Burda Style For people who sew

Side seams
Position the back skirt panel onto the front skirt panel, right sides facing. Baste the side seams (seam 9): the princess seams of the back hip yoke meet the front pocket openings (arrows). Stitch. Neaten allowances, and press apart (a).

Top skirt edge
Put the non-interfaced front and back yoke pieces in a position to be sewn together. Position the front and back yokes on top of each other, right sides facing. Stitch the side seams (seam 9).

Press inwards the bottom and front edge allowance of the non-interfaced yoke. Pin the yoke onto the top edge, right sides facing. The seams meet. Stitch. Trim allowances, cut the corners diagonally (b).

Turn the yoke right-side out. Baste the top edge and press. Fold the front edges inside and stitch onto the zipper straps. Baste the bottom yoke edge onto the yoke seam. Topstitch the top yoke edge narrowly. Topstitch the bottom part of the yoke narrowly, thereby enclosing the inner yoke ©.

Hemline and placket
Neaten the hemline and fold the allowances of the placket on top. Fold the hemline inside and baste, press and stitch with 1” (2.5 cm) width. Fold the allowances of the placket inside again: stitch onto the hemline, may be stitched by hand if desired (d).

Apply the BUTTONHOLES as marked onto the outer front skirt panel and onto the front yoke. Pin the skirt panel, including the yoke onto the inner skirt panel. The side edges meet the princess seams of the yokes. BUTTONS: Mark the position of the buttons according to the buttonhole positions. Sew the buttons onto the inner skirt panel (e)

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