Cape Sleeve Dress with Ruffle Hem

Name: Cape Sleeve Dress with Ruffle Hem
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2860
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2860

A women's dress above knee length with princess seams front and back, cape sleeves laid over the shoulders and a gathered flounce at the hem. It closes with a concealed zip in the centre back seam. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: dress fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Cape Sleeve Dress with Ruffle Hem

A women's dress above knee length with princess seams front and back, cape sleeves laid over the shoulders and a gathered flounce at the hem. It closes with a concealed zip in the centre back seam.

When To Wear

In summer for daytime events, parties and holidays.
In spring with tights and a light coat.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Semi-fitted, shaped by princess seams that run from the neckline to the hem.

Length: Above the knee, including the flounce.

Neckline: Round neckline finished with fused facings.

Sleeves: Cape sleeves: separate flared pieces, hemmed and laid over the side panels, caught into the princess seams and the neckline. The armholes under them are bound with bias binding.

Closure: Concealed zip in the centre back seam.

Back: Centre back seam with zip and princess seams.

Skirt: Flounce cut as one piece on the fold, sewn into a ring, gathered and stitched to the lower edge of the dress.

Finishing: Flounce and cape sleeve edges serged, turned to the inside and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Overlay sleeves caught into princess seams, bias-bound armholes, a concealed zip and a gathered flounce.

Fabric Recommendations

Dress fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (front and back neck facings)
Concealed zip
Bias binding 4 cm wide, if not cut from the main fabric

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: all seams 1 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 (do not forget to account for paired and symmetrical pieces).

From main fabric:
- Center Back – 2 pieces
- Side Back – 2 pieces
- Center Front – 1 piece on fold
- Side Front – 2 pieces
- Flounce – 1 piece on fold
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Back Neckline Facing – 2 pieces
- Front Neckline Facing – 1 piece
From fusible interfacing:
- Back Neckline Facing – 2 pieces
- Front Neckline Facing – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

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

Fuse interfacing to the designated pieces.
Overlock the centre back edges of the Center Back pieces separately. Stitch the centre back seam from the zip mark down to the hem and press the allowances open. Insert the concealed zip.
Stitch the shoulder seams. Overlock the allowances and press them towards the back.
Cut a bias strip (unless using ready-made bias binding) 4 cm wide and as long as the armhole + 4 cm. Fold it in half lengthwise, wrong sides together, and press. Place the binding on the right side of the armhole, raw edges matching, and stitch; then turn the binding to the wrong side and topstitch along the fold onto the dress.
Overlock the lower edge of each Sleeve, press it to the wrong side and topstitch. Lay the Sleeve, wrong side down, on the right side of the Side Front and Side Back, and baste it along the princess seam edges and the neckline.
Stitch the princess seams of the back and front, catching the Sleeves in the seams. Press the allowances towards the centre and overlock.
Stitch the side seams. Press the allowances towards the back and overlock.
Stitch the Front Neckline Facing to the Back Neckline Facings at the shoulders and press the allowances open. Overlock the outer edge. Place the facing on the dress right sides together and stitch around the neckline. Clip the allowances, turn the facing to the wrong side and press. Tack the facing to the dress at the shoulder seams and to the zip tape.
Stitch the Flounce into a ring, press the allowances open and overlock. Run a gathering stitch (loosened upper thread) along the upper edge of the Flounce and gather. Stitch the Flounce to the lower edge of the dress, press the allowances upwards and overlock.
Overlock the lower edge of the Flounce, press it to the wrong side and topstitch.