Difficulty: Intermediate

Sizes: UK 6-24

Approximate sewing time: 2.5 days (20 hours)
 

Description

Ilana is a partially fitted, subtly flared skirt with a straight silhouette, fully lined, showcasing front and back darts, and a horizontal design line below the hip. The front boasts top slash pockets and a distinctive A-shaped slit at the bottom. It fastens with an off-centre fly front zipper, while the waistband secures with snaps. Ilana gracefully falls to a midi length.

Please Note: The paper pattern does not come with printed instructions. To access the instructions, kindly utilize the QR code provided on the pattern sheets to download the PDF file.

Recommended Fabric

Wool suiting, cotton gabardine, corduroy, faux suede, faux leather.

Choose suiting fabrics with the following properties:

- Medium weight, easily pressed and steamed, soft, non-stretch or with very little stretch, opaque

- The fiber content can include natural fibres (wool, cotton), blends (wool + silk, wool + polyester, cotton + viscose, etc.), and synthetics (polyester, polyester + polyurethane)

ATTENTION: Thin dress-weight fabrics (wool, cotton, polyester) are NOT recommended.

For the lining: Artificial fibres (viscose), blends (viscose + elastane, viscose + polyester), and synthetics (polyester, polyester + elastane).

Notions

• Interfacing, 140cm (55″) wide, 0.85 - 1.25m (7/8 – 1 3/8yd)

• Straight-grain fusible stay tape, 1cm (3/8″) wide, 1m (1 1/8yd)

• Stitched bias-cut fusible stay tape (with stitch reinforcement), 1.5cm (5/8″) wide, 3m (3 1/4yd)

• Paper-backed fusible web tape for securing seam allowances, 1cm (3/8″) wide, 6.5m (7 1/8yd)

• Paper-backed fusible web tape for securing seam allowances, 2.5cm (1″) wide, 2.2m (2 3/8yd)

• 1x closed bottom metal zipper, 20cm (7 7/8″) long

• 1x bottom stopper for adjusting length of closed bottom zipper

• 2x snaps, 1 – 1.2cm (3/8″ – 1/2″) diameter

• Matching thread

• Matching top stitching thread