Wide Round Neck Sculpted A-Line Dress

Name: Wide Round Neck Sculpted A-Line Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2441
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2441

A women's fitted knee-length dress with three-quarter sleeves and a high round neckline. Curved princess seams from the armhole run down front and back, each with a short horizontal section and a pressed pleat; a concealed zipper closes the centre back. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: dress fabrics from natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Sculpted Seam Dress

When To Wear

At the office in autumn and winter, with tights and closed shoes.
Under a coat or with a long jacket; the plain neckline needs no extra collar.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted, shaped by the princess seams and a waist dart on the front.

Length: Knee length.

Neckline: High round neckline finished with interfaced front and back facings, secured at the shoulder seams and the zipper tape.

Sleeves: Three-quarter length, set-in, one seam.

Front: Cut in one piece on the fold. The princess seams include a horizontal section; the allowances are pressed towards the centre together with a pleat folded along the marks, and the horizontal section is fixed to the dress with blind stitches.

Back: Two pieces with the same princess seams and horizontal sections, a centre back seam with a concealed zipper, and a slit at the lower end of the seam.

Finishing: Hem and sleeve edges turned up and topstitched; 2 cm hem allowance.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Princess seams with a stitched-in horizontal section and pleat, a faced high neckline, a concealed zipper and a back slit.

Fabric Recommendations

Dress fabrics from natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (neckline facings)
Concealed zipper

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
- Back – 2 pieces
- Front – 1 piece on fold
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Front neckline facing – 1 piece
- Back neckline facing – 2 pieces
From fusible interlining:
- Front neckline facing – 1 piece
- Back neckline facing – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

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

Duplicate details with fusible interlining.
Stitch the back princess seams, simultaneously stitching the horizontal section on the back. Overlock the allowances, press towards the center, simultaneously pressing the pleat according to the marks indicating the direction. Attach the horizontal section with blind stitches to the main garment.
Overlock the center back seam separately on each piece. Stitch the center back seam from the zipper mark to the bottom. Press open the center seam allowances, pressing the slit. Insert the zipper.
Stitch the waist dart on the front. Press the dart depth upwards. Stitch the princess seams, simultaneously stitching the horizontal section on the front. Overlock the allowances, press towards the center, simultaneously pressing the pleat according to the marks indicating the direction. Attach the horizontal section with blind stitches to the main garment.
Stitch the side and shoulder seams, press allowances towards the back and overlock.
Stitch the shoulder seams of the neckline facings, press allowances open, overlock the outer edge. Place the dress and facing right sides together and stitch the neckline edge. Clip allowances at curves, turn the facing to the wrong side and press. Attach the facing to the shoulder seams and the zipper tape.
Stitch the sleeve seam. Overlock the allowance and press towards the back. Set sleeves into armholes. Overlock the allowance and press.
Overlock the bottom edge of the garment and sleeves, press to the wrong side and topstitch.