7045 DENIM SKIRT

 

you need: denim with lycra fibers; fusing; zipper; 1 button ; contrast threads for topstitching.

 

CUTTING:

Fabric:

1. Gusset – 2 pieces

2. Back facing – 1 folded piece

3. Right front facing – 1 piece

4. Button catch – 1 folded piece

5. Back skirt – 2 pieces

6. Patch pocket – 2 pieces

7. Right front skirt – 1 piece

8. Left front skirt – 1 piece

9. Left front facing – 1 piece

10. Belt loops – 1 piece

 

Fusing: facings and button catch.

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

 

1. Apply the fusing to wrong side of facings and button catch.

 

2. Stitch back darts and press them toward the center.

 

3. Stitch middle back seam up to the mark, stitch the gusset in, neaten seams and topstitch at 1 mm from edges.

 

4. Press pocket’s upper edge into wrong side, fold edge under by 0.5 cm and topstitch at 1 mm from the edge. Press pocket allowances into wrong side and topstitch in on back skirts at 1 mm.

 

5. Neaten front skirts middle edges, lay them right sides together and stitch middle front seam between fly front and 3-4 cm below.

 

6. Press one-piece facing on right skirt into wrong side along middle front edge, press one-piece left facing at 1 cm from the edge. Press button catch along the center right side out and neaten open edges. Stitch the zipper under closure left advance: zipper teeth are close to the bending; button catch lay under with its bending toward the middle so that neatened edge overlap zipper braid. Pin slit edges together coinciding middle front lines. Stitch zipper free braid to right facing; do not catch front skirt. Topstitch front skirt along the closure catching the facing and folding button catch out. Stop stitching 1.5-2 cm before middle seam. Fold button catch as before and continue stitching up to the seam.

 

7. Fold middle edge of right front skirt into wrong side and topstitch on left skirt. Stitch the gusset in, neaten seams and topstitch.

 

8. Stitch front facings to back ones along side edges. Press allowances apart. Neaten lower edge.

 

9. Lay facings on skirt’s upper edge right sides together, and overstitch. Turn them right side out, fix short edges and topstitch upper edge at 1 mm.

 

10. Fold hem allowance into wrong side and topstitch.

 

11. Make a buttonhole into right front edge, sew a button on the left one.