No. 30 verona - Version 2

A-line skirt with pockets, front placket insert, closed with zipper at center back.

Fabric choice:

Light to medium-weight woven fabric: cotton, silk, wool, viscose, cupro, linen or polyester. Not suitable for jersey fabrics.

Find Your Size:

Take your measurements according to the measurement chart. Choose the size closest to your measurement. Print the measurements chart here.

Fitting:

We recommend that you always make a muslin before you cut the fashion fabric, to make sure your finished style will fit you perfectly.

Cutting Fabric

On each pattern piece, you will find a capital letter. On the cutting layout plan, you will find the same capital letters so that you can easily see which pattern pieces to use for the view you have chosen.

YOU WILL NEED THE FOLLOWING PATTERN PIECES:

B, C, E, F, H, I 

Sewing

NOTE! The Pattern Has 1 Cm Seam Allowances Included Unless Otherwise Noted.

1. Cut all your pieces in fabric and interfacing as needed. !NOTE! Make all notches and markings from your pattern. 

2. Press the interfacing to the waistband front and back (E & I) and a piece of stay tape in the pocket opening on the front (B) and along the center back (C) 

SEW THE POCKET 

3. Place a pocket bag (F) to the front (B), right sides together and matching the side with a notch at the end of the slanted edge with the pocket opening on the front pattern piece. 

4. Press the pocket bag and all the seam allowance away from the front piece and under stitch the pocket bag. 

5. Place The build-in pocket facing on the backpiece (C), to the pocket bag (B), right sides together and sew the the two pieces together.  

6. Finish the seam allowance all layers together and press the seam towards the pocket bag.  

7. Place front – and back side together in the side seam (B) (C) with right sides together and pin from the bottom to the marking on the backside. The marking ends in the pocket fold on the front 1 cm from the bottom of the pocket. 

8. Sew the side seam; With the back facing you, so you can see exactly where to stop the seam. Remember to backstitch.  

9. Assemble the pocket bag (F); Fold the pocket bag at the two notches, right sides together, and pin the pocket bag together at the bottom to the side seam. Place the last pin at the end of the side seam. At the corner between the pocket bag and the front there will be a small fold in the seam allowance. This is only because of the different angels on the front and backpiece. It is important that the fold is only in the seam allowance.  

10. Sew the pocket bag (F) together at the bottom and stop the seam at the side seam. 

11. Finish the side seam and the pocket bag in one long seam by overlocking or sewing a zig-zag. 

12. Finish the center back seams by overlocking or sewing a zig-zag. 

13. Press the side seam and pocket bag towards the front, at the same time press the pocket bag nicely, the pocket bag should be aligned to the notch at the waist. You can clip a small notch at the triangle to make it lay flatter.  

SEW THE FRONT insert

14. Place the two front insert (H) with right sides together and sew one of the short ends. Turn and press. 

15. Pair each long side of the front insert (H) with the front of each front piece(B) with right sides together. The turned end is placed 3 cm from the bottom raw edge. 

16. Finish the seams of: 

• The front insert

• The bottom  

You can finish by overlocking or sewing a zig-zag 

SEW THE WAISTBAND 

17. Sew one pair of waistbands (E) together at the short curved side, right sides together. Press the seams towards one side. Make two.

18. Clip notches to the seam allowance and understitch. 

19. Place one of the short sides of the front waistband (I) to the short side of the waistband (E), the side closest to the notch. 

20. Place the other waistband (E) to the other side of the front waistband (I) 

21. Sew the three pieces together and press the seams toward the centre front. 

22. Finish the raw edge of the waistband with the understitch. 

You can finish by overlocking or sewing a zig-zag stitch close to the edge or finish with a bias tape. 

23. Place the waistband with the raw edge to the waist of the skirt.

24. Sew the waistband to the skirt and press the seam allowance towards the waistband. 

Sew the zipper 

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25. Place the right side of the zipper along the edge of the centre back seam. Place the end of the zipper right below the seam of the waistband. Fold the excess top zipper band to the side. Be careful to align the cutline at the waist at center back.

26. Baste stitch the zipper to the skirt. 

27. For invisible zippers, use a sewing foot or flip the zipper's teeth aside and sew the zipper in place.   

28. Sew the rest of the centre back seam below the zipper.  

29. Press seam open and press the zipper gently from the right side. 

30. Turn the waistband to the right side, sandwiched the zipper in between the two waistband pieces, and sew together approx. 0.5 cm from edge. 

31. Turn the waistband, press and pin the back side of the waistband to the skirt. The finished edge is visible from the backside. 

32. Stitch the waistband to the skirt from the right side by stitching in the ditch. 

HEM THE SKIRT 

35. From the wrong side place the insert on top of one of the front pieces, right sides together. 

36. Fold the hem around the insert so it is lying sandwiched between the front skirt and the hem. Sew the hem to the insert with a 1cm seam allowance. Repeat for both sides.

37. Turn and press the hemline with 3 cm and make a topstitch 2.5 cm from the hemline. Alternatively, you can hem with catch stitch.