Princess Seam Pencil Skirt 04/2012

By: burda style magazine

http://www.burdastyle.com/projects/princess-seam-pencil-skirt-042012

Pencil skirt sewing pattern. This true high waisted pencil skirt is gorgeous and flattering for the figure, withprincess seams to get the perfect fit! You can never go wrong with a princess seam pencil skirt, it is great formost occasions.

Materials

Cotton satin, width: 150 cm (59 ins), length: 0.90 m (1 yd) for all sizes. Vilene/Pellon G 785. Vilene BiasTape/ stay tape. 1 invisible zipper, 40 cm (16 ins) long, and a special presser foot.

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Step 1 — Preparations

Paper cut for ANSI A (German DIN A4) prints:

This pattern is printed on 8.5″ × 11″ sheets of plain paper. Do not scale or center pages before printing. Waituntil all sheets are printed out before beginning to tape them together. Do not cut out pattern pieces yet—Arrange the sheets on a large, hard, flat surface so that they fit together, matching up like numbers and letters(i.e. 6A to 6A). To tape pattern together, fold under the margin of one piece (6A) and tape right against theline of it’s matching number/letter (6A).

Trace the pattern pieces from the pattern sheet following the lines and markings for the correct size.

burda style magazine patterns do not have seam allowance included.Seam and hem allowances to be added: Seams and edges 1.5 cm (5/8 in), walking slit 3 cm (1 1/4 ins), hem 4cm (1 5/8 ins)

Step 2 — Cutting out

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21 centre front skirt panel,on a fold 1x22 side front skirt panel 2x23 centre back skirt panel 2x24 side back skirt panel 2x

Interfacing: Iron the Vilene Bias Tape/ stay tape to wrong side of skirt pieces, over facing fold lines.

Step 3 — Sewing

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Lay the side front skirt panels (pattern piece 22) right sides together with the center front skirt panel (patternpiece 21). Line up, pin and stitch the princess seams. Press seams open and neaten with zigzag or overlockstitch.

Lay the side back skirt panels (pattern piece 24) right sides together with the center back skirt panel (patternpiece 23). Line up, pin and sew the back princess seams. Press the seam allowances open and neaten theallowances with zigzag or overlock stitching.

Sew invisible zip to back skirt edges, from marked fold line. Stitch centre back seam from walking slit to zip.Press seam open and press allowances on slit edges to wrong side. Trim zip approx. 2 cm (3/4 in) below endof zip slit and bind with a scrap of fabric.

At upper edge of skirt, turn the self-facing to inside and sew to zipper tapes and to seams.

At hem edge, turn allowances on slit edges to outside again. Press hem allowance to inside and sew in placeby hand. Turn allowances at slit edges to inside again and sew in place by hand.

Princess Seam Pencil Skirt 04/2012

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