Pearl Embellished Flutter Sleeve Dress

Name: Pearl Embellished Flutter Sleeve Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2417
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2417

A women's above-knee dress with a waist seam and a slightly flared skirt, a fitted bodice with panel seams, and self-faced front and back yokes whose shaped edges form short cap sleeves. The yokes are joined at the shoulders by 24 beads, which also trim the curved front yoke seam. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: dress fabrics made from natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Pearl Embellished Flutter Sleeve Dress

When To Wear

For summer parties, weddings and other daytime celebrations.
For warm-weather evenings, with a light jacket or wrap over it.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted bodice, seamed at the natural waist, with a skirt that flares slightly to the hem.

Length: Above the knee.

Neckline: Round neckline, faced as part of the doubled yokes.

Sleeves: Short cap sleeves cut in one with the yokes. Each yoke is cut double and stitched around the shaped sleeve edge, shoulder and neckline, then turned. The armhole of the bodice below is finished with a 4 cm bias binding.

Front: Upper front cut on the fold with a dart, joined to side front panels; the yoke seam curves over the bust and carries a row of beads.

Back: Upper back with side back panels and a curved yoke seam; centre back seam with a concealed zip from the neck.

Skirt: Lower front cut on the fold, lower back in two pieces, joined to the bodice at the waist.

Finishing: The front and back yokes are not sewn at the shoulder: their finished edges are butted together and held by beads. Hem turned up 2 cm and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Self-faced yokes with clipped curves, a curved yoke seam joined to panelled bodices, bias-bound armholes, a concealed zip and hand-sewn beads joining the shoulders.

Fabric Recommendations

Dress fabrics made from natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Concealed (invisible) zip
24 beads
Bias binding 4 cm wide, cut from the fabric

Cutter's Must

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

From main fabric:
- Back yoke – 4 pieces
- Upper back – 2 pieces
- Back side – 2 pieces
- Lower back – 2 pieces
- Front yoke - 2 pieces
- Upper front – 1 piece on fold
- Front side – 2 pieces
- Lower front – 1 piece on fold

Sewing Instructions

Stitch the princess seams on the back pieces. Overlock the allowances and press them towards the center.
Stitch the dart on the front. Trim the depth with an overlocker and press it upwards. Attach the front side to the front. Overlock the allowance and press it towards the center.
Stitch the side seams. Overlock the allowances and press them towards the back.
Cut a bias binding 4 cm wide and a length equal to the armhole length + 4 cm. Fold the bias binding in half lengthwise, right sides out, and press. Place the binding with the armhole edge, right sides together, leaving tails, and stitch. Fold the binding to the wrong side, clip the seams, and topstitch along the fold onto the main piece. Press the seam.
Place the back yokes right sides together and stitch the shaped sleeve edge, shoulder seam, and neckline. Clip the allowance at the lower mark. Clip the allowances at the curves, turn the piece right side out, and press. Secure the center and lower edges. Then treat as one piece.
Place the front yokes right sides together and stitch the shaped sleeve edge, shoulder seam, and neckline. Clip the allowance at the lower mark. Clip the allowances at the curves, turn the piece right side out, and press. Secure the lower edges. Then treat as one piece.
Attach the yokes to the back and front. Clip the allowances, overlock, and press downwards.
Stitch the side seams of the lower parts. Overlock the allowances and press them towards the back. Stitch the upper and lower parts of the dress. Overlock the allowance and press it upwards.
Overlock the center back edges separately. Stitch the center back seam from the zipper mark to the bottom. Overlock the allowances and press them open. Insert the concealed zipper.
Overlock the bottom edge of the product, press it to the wrong side, and topstitch.
Sew beads along the shoulder seam, joining the front and back yoke pieces butt-to-butt. Sew beads on the horizontal princess seam according to the marks.