MATERIAL: light skirt material
YOU NEED: silk, 140 cm width; lining; fusing; zipper; hook and
eye.
CUTTING:
FABRIC:
1. Center part of front panel - 1 piece (with fold)
2. Center part of back panel - 2 pieces
3. Side part of front and back panels - 4 pieces
4. Facing to face the upper edge of the skirt - 1 piece
LINING:
1. Central part of front panel - 1 piece (with fold)
2. Central part of back panel - 2 pieces
3. Side part of front and back panels - 4 pieces
Fusing: press the fusing to edge allowances of lower back
split.
INTRUCTIONS:
1. Press the fusing to edge allowances of back lower
slit (press the thermal interfacing on the wrong side with hot iron).
2. Sew together the central seam between the mark for
zipper split and mark of low slit. Press seam apart. Press allowances of split
edges to the wrong side.
3. Sew the zipper to hide its teeth.
4. Sew the front and back relief seams together. Sew
side seams. Press seams apart.
5. Sew lining details together. Insert the linen into
the skirt, wrong side to wrong side, sew it by hand to the upper edge of skirt,
fold and sew to zipper edges.
6. Cut off the allowance on upper edge until it is 8
mm width. Face the skirt upper edge. Fold the facing detail alongside, right
side outwards, and press it. Lay it flat again. Fold one alongside edge of the
facing to the bend and press it. Fold another alongside edge to pressed bend
not approaching it by 2 mm, and then press it. Fold the facing detail again
along the pressed bend. Put the upper edge of the skirt between parts of the
facing detail coinciding the edge with pressed bend. Wider part of facing
detail must lie on the lining. Pin the outer part of facing detail. Fold its
ends and sew edges together. Stitch it to edges. Sew the hook and the eye to
ends of the facing detail.
7. Turn over hem allowance along hemline, press and
sew it by hand. Work the split allowances. Sew the lining hem allowance so that
it is 2 cm shorter than the skirt.