V-Neck Split Bell Sleeve Tulip Hem Dress

Name: V-Neck Split Bell Sleeve Tulip Hem Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2653
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2653

A women's fitted knee-length dress with a waist seam, princess seams on the bodice and the back skirt, and a V-neck. The lower front is two pieces with curved edges that part below a centre seam to form a tulip hem; the long sleeves have a pleated, split lower part. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: dress fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

V-Neck Tulip Hem Dress

When To Wear

For the office and business events, with court shoes.
For dinners and daytime celebrations in autumn and spring.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted, shaped by princess seams and a seam at the waist.

Length: Knee length.

Neckline: V-neck at the front, round at the back, finished with interfaced front and back neckline facings.

Sleeves: Long set-in sleeves cut in two parts joined below the elbow. The lower sleeve is hemmed and pleated, and its back edge overlaps the front edge by 0.5 cm at the top, leaving it split open below.

Front: Bodice of a centre front cut on the fold and two side fronts. The two lower fronts are joined by a centre seam from the waist to a mark, then separate; their shaped edges are turned under and topstitched, with a bar tack where the seam ends.

Closure: Invisible zipper in the centre back seam.

Back: Centre back seam, princess seams above and below the waist seam.

Finishing: Back hem and lower sleeve edges turned up 1.5 cm and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Princess seams matched across a waist seam, a shaped front hem with a reinforced split, layered pleats in the lower sleeve, an invisible zipper.

Fabric Recommendations

Dress fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (neckline facings)
Invisible zipper

Cutter's Must

If the patterns have a double contour, they include seam allowances. If the contour is single, the patterns do not include seam allowances. Seam allowances: all seams 1 cm; hem allowance for back and sleeve bottom - 1.5 cm. Attention! First of all, print out the paper patterns and lay them out on the fabric width (fabric width can be from 90cm to 150cm) to determine how much material you will need (do not forget to consider paired and symmetrical pieces). When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!

From main fabric:
- Center Upper Back – 2 pieces
- Side Upper Back – 2 pieces
- Center Lower Back – 2 pieces
- Lower Side Back – 2 pieces
- Center Upper Front – 1 piece on fold
- Side Upper Front – 2 pieces
- Lower Front – 2 pieces
- Sleeve (upper sleeve) – 2 pieces
- Lower Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Front Neckline Facing – 1 piece
- Back Neckline Facing – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
- Front Neckline Facing – 1 piece
- Back Neckline Facing – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Front Neckline Facing and Back Neckline Facings.
Stitch the princess seams of the upper back, press allowances towards the center, serge. Stitch the princess seams of the lower back, press allowances towards the center, serge. Stitch the upper and lower back parts together, press allowances upwards and serge.
Serge the center back edges separately. Stitch the center back seam from the zipper mark to the bottom, press allowances open. Insert the invisible zipper.
Stitch the princess seams of the upper front, press allowances towards the center and serge.
Serge the center and lower edges of the Lower Front pieces separately. Stitch the center front seam of the Lower Front from the top to the mark. Press allowance open, simultaneously pressing the hem allowance. Topstitch the shaped lower front hem allowance to the wrong side and press. At the point where the seam ends and the two fronts separate, stitch a short horizontal bar tack to prevent the fabric from tearing.
Stitch the upper and lower front parts together, press allowances upwards and serge.
Stitch the side and shoulder seams, press allowances towards the back and serge.
Stitch the shoulder seams of the neckline facings, press allowances open. Serge the outer edge. Place the facing on the garment right sides together and stitch the neckline edge. Clip allowances at curves, turn the facing to the inside, smooth and press. Secure the facing to the main garment at the shoulder seams and zipper tape.
Stitch the seam of the upper Sleeve. Serge the allowance and press towards the back. Serge the edges of the Lower Sleeve, fold the hem allowance inwards and topstitch. Form and secure the back pleats, with the pleats facing each other. Overlap the back edge of the lower sleeve onto the front edge by 0.5 cm, form the first front pleat, then the back pleat, and so on. Secure the pleats together. Join the Lower Sleeve to the upper Sleeve. Serge the allowance and press upwards.
Set the sleeves into the armholes, press allowances and serge.
Serge the lower back edge, press to the wrong side and topstitch.