Home / Women / Skirts / #5272 Skirt with one-piece waistband
Difficulty: *
Recommended fabrics: soft cloth, wool crepe, gabardine.
You will need: soft wool; fusible interfacing; 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. Front panel facing - 1 folded detail
2. Back panel facing - 2 details
3. Back panel - 2 details
4. Front panel - 1 folded detail
Fusible interfacing: reinforce facings with fusible interfacing.
Instructions:
1. Sew darts into front and back panels, press towards center.
2. Sew back central seam from the zipper mark down to vent mark. Sew side seams. Sew zipper in.
3. Sew side seams of facings. Sew facing and waistline right sides together. Cut seam allowance closely to edge, fold into facing and topstitch along the edge. Fold facing into wrong side and sew to dart depths and seam allowance. Fold facing ends and sew to zipper bands.
4. Turn over hem allowance along hemline, press and topstitch. Press the one-piece lining of vent (back left panel) along bend line into wrong side and sew to hem. Sew lengthwise vent allowance (back right panel) as narrow as possible. Topstitch back left panel above the vent by diagonal, catching vent allowance.