Button-Front Dress with Flounce Hem
Introducing a charming women's dress pattern featuring a button-front closure, practical chest pockets, and a playful gathered flounce hem.
When To Wear
This versatile dress is perfect for a range of occasions, offering both comfort and style:
- Everyday Chic: Ideal for a comfortable yet stylish daily look or casual outings.
- Daytime Gatherings: Easily dressed up for brunches, casual meetings, or social events.
- Transitional Styling: Adaptable for various seasons with its adjustable roll-up sleeve design.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: a relaxed a-line through the bodice, gently shaped by waist and bust darts, flowing into a voluminous gathered flounce at the hem.
Neckline: a clean, rounded neckline finished with a narrow band, creating a button-front placket.
Closure: a full-length button-front closure extends from the neckline to just above the flounce.
Sleeves: Elbow-length sleeves with functional roll-up tabs for adjustable styling and comfort.
Pockets: Two prominent patch pockets are positioned on the chest, adding a practical and stylish detail.
Back: Features shaping waist darts and a discreet center back seam for a subtly tailored fit.
Hem: a dynamic gathered flounce attached at the lower part of the dress, providing movement and a feminine touch.
Length: Finishes at a versatile knee-length.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. This pattern requires skills in sewing darts, constructing patch pockets, creating a button placket, attaching sleeve tabs, and gathering and attaching a flounce.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose flowing dress fabrics with a soft drape for a comfortable and elegant finish:
- Dress fabrics made from natural or blended fibers
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing
- 11 buttons
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: hem allowance – 2.0 cm, top edge of pocket allowance – 3 cm, other seams - 1 cm. Attention! First of all, print out the paper patterns and lay them out on the fabric width (fabric width can be from 90 cm to 150 cm) to determine how much material you will need. When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!
- From main fabric:
- Back – 2 pieces
- Front – 2 pieces
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Cuff – 2 pieces
- Tab – 2 pieces
- Front facing – 2 pieces
- Back neckline facing – 1 piece
- Lower – 2 pieces
- Pocket – 2 pieces
- From fusible interfacing:
- Front facing – 2 pieces
- Back neckline facing – 1 piece
- Cuff – 2 pieces
Sewing Instructions
- Fuse interfacing to the designated pieces.
- Stitch waist darts on back pieces, press dart allowances towards the center. Stitch the center back seam, press allowances to the left side and overlock.
- Stitch waist darts on front pieces, press dart allowances towards the center. Stitch bust darts, press allowances upwards.
- Fold the top pocket allowance by 1 cm, then by 2 cm and topstitch. Overlock the side and bottom pocket allowances, fold inwards and press. Topstitch pockets according to markings.
- Stitch side and shoulder seams, press allowances towards the back and overlock.
- Stitch the center seam of the lower. Overlock the allowance and press to the left side. Along the top edge, stitch with a loosened upper thread and gather. Attach the lower to the dress. Overlock the allowance and press upwards.
- Stitch and press open the shoulder seams of the back neckline facing and front facing. Overlock the outer edge.
- Place the front facing on the right side of the front piece, right side down, pin and stitch the bottom corner, along the front edge and neckline. Trim seams at corners. Turn out the front edges, straighten seams. Topstitch along the front edge on the marked line.
- Fold the tab in half lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch along the short and long sides. Trim allowances, turn out the tab and press. Make buttonholes on the tabs.
- Stitch the sleeve seam, press allowances towards the back and overlock. Place the tab right side down on the wrong side of the sleeve and secure along the bottom edge.
- Stitch the cuff into a loop, press allowances open. Fold the cuff lengthwise, right side out, and press. Attach the outer side of the cuff to the bottom of the sleeve. Fold the inner side of the cuff inwards and topstitch into the attachment seam. Set sleeves into armholes, matching notches. Press allowances and overlock. Fold the tab to the right side.
- Overlock the bottom edge of the garment, press to the wrong side and topstitch.
- Make buttonholes on the right front, sew buttons on the left front. Sew buttons on the tabs and sleeves.
