Sheath Dress Draped Front Three Quarter Sleeves

Name: Sheath Dress Draped Front Three Quarter Sleeves
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2060
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2060

A fitted women's sheath dress of about knee length with three-quarter sleeves, a round neckline and a front built from four parts: an upper front with bust darts, curved side fronts and a lower front with pleats that fan out to one side. The back has a zipper and a vent. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: medium-weight dress fabrics that hold pleats and press well, such as wool or wool-blend suiting, crepe or stretch cotton.

Tech. Description

Sheath Dress Draped Front Three Quarter Sleeves

When To Wear

At the office in autumn, winter and spring, with a jacket or on its own.
At daytime events and dinners, where the pleated front is the main detail.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted sheath, shaped by bust darts at the front and shoulder and waist darts at the back.

Length: About knee length.

Neckline: Round neckline finished with interfaced front and back facings.

Sleeves: Set-in, three-quarter length, one-piece with an underarm seam.

Front: The upper front is cut on the fold. The lower front carries pleats laid downwards that gather towards one side, and is joined to the upper front at the waist. Curved side front panels run from the armholes to the hips and frame the centre panel.

Back: Two pieces with a centre back seam, a zipper at the top and an interfaced vent at the hem.

Finishing: Seams overlocked; hems of the dress and sleeves overlocked, turned up and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Pleats on a separate lower front, curved panel seams, a back zipper above a vent and a faced neckline attached to the zipper tape.

Fabric Recommendations

Medium-weight dress fabrics that hold pleats and press well, such as wool or wool-blend suiting, crepe or stretch cotton.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (neckline facings, vent)
Zipper for the centre back

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
- Back – 2 pieces
- Upper front - 1 piece on fold
- Side front – 2 pieces
- Lower front – 1 piece
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Back neckline facing - 2 pieces
- Front neckline facing - 1 piece
From fusible interfacing:
- Back neckline facing - 2 pieces
- Front neckline facing - 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the designated pieces.
Stitch shoulder and waist darts on the back, press dart allowances towards the center. On both back pieces, from the wrong side, fuse interfacing to the vent. Overlock the center back seam allowance separately on each piece. Overlock the vent allowances. On the right side, mark the center seam line (the fold line of the vent). Press the left along the vent fold line, on the right, press only the allowance of the right side of the vent (1 cm) to the wrong side. Align the pieces along the center seam and secure at the upper edge of the vent. Stitch the center back seam from the zipper mark to the vent corner. Clip the corner of the vent seam allowance on the right. Press open the center seam allowances, press the vent allowances and secure them with machine stitching. Insert the zipper.
Stitch bust darts on the upper front, press dart allowances upwards.
Form and secure pleats on the lower front (pleat depths directed downwards). Stitch the upper and lower front parts together, press allowances upwards and overlock.
Attach the side front to the front, press allowances towards the center and overlock.
Stitch side and shoulder seams, press allowances towards the back and overlock.
Stitch shoulder seams of neckline facings, press allowances open. Overlock the outer edge. Place the facing and garment right sides together and stitch the neckline edge. Turn the facing to the wrong side, smooth out, and press. Secure the facing to the main garment at the shoulder seams, attach to the zipper tape.
Stitch the sleeve seam, press allowances and overlock. Set the sleeve into the armhole, matching notches, press allowances and overlock.
Overlock the bottom edge of the garment and sleeve, press to the wrong side and topstitch.