How to Pattern a Yoked Skirt (and Variations)

Starting with a skirt sloper, I will show you how to pattern four different style yoked skirts!
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01:24 Sloper and lines below the darts
02:01 Draft the yoke
02:18 Separate yoke from skirt on sloper
02:48 Closing the darts to create yoke shape
03:25 Place yoke plot onto fresh paper to make full pattern piece
04:15 Add seam allowance and notches to yoke pattern
04:38 Sample of simple yoked skirt with no added fullness
04:48 Slash and spread skirt to create fuller skirt with yoke
05:15 Blend waistline of skirt after spreading
05:36 Sample of fuller skirt with yoke
05:40 Flared skirt with yoke A-line shape
06:14 Close waist dart, on the front, thus the skirt spreads
07:04 Do the same for the back and compare the two sides
08:16 Make the front and back skirts have the same angle thus the same grain
08:41 Add seam allowances and notches
08:45 Completed pattern for flared skirt with yoke
08:49 Sample in muslin
08:53 Yoked skirt variations (samples)
09:22 Begin plot for yoked skirt with box pleats
10:15 Draw lines for pleats
10:43 Fold paper - pleats are folded and taped shut)
11:20 Trace onto new paper and add seam allowances and notches
12:13 Completed pattern
12:28 Discussion and demonstration of how to take dartage off of side of skirt instead of eliminating by closing
12:44 Shortening darts
12:51 Explanation of plotting yoke below waist darts
12:58 Completed skirt in fashion fabric (with box pleats)
13:09 Looking inside the completed skirt to see how it is made - with lining
13:26 Seam finishes - turn and stitch
13:37 Using hem tape, selvage or twill tape to stabilize the waist and bottom of yoke so that they do not stretch out of shape
13:51 Interfacing inside of yoke
13:56 FINAL LOOK of LINEN SKIRT



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