Balloon Skirt Wedding Dress

Name: Balloon Skirt Wedding Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2005
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2005

A women's strapless floor-length wedding dress with a boned corset bodice of taffeta and sheer tulle panels and a two-tier taffeta balloon skirt with asymmetric pleats held by chiffon flowers. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: shot (two-tone) taffeta; fine tulle, preferably in two shades (for example, milky white and cream); lace trim with loops, 1.5 cm wide; thin decorative cords; macramé lace motifs.

Tech. Description

Balloon Skirt Wedding Dress

A women's strapless floor-length wedding dress with a boned corset bodice of taffeta and sheer tulle panels and a two-tier taffeta balloon skirt with asymmetric pleats held by chiffon flowers.

When To Wear

As a wedding dress.
For a formal ball or evening event.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Close-fitting corset bodice ending below the waist, with a full, gathered balloon skirt.

Length: Floor length.

Neckline: Strapless sweetheart neckline with shaped cups, decorated with wide decorative cord sewn on by hand or with macramé lace appliqué.

Front: Taffeta upper centre front, middle front and side front pieces, with sheer side panels and a sheer lower centre panel laced criss-cross with cord.

Back: Centre back and side back pieces in taffeta with a sheer panel on each side; zip in the centre back seam.

Skirt: Upper and lower balloon tiers, each made of a base and a draping layer with separate right and left pieces, cut from taffeta and tulle and clean-finished with the tulle inside to hold the shape. The lower tier is set into the lower edge of the upper tier, and the whole skirt is then joined to the bodice. Asymmetric pleats are formed on a dress form and secured with hand stitches and 8–9 chiffon flowers.

Finishing: Taffeta bodice pieces are cut in two layers and interfaced; each sheer piece is three layers of fine tulle sewn as one. Bodice seams are bound on the inside with bias binding holding bones cut 2 cm shorter than the seam. Lace trim with loops, 1.5 cm wide, is sewn along the seams, with decorative cord threaded through the loops.

Level Of Difficulty

Advanced. A boned corset of interfaced taffeta and layered tulle, a two-tier balloon skirt, pleats shaped on a dress form, hand-applied trims.

Fabric Recommendations

Shot (two-tone) taffeta; fine tulle, preferably in two shades (for example, milky white and cream); lace trim with loops, 1.5 cm wide; thin decorative cords; macramé lace motifs.

Additional Supplies

Zip
Metal or plastic boning
8–9 decorative chiffon flowers
Fusible interfacing
Bias binding
Lace trim with loops, 1.5 cm wide, and thin decorative cord
Wide decorative cord or macramé lace motifs for the cups

Cutter's Must

If the patterns have a double contour, they include seam allowances. If the contour is single, the patterns do not include seam allowances. Seam allowances: Allowance for the center back seam (for zipper insertion) - 2 cm. Other seams - 1 cm. Attention! First, print out the paper patterns and lay them out on the fabric width (fabric width should be at least 150 cm) to determine how much material you will need. When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match! Try to observe the grain line direction.

From taffeta (bodice pieces cut in 2 layers):
- Center Back – 2 pieces
- Side Back – 2 pieces
- Center Upper Front – 1 piece
- Middle Front – 2 pieces
- Side Front 2 – 2 pieces
- Right Upper Skirt Base – 1 piece
- Right Lower Skirt Base – 1 piece
- Left Upper Skirt Base – 1 piece
- Left Lower Skirt Base – 1 piece
- Right Upper Skirt Draping – 1 piece
- Right Lower Skirt Draping – 1 piece
- Left Upper Skirt Draping – 1 piece
- Left Lower Skirt Draping – 1 piece
From fusible interfacing:
- All taffeta bodice pieces.
From thin tulle:
- All skirt pieces (Right/Left Upper and Lower Skirt Base, Right/Left Upper and Lower Skirt Draping) – 1 piece each
- Transparent Part Of The Back – 2 pieces (cut in 3 layers, all stitched together)
- Central Lower Part Of Bodice Transparent – 1 piece (cut in 3 layers, all stitched together)
- Side Part Of The Bodice 1 Transparent – 2 pieces (cut in 3 layers, all stitched together)

Sewing Instructions

Finishing: lace trim with loops, 1.5 cm wide, is used as a trim, stitched or hand-attached along the seams. Decorative cord is inserted into the loops. Decorate the cups with wide decorative cord, hand-stitched, or with an appliqué of macrame lace fragments.

Finish the bodice seams on the wrong side with bias binding and insert metal or plastic boning into them, cut 2 cm shorter than the seam length (for ease of construction).
The skirt is constructed as a "balloon" with clean-finished edges – tulle inside to create shape. The lower balloon skirt is stitched into the lower edge of the upper balloon skirt, and then the entire skirt is attached to the bodice.
Then, on a dress form, create the desired shape of the skirt: lay asymmetrical pleats on the finished garment and secure them with hand stitches and decorative flowers.
Insert the zipper in the center back seam.