Asymmetrical Draped Long Sleeve Dress

Name: Asymmetrical Draped Long Sleeve Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2500
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2500

A fitted above-knee women's dress for knit fabric, with an asymmetric front: a curved diagonal seam runs from the right armhole to the left hip, with gathers on both sides of it and under a small yoke at the left shoulder. Long set-in sleeves, pull-on. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: knit fabric with medium to high stretch and good drape, of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Draped Knit Dress

When To Wear

Office days with flat shoes or ankle boots.
Dinners and evenings out, autumn to spring.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Close to the body, straight to the hem; no zip or buttons, it is pulled on thanks to the stretch of the fabric.

Length: Above the knee.

Neckline: Round neck finished with a folded bias binding 4 cm wide, stitched along the fold.

Front: Three pieces: a small yoke at the left shoulder, an upper front gathered into the yoke and along the diagonal seam from the right armhole, and a lower front gathered from the seam mark to the left side seam.

Sleeves: Long, one-piece, set in.

Back: Two pieces with a centre back seam.

Finishing: Seams sewn with a stretch or narrow zigzag stitch or on an overlocker; hem turned up and stitched with a twin needle or coverstitch.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Gathering two edges to an exact length along a curved seam, a bound neckline and handling stretch fabric.

Fabric Recommendations

Knit fabric with medium to high stretch and good drape, of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Bias binding 4 cm wide (or cut from the main fabric), neckline length plus 4 cm

Cutter's Must

If the patterns have a double contour, seam allowances are included. If the contour is single, the patterns are without seam allowances. Seam allowances: hem allowance, neckline allowance – 1.5 cm, other seams 0.8 cm. Attention! First, print out the paper patterns and lay them out on the fabric width (fabric width can be from 90 cm to 150 cm) to determine how much material you will need. When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match! Markings on the patterns are made on the right side!

From main fabric:

Back – 2 pieces
Front Yoke – 1 piece
Upper Front – 1 piece
Lower Front – 1 piece
Sleeve – 2 pieces

Tip: Knit fabric pieces are stitched with a special elastic or narrow zigzag stitch. When serging, trim seam allowances to 0.8 cm. The hem allowance is topstitched with a twin needle or on a coverstitch machine to maintain elasticity. You can also stitch pieces directly on a 3- or 4-thread overlock machine.

Sewing Instructions

Stitch the center back seam (Back pieces). Press the allowances to the left and serge.
Along the yoke edge of the Upper Front, sew a line of loose stitches and gather. Stitch the Front Yoke to it, press the allowances towards the yoke and serge.
On the Upper Front, sew a line of loose stitches from the right armhole edge to the mark and gather it to the length of the Lower Front edge from the armhole to the mark. On the Lower Front, sew a line of loose stitches from the mark to the side edge and gather it to the length of the Upper Front edge from the mark to the side edge. Stitch the Upper Front to the Lower Front, press the allowances and serge.
Stitch the right shoulder seam, press the allowances towards the back and serge.
Cut (if not ready-made) a bias strip 4 cm wide and as long as the neckline plus 4 cm. Fold the bias strip in half lengthwise, wrong sides together, and press. Place the binding on the right side of the neckline, raw edges matching, and stitch; turn the binding to the wrong side and topstitch it to the dress along the fold.
Stitch the left shoulder seam and the side seams, press the allowances towards the back and serge.
Stitch the Sleeve seam, press the allowances towards the back and serge. Set the sleeves into the armholes, matching the notches, press the allowances and serge.
Serge the hem edge of the dress, press it to the wrong side and topstitch.