Collared Button Front Midi Dress

Name: Collared Button Front Midi Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2762
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2762

A women's midi shirt dress with a notched collar and lapels, a button front to the hem, a gathered bodice on a waist seam and short cut-on sleeves with turn-back cuffs. The flared skirt is cut in two pieces at the front and two at the back. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: dress fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Collared Button-Front Midi Dress

When To Wear

Summer days in town, at work or on holiday, with sandals or flat shoes.
With a cardigan or a light jacket in late spring and early autumn.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Soft bodice gathered into a waist seam, with a flared skirt.

Length: Midi, below the knee.

Collar: Notched collar with lapels; the under collar is set into the dress neckline and the upper collar into the facings.

Sleeves: Short sleeves cut in one with the bodice, finished with a cuff folded in half, sewn into a ring and turned back onto the right side.

Front: Button front with 8 buttons, finished with interfaced front facings; buttonholes on the right front.

Back: Upper back cut on the fold with an inverted pleat at the centre; lower back with a centre back seam.

Waist: Gathers along the lower edge of the upper front and upper back, joined to the skirt at the waist seam.

Finishing: Hem turned 1 cm and 1 cm again and topstitched; interfaced back neck facing.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. A notched collar set between the dress and the facings, gathering to a waist seam, buttonholes.

Fabric Recommendations

Dress fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (front facings, back neck facing, collar, cuffs)
8 buttons

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
- Upper Back – 1 piece on fold
- Lower Back – 2 pieces
- Upper Front – 2 pieces
- Lower Front – 2 pieces
- Center Front Facing – 2 pieces
- Collar – 2 pieces
- Cuff – 2 pieces
- Back Neckline Facing – 1 piece
From fusible interfacing:
- Center Front Facing – 2 pieces
- Collar – 1 piece
- Cuff – 2 pieces
- Back Neckline Facing – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

Fuse the pieces with fusible interfacing.
Form and secure the inverted pleat on the Upper Back. Along the lower edge of the Upper Back, stitch with a loosened upper thread and gather.
Stitch the center seam of the Lower Back, press allowances to the left and overlock. Stitch the Upper Back to the Lower Back, press allowances upwards and overlock.
Along the lower edge of the Upper Front, stitch with a loosened upper thread and gather.
Stitch the Upper Front to the Lower Front, press allowances upwards and overlock.
Stitch shoulder seams, press allowances towards the back and overlock.
Place the Collar pieces right sides together and stitch along the ends and outer edge. Start and end stitching strictly at the marked collar attachment seam line. Trim seams at corners, clip at the mark. Turn collar right side out, shape and press.
Stitch the shoulder seams of the Center Front Facings and the Back Neckline Facing, press allowances open. Overlock the outer edge.
Place the Center Front Facing on the right side of the front, right sides together, pin and stitch along the front edge and lapel. Stitch upwards to the notch indicating the end of collar attachment. Trim seams at corners. Turn front edges right side out, shape seams.
Attach the lower collar to the neckline of the main garment, and the upper collar to the neckline edge of the Back Neckline Facing and Center Front Facings. Press collar attachment seam allowances open and secure close to the seam.
Stitch side seams, press allowances towards the back and overlock.
Stitch each Cuff into a ring, press allowances open. Fold the cuff in half lengthwise, right side out. Stitch the cuff to the wrong side of the sleeve edge, overlock allowances. Turn cuff to the right side.
Press the bottom edge to the wrong side by 1 cm, then by another 1 cm, and topstitch.
Make buttonholes on the right front; sew buttons on the left front.