Button Front Keyhole Puff Sleeve Dress

Name: Button Front Keyhole Puff Sleeve Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2598
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2598

A women's knee-length dress with a lined front yoke shaped to a V at the centre, a front gathered into the yoke, a keyhole neckline closed with a rouleau loop, a row of buttons down the stitched-down front, and short pleated puff sleeves with cuffs. It fastens with a concealed zip at the centre back. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: light dress fabrics in natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Button Front Keyhole Puff Sleeve Dress

When To Wear

In spring and summer for daytime, with flat shoes or sandals.
For the office with a light cardigan over the sleeves.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Slightly flared, shaped with darts on the front and back.

Length: About knee length.

Neckline: Round, with a keyhole opening at the centre front, closed at the top with a bias rouleau loop and a button; the back neckline has an interfaced facing.

Front: Two fronts with front facings; the right front overlaps the left along the centre line and is stitched down, so the buttons are sewn through both layers. The fronts are gathered at the upper edge and set between the two layers of the interfaced yoke.

Closure: Concealed zip in the centre back seam.

Sleeves: Short set-in sleeves with pleats at the lower edge, finished with a cuff folded in half.

Back: Centre back seam with darts.

Finishing: Hem turned up 1.5 cm and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Gathering into a double yoke with a rouleau loop set in the seam, joining an overlapped front, pleated sleeves with cuffs and a concealed zip.

Fabric Recommendations

Light dress fabrics in natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (front yoke, cuffs, back neckline facing, front facings)
Concealed zip
8 buttons

Cutter's Must

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

From main fabric:

Back - 2 pieces
Front - 2 pieces
Front Yoke - 4 pieces
Sleeve – 2 pieces
Cuff – 2 pieces
Back Neck Facing – 2 pieces
Front Facing – 2 pieces

From fusible interfacing:

Front Yoke - 2 pieces
Cuff – 2 pieces
Back Neck Facing – 2 pieces
Front Facing – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the designated pieces.
Stitch darts on back and front pieces. Press dart allowances towards the center of the pieces.
Serge the center back edges separately. Stitch the center back seam from the zipper mark to the hem, press seam allowances open. Insert the concealed zipper.
Serge the outer edges of the front facings. Left front. Place the front facing on the front, right sides together, and stitch the neckline edge. Clip allowances at curves, turn pieces right side out, smooth, and press. Serge the front edge. Right front. Place the front facing on the front, right sides together, and stitch the neckline and front edge. Clip allowances at curves, trim at corners, turn pieces right side out, smooth, and press. Overlap the right front over the left, aligning center lines, and topstitch along the marked line.
Cut a bias strip 2.5 cm wide and 10 cm long for the loop. Fold the strip in half lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch 0.3 cm from the fold. Trim allowances close to the stitching, turn the strip right side out and shape the loop. Adjust loop length.
Along the upper edge of the front, stitch with a loosened top thread and gather. Place yoke pieces right sides together, insert the front between the pieces, and stitch the lower edge, center edge, and neckline edge, inserting the loop on the right side. Clip allowances at curves, trim at corners, turn pieces right side out, smooth, and press.
Serge the outer edge of the back neck facing. Place the neck facing on the back and stitch the neckline edge exactly to the marked shoulder seam line. Clip allowances, turn the facing to the wrong side, smooth, and press.
Stitch shoulder seams, inserting the front between the back and the facing, press allowances towards the back and serge. Secure the center edge of the facing to the zipper tape.
Stitch side seams, press allowances towards the back and serge.
Stitch sleeve seams, press allowances and serge. Create and secure pleats on the sleeve. Stitch the cuff into a loop, press allowances open. Fold the cuff in half lengthwise, right sides together, and press. Attach the outer side of the cuff to the sleeve, fold the allowance of the inner side inwards and topstitch into the attachment seam.
Set sleeves into armholes, press allowances and serge.
Serge the hem allowance, press to the wrong side and topstitch.
Sew buttons onto the front.