5570 SKIRT WITH BACK GATHERING

 

YOU NEED: natural/mixed fabric; fusing; zipper; decorative cord.

 

IF THE PATTERNS HAVE DOUBLE CONTOUR, THE SEAM ALLOWANCE IS PROVIDED,

IF THE PATTERNS HAVE SINGLE CONTOUR, THE SEAM ALLOWANCE IS NOT PROVIDED.

 

SEAM ALLOWANCE: 1 cm for all seams, 3 cm for hem.

 

ATTENTION! Before sewing, print paper patterns and lay them out according to the linen width (from 90 to 150 cm) to find out how much material you need (do not forget about double and symmetric details).

 

WHEN SEWING, BE CAREFUL WITH NOTCHES – THEY MUST BE COINCIDING!

 

CUTTING:

Fabric:

1. Center front skirt – 1 piece

2. Side front skirt – 2 pieces

3. Small sacking – 2 pieces

4. Large sacking – 2 pieces

5. Front yoke – 1 piece

6. Front facing – 1 piece

7. Center back skirt – 1 piece

8. Side back skirt – 2 pieces

9. Back yoke – 1 piece

10. Back facing – 1 piece

 

Fusing: front/back facing.

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

 

1. Apply the fusing to wrong side of front/back facing.

 

2. Lay small sacking on side front skirt right sides together. Overstitch pocket entrance. Fold the sacking into wrong side and topstitch pocket entrance at 0.5 cm from the edge. Mark pocket’s place on large sacking. Lay side front part to marking. Stitch sacking’s lower edges together and neaten them. Fix the pocket along side edges.

 

3. Stitch side front skirt to center skirt. Neaten the seam and press it toward center front part. Topstitch the detail at 0.5 cm from seam.

 

4. Make loops for cord in the middle of center back skirt. Cut fabric coulisse at 45 degree. Neaten the coulisse along the contour. Mark place of coulisse into center back skirt. Topstitch coulisse’s long edges on center back skirt. Pull the cord into coulisses and eyelets.

 

5. Stitch side back skirt to center skirt. Neaten the seam and press it toward center skirt.

 

6. Stitch the yoke to back skirt. Press the seam toward back yoke. Stitch the yoke to front skirt. Press the seam toward front yoke.

 

7. Neaten side edges of front/back skirts. Stitch skirt’s side seams leaving a lit into left seam (for zipper). Press side seams pressing closure slit. Stitch the zipper in.

 

8. Stitch facings’ side edge and press the seam apart. Neaten facings’ outer edge.

 

9. Lay facings on skirt’s upper edge right sides together, then overstitch. Topstitch overstitching on doubled yokes at 0.2 cm from overstitching. Fold facings’ into wrong side and press overstitched upper edge of the skirt. Fold side edges of back facings under and sew them to zipper. Topstitch neatened edge of facings on the seam joining yokes. Remove tacking.

 

10. Neaten the hem, fold it under and topstitch.