Short Sleeve Paneled Flounce Dress

Name: Short Sleeve Paneled Flounce Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2779
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2779

A women's knee-length dress with princess seams and a centre front seam, ending in a flared flounce joined by a scalloped seam. Short sleeves with folded cuffs, a round neckline with a visible neck band, and a concealed zip at the centre back. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: dress fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Short Sleeve Paneled Flounce Dress

When To Wear

In late spring and summer for day wear and the office.
With a jacket or cardigan in cooler weather.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted through the bust and waist by princess seams, flaring out below the hip in a flounce.

Length: Knee length.

Neckline: Round neckline with an outer facing stitched on the right side, forming a band around the neck; a second, inner facing finishes the inside.

Sleeves: Short set-in sleeves with a cuff cut double, sewn into a ring and turned up.

Front: Centre front seam and princess seams from the armhole.

Closure: Concealed zip in the upper part of the centre back seam.

Back: Centre back seam and princess seams from the armhole, matching the front.

Skirt: Flounce in four sections (lower centre front, lower centre back and two lower side pieces), joined to the panels along a curved scalloped seam that rises at the princess lines.

Finishing: Hem turned up 2 cm and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Curved princess seams, a scalloped seam joining the flounce, a two-layer neckline facing, a concealed zip.

Fabric Recommendations

Dress fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (neckline facings, cuffs)
Concealed zip

Fabric & Materials

Fabric recommendations: dress fabrics made of natural or blended fibers. Also needed: fusible interfacing; concealed 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 – 2 cm. Attention! First, 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 (don't forget to account for paired and symmetrical pieces). When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!

From main fabric:
- Center Back – 2 pieces
- Side Back – 2 pieces
- Lower Center Back – 1 piece
- Center Front – 2 pieces
- Side Front – 2 pieces
- Lower Center Front – 1 piece
- Lower Side – 2 pieces
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Back Neckline Facing – 4 pieces
- Front Neckline Facing – 2 pieces
- Cuff – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
- Back Neckline Facing – 2 pieces
- Front Neckline Facing – 1 piece
- Cuff – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the designated pieces.
Serge the centre back edge of each Center Back piece separately. Stitch the outer Back Neckline Facings to the back neckline and press the allowances towards the facings. Stitch the centre back seam from the zip mark down to the lower edge and press the allowances open. Insert the concealed zip. Stitch the Lower Center Back to the Center Back pieces, serge the allowances and press them downwards.
Stitch the centre front seam. Serge the allowances and press them to the left. Stitch the Lower Center Front to the Center Front pieces, serge the allowances and press them downwards. Stitch the outer Front Neckline Facing to the neckline. Clip the allowances and press them towards the facing.
Stitch the side seams (Side Front to Side Back), press the allowances towards the back and serge. Stitch the Lower Side pieces to the side panels, serge the allowances and press them upwards.
Stitch the princess seams of the back and front, press the allowances towards the centre and serge.
Stitch the shoulder seams. Serge the allowances and press them towards the back.
Stitch the inner Back Neckline Facings to the inner Front Neckline Facing at the shoulders. Press the allowances open. Serge the outer edge. Place the inner facings on the neckline right sides together and stitch around the neckline. Clip the allowances, turn the inner facings to the wrong side and press. Stitch the inner facing in place from the right side, in the ditch of the outer facing's attaching seam.
Stitch the sleeve seam, press the allowances towards the back and serge. Stitch each Cuff into a ring and press the allowances open. Fold the Cuff in half lengthwise, wrong sides together, and press. Stitch the Cuff to the lower edge of the sleeve on the right side. Serge the allowance. Fold the Cuff down and press. Set the sleeves into the armholes, press the allowances and serge.
Serge the hem allowance of the dress, press it to the wrong side and topstitch.