Fitted Paneled Dress with Back Zipper

Name: Fitted Paneled Dress with Back Zipper
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2234
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2234

A women's fitted sleeveless midi dress with an asymmetric seam below the bust, a lower front in two pieces that fall into a cascade, a pointed uneven hem and an invisible zipper in the centre back seam. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: dress fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Fitted Paneled Dress with Back Zipper

When To Wear

Summer parties, weddings and evening events, with sandals or heels.
Warm-weather daytime wear with a light cardigan or jacket over it.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted bodice, skirt widening towards the hem.

Length: Midi, with longer pointed sections in the hem.

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

Sleeves: Sleeveless; armholes finished with a folded bias binding 4 cm wide, turned to the inside and topstitched.

Front: Upper front with bust darts, joined to the right and left lower fronts by an angled seam that runs down to a point. The right lower front is stitched only up to a mark; the left lower front is joined to the upper front and to the right lower front in one pass, so the edge falls in a cascade.

Back: Upper and lower back, each in two pieces, with a waist seam and waist darts; centre back seam with an invisible zipper.

Finishing: Hem turned up 1.5 cm and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. An asymmetric seam stitched to a mark, a cascade, an invisible zipper, neckline facings and bias-bound armholes.

Fabric Recommendations

Dress fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Invisible zipper
Fusible interfacing (neckline facings)
Bias binding 4 cm wide, armhole length plus 5 cm per armhole (or cut from the fabric)

Cutter's Must

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

From main fabric:
- Upper Back – 2 pieces
- Lower Back – 2 pieces
- Upper Front – 1 piece
- Lower Right Front – 1 piece
- Lower Left Front – 1 piece
- 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 the Back Neckline Facing pieces.
Stitch the darts on the back and front pieces; press the waist darts towards the center and the bust darts upwards.
Stitch the Upper Back to the Lower Back, press the allowances upwards and overlock.
Overlock the center back edge of each back piece separately. Stitch the center back seam from the zipper mark down to the hem. Press the seam allowances open, pressing the allowances of the zipper opening in the same way. Insert the invisible zipper.
Stitch the Upper Front to the Lower Right Front up to the mark, clip the allowances at the mark, press them upwards and overlock. Stitch the Upper Front to the Lower Left Front, at the same time stitching the Lower Left Front to the Lower Right Front. Press the allowances upwards and overlock.
Stitch the side and shoulder seams, press the allowances towards the back and overlock.
Stitch the shoulder seams of the Front Neckline Facing and Back Neckline Facing pieces, press the allowances open and overlock the outer edge of the facing. Place the facing on the dress right sides together and stitch along the neckline. Clip the allowances at the curves, turn the facing to the wrong side and press. Tack the facing to the shoulder seams and to the zipper tape.
Cut (if not ready-made) a bias strip 4 cm wide and as long as the armhole plus 5 cm. Fold the bias strip in half lengthwise, wrong sides together, and press. Place the binding on the right side of the armhole, raw edges matching, and stitch. Clip the allowances. Turn the binding to the wrong side and topstitch it to the dress along the fold. Press the seam.
Overlock the hem edge of the dress, press it to the wrong side and topstitch.