Halter Dress with Folded Stand Collar

Name: Halter Dress with Folded Stand Collar
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2026
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2026

A women's sleeveless halter-neck dress, above the knee, with a high folded collar that sits in soft folds around the neck, a fitted darted bodice and a flared skirt with an inverted pleat at the centre front. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: dress fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Halter Dress with Folded Stand Collar

When To Wear

For summer parties, dinners and evening events, with bare shoulders.
In cooler weather under a short fitted jacket or cardigan.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted bodice joined to the skirt at a waist seam; the skirt flares out to the hem.

Length: Above the knee.

Collar: One collar piece folded in half lengthwise, right side out, and attached to the bodice neckline; it rises high around the neck and falls into folds. The inner collar edge is turned under and stitched into the attachment seam.

Sleeves: Sleeveless, with deep cut-in halter armholes faced by the bodice lining.

Front: Bodice shaped with bust and waist darts.

Back: Bodice in two halves with a centre back seam and waist darts; the zipper runs from the collar fold to the bottom of the bodice.

Skirt: Front and back skirt panels; the front panel has an inverted pleat at the centre.

Lining: The bodice is lined; the lining is stitched to the armholes and then handled together with the main fabric. The skirt is unlined.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. A lined darted bodice, a zipper set through the bodice and a folded collar, and an inverted pleat in the skirt.

Fabric Recommendations

Dress fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Lining fabric for the bodice
Concealed zipper

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: all seams 1 cm; hem allowance for the dress bottom – 2.5 cm. Attention! First, print out the paper patterns and lay them out on the fabric width (fabric width can be from 90cm to 150cm) to determine how much material you will need (do not forget to account for paired and symmetrical pieces). When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!

From main fabric:
- Upper back - 2 pieces
- Back skirt - 1 piece
- Upper front – 1 piece
- Front skirt – 1 piece
- Collar - 1 piece
From lining fabric:
- Upper back - 2 pieces
- Upper front – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

Stitch waist and bust darts on back and front pieces. Press waist darts towards the center of the piece, bust darts upwards.
Stitch side seams of the bodice, press allowances open.
Stitch darts and side seams on the lining similarly to the main fabric pieces. Place lining and main fabric right sides together and stitch armhole edges. Turn bodice right side out, baste armholes, press. Secure lining to main fabric along remaining edges and treat as one piece thereafter.
Overlock the center back seam.
Press the collar in half lengthwise, right side out. Attach the outer side of the collar to the bodice according to markings. Press allowances towards the collar, also pressing allowances on open sections.
Insert the zipper from the collar fold to the bottom of the bodice. Press the zipper.
Press the lower edge of the inner collar to the wrong side and topstitch into the attachment seam, simultaneously stitching the free sections of the collar.
Fold and secure the inverted pleat on the front skirt. Stitch side seams of the skirt, press allowances towards the back and overlock. Attach the skirt to the bodice, press allowances and overlock. Press the hem allowance of the skirt bottom to the wrong side, fold inwards by 1 cm and topstitch.