Long Sleeve Boat Neck Paneled Flared Dress

Name: Long Sleeve Boat Neck Paneled Flared Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2115
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2115

A women's below-knee dress with long set-in sleeves, a wide round neckline and princess seams running from the armholes. Below the waist the side panels are joined to flared lower panels, with a pleat folded at each joining point; the dress closes with an invisible zipper in the centre back seam. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: dress fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Elegant Paneled Flared Dress

When To Wear

At the office in autumn and winter, with tights and closed shoes.
For daytime events and dinners, worn with a belt or under a coat.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted through the bodice and waist, flaring out below the waist through the lower side panels.

Length: Just below the knee.

Neckline: Wide round neckline, finished with a front neckline facing and two back neckline facings, all interfaced and secured at the shoulder seams and zipper tape.

Sleeves: Long, one-piece set-in sleeves with one underarm seam.

Front: A centre front panel running in one piece from neckline to hem, two front side panels from the armholes to the waist and two lower front panels below them. A pleat is folded where each side panel meets the lower panel, its depth turned toward the centre, and its top is slipstitched by hand.

Closure: Invisible zipper in the centre back seam, from the neckline.

Back: Built the same way as the front from centre back, back side and lower back panels, with matching pleats; the centre back is cut in two halves.

Finishing: Princess seam allowances pressed toward the centre; side, shoulder and sleeve seams overlocked and pressed toward the back; hems overlocked, turned up and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Clipping into a corner to form a pleat at a panel junction, princess seams, an invisible zipper and set-in sleeves.

Fabric Recommendations

Dress fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Invisible zipper
Fusible interfacing (neckline facings)

Cutter's Must

When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!

From main fabric:
- Center Back – 2 pieces
- Back Side – 2 pieces
- Lower Back – 2 pieces
- Center Front – 1 piece
- Front Side – 2 pieces
- Lower Front – 2 pieces
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Front Neckline Facing – 1 piece
- Back Neckline Facing – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
- Front Neckline Facing – 1 piece
- Back Neckline Facing – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Front Neckline Facing and Back Neckline Facing pieces.
Stitch the inner edges of the front pleats. Overlock and press the seam allowances. Clip the allowance at the corner and fold the pleat, with its depth turned towards the center. Stitch the Front Side to the upper edge of the Lower Front. Overlock this edge, catching the top of the pleat at the same time. Stitch the front princess seam from the armhole down to the pleat. Overlock the allowance and press it towards the center. Slipstitch the top of the pleat to the dress by hand.
Construct the back in the same way from the Center Back, Back Side and Lower Back pieces. Overlock the center back edges separately. Stitch the center back seam from the zipper mark to the hem. Press seam allowances open. Insert the invisible zipper.
Stitch the side and shoulder seams. Overlock the allowances and press them towards the back.
Stitch the shoulder seams of the Front Neckline Facing and Back Neckline Facings. Press seam allowances open. Overlock the outer edge. Place the facing onto the right side of the dress and stitch the neckline. Clip the allowances, turn the facing to the wrong side and press. Secure the facing at the shoulder seams and zipper tape.
Stitch the sleeve seam. Overlock the allowance and press it towards the back. Set the sleeves into the armholes, press and overlock the allowances.
Overlock the bottom edge of the garment and sleeves, press to the wrong side and topstitch.