Paneled Tab Sleeve Sheath Dress

Name: Paneled Tab Sleeve Sheath Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2198
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2198

A women's fitted sheath dress just above the knee, with short raglan sleeves finished with buttoned tabs, a front made of a centre panel and a side front with topstitched seams, and a concealed zip in the centre back seam. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: dress fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Paneled Sheath Dress

When To Wear

To the office in spring and summer, on its own or under a cropped jacket.
For daytime events with flat shoes or low heels.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted sheath, slightly narrowing towards the hem.

Length: Just above the knee.

Neckline: Round neckline finished with an interfaced front and back facing.

Sleeves: Short raglan sleeves cut in front and back halves, each half joined from an upper and a lower part. A tab is caught into the upper/lower sleeve seam and buttoned onto the sleeve seam.

Front: A centre front in two pieces with a centre front seam, set into a side front cut on the fold. The panel seams run down from a horizontal seam below the neckline and turn outwards at hip level; all front seams are topstitched 0.5 cm from the seam.

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

Finishing: Seam allowances overlocked; hems of the dress and sleeves turned up and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Panel seams with clipped corners and even topstitching, raglan sleeves in four parts each, a concealed zip and a faced neckline.

Fabric Recommendations

Dress fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (neckline facings)
Concealed zip
2 buttons

Cutter's Must

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

From main fabric:
- Back – 2 pieces
- Side front – 1 piece on fold
- Center front – 2 pieces
- Upper back sleeve – 2 pieces
- Lower back sleeve – 2 pieces
- Upper front sleeve – 2 pieces
- Lower front sleeve – 2 pieces
- Sleeve tab – 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 the upper and lower parts of the back sleeve, press seam allowances upwards and overlock. Stitch the upper and lower parts of the front sleeve, press seam allowances upwards and overlock.
Stitch the waist darts on the back pieces, press depths towards the center. Attach the sleeve to the back, press seam allowances towards the sleeve, overlock.
Overlock the center back edges separately. Stitch the center back seam from the zipper mark to the bottom, press seam allowances open. Insert the concealed zipper.
Stitch the center front seam, press seam allowances to the left side and overlock. Topstitch 0.5 cm from the seam. Stitch the front princess seams, clipping the center at the corner, press seam allowances towards the center, overlock. Topstitch 0.5 cm from the seam. Attach the center to the side along the horizontal edge, clipping the side at the corner. Press seam allowances upwards, overlock and topstitch 0.5 cm from the seam.
Attach the sleeve to the front, press seam allowances towards the sleeve, overlock.
Stitch the shoulder and side seams of the dress, simultaneously with the sleeve seams, press seam allowances towards the back and overlock.
Stitch the shoulder seams of the neckline facings, press seam allowances open. Overlock the outer edge. Place the facing on the garment right sides together and stitch the neckline edge. Clip seam allowances, turn the facing to the wrong side, straighten, press. Secure the facing to the garment at the shoulder seams and zipper tape.
Fold the tabs in half lengthwise right sides together and stitch along the long and short edges. Turn right side out, trimming seam allowances at corners, straighten and press. Overlock the open short edge. Topstitch the tabs to the wrong side of the sleeves into the seam joining the upper and lower parts.
Overlock the hem allowance of the garment and sleeves, press to the wrong side and topstitch.
Make buttonholes on the tabs. Sew buttons to the sleeve seam.