
- Overcast the hem allowance, press it to the wrong side, and topstitch.
- Mark and overcast the buttonhole. Sew on the button.
