Button-Down Shirt Dress Rolled Tab Sleeves

Name: Button-Down Shirt Dress Rolled Tab Sleeves
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2317
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2317

A women's straight shirt dress of below-knee length with a shirt collar on a separate stand, a sewn-on button placket the full length of the front and set-in sleeves worn rolled up and held by buttoned tabs. The back has a yoke, a centre back seam and darts. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: dress fabrics from natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Button-Down Shirt Dress Rolled Tab Sleeves

When To Wear

In spring and summer, on its own with flat shoes or sandals.
For the office or the weekend, open over trousers or with a belt at the waist.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Straight, loose shirt shape with no waist seam.

Length: Just below the knee.

Collar: Pointed shirt collar topstitched 0.5 cm from the edge, set into a two-piece stand; collar and stand interfaced.

Front: Separate interfaced plackets sewn to each front, buttoning right over left from the stand to the hem; bust darts where the size requires them.

Sleeves: Set-in one-piece sleeves, drawn rolled up to about the elbow. A tab sewn to the wrong side of each sleeve buttons over the roll.

Back: Back yoke, a centre back seam and two vertical darts pressed towards the centre.

Finishing: Hem and sleeve edges overlocked, turned up 1.5 cm and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. A shirt collar with a stand, full-length sewn-on plackets, a back yoke with darts, set-in sleeves with button tabs, ten buttonholes.

Fabric Recommendations

Dress fabrics from natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (plackets, collar, stand)
10 buttons

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
- Yoke – 1 piece
- Back – 2 pieces
- Front – 2 pieces
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Collar – 2 pieces
- Stand Collar – 2 pieces
- Sleeve Decorative Tab – 2 pieces
- Placket – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
- Placket – 2 pieces
- Collar – 1 piece
- Stand Collar – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

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

Fuse interfacing to the designated pieces.
Stitch the darts on the Back. Press the dart intakes towards the center. Stitch the center back seam. Overlock the allowance and press to the left side. Attach the Yoke to the Back. Overlock the allowance and press upwards.
Mark and stitch the bust darts on the Front, if provided for your size, press the dart intakes upwards.
Stitch side and shoulder seams, press allowances towards the back and overlock.
Attach the outer edge of the Placket to the Front, press allowances towards the Placket. Turn the inner edge of the Placket inwards and topstitch into the seam of the outer placket attachment.
Place the two Collar pieces (upper and lower collar) right sides together. Stitch the ends and outer edge of the collar. Trim seams. Turn the collar right side out, shape, and press. Topstitch 0.5 cm from the edge. Place the two Stand Collar pieces right sides together, insert the finished collar between them, align the notches, and stitch, simultaneously stitching the ends of the stand. Start and end the stitching strictly at the marked line of the stand attachment seam. Turn the finished collar right side out and press. Attach the upper stand with the collar to the neckline, turn under the open edge of the lower stand and topstitch into the seam of the upper stand attachment.
Fold the Sleeve Decorative Tabs in half lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch along the long and short edges. Turn right side out, trimming allowances at the corners, shape, and press. Overlock the open short edge. Topstitch the tabs to the wrong side of the Sleeves according to the markings.
Stitch the sleeve seam. Overlock the allowance and press towards the back. Set sleeves into armholes, press allowances and overlock.
Overlock the bottom of the garment and sleeves, turn inwards, and topstitch.
Make buttonholes on the right Placket and the Stand Collar, sew buttons on the left Placket. Make buttonholes on the tabs and sew buttons on the sleeves.