Fitted V-Neck Dress with Piping

Name: Fitted V-Neck Dress with Piping
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2141
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2141

A fitted women's knee-length dress with a V-neckline and a front made of three panels joined by two curved seams finished with decorative piping. Short sleeves gathered at the cap, piping at the sleeve hems and a concealed zipper in the centre back seam. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: dress fabrics of natural or blended fibres with added elastane.

Tech. Description

Fitted V-Neck Dress with Piping

When To Wear

At the office and for daytime meetings in spring and summer.
For dinners and family celebrations, with a jacket or cardigan over the short sleeves in cooler weather.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted and close to the body, shaped by darts on the front pieces and on the back.

Length: Knee length.

Neckline: V-neckline at the front, rounded at the back and finished there with a back neck facing caught into the shoulder seams.

Front: Three pieces: right, centre and left front. The seams between them sweep in curves from the neckline and the side down towards the hem; piping is set into both seams and the allowances are topstitched onto the panels.

Sleeves: Short set-in sleeves; the cap is gathered or laid in small pleats. The sleeve hem is finished with piping.

Back: Two pieces with waist darts and a centre back seam holding a concealed zipper.

Finishing: Hem turned up 3 cm and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Setting piping into long curved seams so the panels lie flat, a concealed zipper, and gathered set-in sleeves.

Fabric Recommendations

Dress fabrics of natural or blended fibres with added elastane.

Additional Supplies

Concealed zipper
Decorative piping (the approximate length is given on the front pattern piece)

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
- Back – 2 pieces
- Right Front – 1 piece
- Center Front – 1 piece
- Left Front – 1 piece
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Back Neckline Facing – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Stitch the darts on the front pieces and press the dart intakes upwards.
Place the decorative piping on the edge of the Right Front and stitch. Overlock the seam allowance, press it towards the Right Front and topstitch it in place.
Place the decorative piping on the edge of the Center Front and baste. Stitch the Right Front and Center Front together. Overlock the seam allowance and topstitch it onto the Center Front. Attach the Left Front in the same way.
Stitch the darts on the Back and press the dart intakes towards the center. Overlock the center back edges separately. Stitch the center back seam from the zipper mark to the hem and press the seam allowances open. Insert the concealed zipper.
Overlock the outer edges of the Back Neckline Facings. Place the facings and the Back right sides together and stitch the back neckline. Stitch the shoulder seams, placing the front between the Back and the Back Neckline Facing.
Stitch the side seams. Overlock the seam allowances and press them towards the back.
Sew a line of long gathering stitches along the sleeve cap and gather it, or lay small pleats instead. Set in the sleeves.
Place the decorative piping on the lower edge of the Sleeve and stitch. Overlock the seam allowances and press them towards the sleeve. Topstitch the seam allowance onto the sleeve.
Overlock the lower edge of the dress. Press the hem allowance to the wrong side and topstitch.