5024 STRAIGHT SKIRT WITH DECORATIVE WRAP

 

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.