Tilly and The Buttons - Ness Skirt - Sizes UK 6 - 20 - Improvers - Ladies Sewing Pattern

IT HAS POCKETS!

Elevate your sewing with this classic fly front skirt pattern. Ness looks stylish year-round, paired with a t-shirt in summer or a roll neck in winter. The straight skirt has a shaped waistband and curved back yoke for a flattering fit.

Choose from mini version or below-the-knee hemline with centre front split. Details inspired by denim include a zip fly front, topstitched mock felled seams, belt loops, all-important in-seam pockets, plus optional back pockets for stashing your essentials. Let’s get stitching!

Ness includes jargon-busting instructions, helpful sewing tips, and colour photos showing you each step – making it easy for you to create gorgeous clothes you can be proud to say you made yourself.

PRINTED PATTERN - You’ll receive a gorgeous printed package in the post containing full scale pattern sheets and a colour instruction booklet. (Alternatively you can order the digital version to print and assemble at home, or have the A0 format printed at a copy shop.) 

SKILL LEVEL - Improvers

FABRIC SUGGESTIONS - Medium- to heavy-weight woven fabrics such as denim, corduroy, jacquard, gobelin (tapestry), drill or wool, preferably with a little stretch for comfort.

SUPPLIES

• Fabric - Mini skirt : 1.20m (1 3/8yd) x 150cm (60in) OR 1.6m (1¾yd) x 115cm (45in)
  Knee-length skirt: 1.4m (1 5/8yd) x 150cm (60in) OR 1.8m (2 yd) x 115cm (45in)
• Matching thread
• 0.3m (3/8yd) medium-weight cotton fabric for pocket bags
• 0.5m (5/8yd) x 90cm (36in) wide iron-on interfacing (similar weight to your fabric)
• 12.5cm (5in) jeans zip
• 15-18mm (5/8in) button with shank
• Optional: Contrast topstitch thread and topstitch/embroidery machine needle
• Sewing machine and basic tools, including zip foot or adjustable zip foot

  SIZES (Body measurements)

  Pattern sizes below are not applicable to the maternity patterns.

  PATTERN SIZE	BUST	WAIST	HIP
  1 (UK 6 / US 2 / EUR 34)	76cm (30in)	61cm (24in)	84cm (33in)
  2 (UK 8 / US 4 / EUR 36)	81cm (32in)	66cm (26in)	89cm (35in)
  3 (UK 10 / US 6 / EUR 38)	86.5cm (34in)	71cm (28in)	94cm (37in)
  4 (UK 12 / US 8 / EUR 40)	91.5cm (36in)	76cm (30in)	99cm (39in)
  5 (UK 14 / US 10 / EUR 42)	96.5cm (38in)	81cm (32in)	104cm (41in)
  6 (UK 16 / US 12 / EUR 44)	101.5cm (40in)	86.5cm (34in)	109cm (43in)
  7 (UK 18 / US 14 / EUR 46)	106.5cm (42in)	91.5cm (36in)	114cm (45in)
  8 (UK 20 / US 16 / EUR 48)	112cm (44in)	96.5cm (38in)	119.5cm (47in)
  9 (UK 22 / US 18 / EUR 50)	117cm (46in)	101.5cm (40in)	124.5cm (49in)
  10 (UK 24 / US 20 / EUR 52)	122cm (48in)	106.5cm (42in)	129.5cm (51in)

  *Sizes 9 and 10 are included in the Stevie, Indigo and Bobbi sewing patterns only at the moment, and will be included in new patterns in the future* Tilly's third book, Make It Simple, will also include sizes 9 and 10.

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