YOU NEED: soft wool or rich silk, silk crepe of 150 cm width; 1
zipper; 3 buttons; fusing.
CUTTING:
Fabric:
1. Back panel
– 2 pieces
2. Front panel
– 2 pieces
3.
Waistband – 1 piece
4. Facing –
2 pieces
Fusing: apply the fusing to wrong side of
waistband and facings.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Sew
front and back darts, and press them toward the center.
2. Sew back
middle seam between closure marks and slit marks. Sew the zipper in.
3. Press
slit allowances into wrong side, and topstitch.
4. Trim
front panel with facing, press allowances apart, turn it right side out and
neaten facing open edge. Topstitch on 0.2 cm
distance.
5. Sew side
seams.
6. Sew the
waistband to garment upper edge right sides together. Press joining seam
allowances to the waistband. Fold the waistband along the center, sew its ends.
Turn the waistband out. Turn waistband lower edge and pin it so that its inner
edge overlay the joining seam by 2 mm. Topstitch the inner edge along joining
seam from the right side. Make a buttonhole into waistband left end, sew the
button on the right one.
7. Turn the
hem under and stitch it. Sew decorative buttons.