Please note this pattern and instructions were created and authored by Barbie McCormick 

Download includes extensive instructions and a large format pattern to be printed on a 36" wide printer. No tiled print at home this is a big pattern piece. 

The couture party skirt is a wardrobe essential ensuring you are always ready when the invitation arrives. A skirt you can make over and over again in varying lengths and designs. Fabric forward in every way the pattern also includes extensive instructions for constructing the skirt with couture methods. 

Full, box-pleated skirt in 3 lengths (knee, tea, and floor) with 3 waistband options (straight, contour, or yoke). Couture construction ensures personal fit, aligned pleats, crisp hem, and a luxurious skirt. Construction includes pleat stay and pattern includes both couture and basic non couture instructions.

Forthcoming: smaller and larger size ranges, adjustable waist, pockets, and lining. Also a zoom class, stay tuned.

Yardage: Skirt A, B, C, for underlining and fashion fabric
58 or 60” wide fabric is recommended.
For Floor length skirt: 5 ¼ yards
For Tea length skirt: 4 yards
For knee length skirt: 3 ¼ yards

Fabric suggestions: crisp or firmly woven light to medium weight fabrics with good body. Brocades, silk duppioni, silk twill, peau de soie, shantung, taffeta, gazar, satin organza, linen, eyelet, organdy.
Underlining: Silk Organza is recommended for silk or wool skirts, and is a great underlining in most fabrics. Cotton batiste, voile, or organdy can be used for cotton or linen skirts.
Lining: (optional): Silk charmeuse, China silk, habotai, voile, batiste, tissue taffeta.
Notions: 6 yards hairbraid, grosgrain ribbon (for straight waistband, need your waist measure plus 3 “), 9-11" zipper, hook and eye, about 2-3 yards twill tape, basting thread -#100 silk for silk skirts, cotton basting thread can be used for other fabrics.