Home / Women / Skirts / #5153 Eight-gusset skirt
Difficulty: *
Recommended fabrics: light material, natural or combined fabrics.
You will need: crepe de chine; fusible interfacing; 1 button; zipper.
Attention! Fabric consumption varies depending on the size of garment. First of all, print out paper patterns and lay them out at the width of fabric/ knit you plan to use, to see how much fabric you will need.
When sewing the garment, pay attention to notches- they must coincide.
Cutting:
Fabric:
1. Gussets - 8 details
2. Waistband - 1 detail
Fusible interfacing: waistband.
Instructions:
1. Strength the waistband with the fusible interfacing.
2. Topstitch all side seams excluding place for zipper in the right side seam. Press allowances apart. Sew zipper in.
3. Sew waistband to waistline edge right side on left. Fold waistband along center break line right sides together and sew short ends. Fold the band under the seam allowance of the open waistband edge overlapping the joining seam and topstitch close along the edge. Work a button hole into the left end and sew the button to the right.
4. Turn over hem allowance along hemline, press, then topstitch.