Asymmetric Hem Stand Collar Dress

Name: Asymmetric Hem Stand Collar Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2862
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2862

A loose, above-the-knee women's dress with dropped shoulders, a stand collar and long cuffed sleeves. A loose front panel with a cut-on facing lies over the front and ends in a long diagonal point, giving an asymmetric hem. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: dress fabrics made from natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Asymmetric Hem Stand Collar Dress

When To Wear

To the office or for daytime meetings, with flat shoes or ankle boots.
In spring and autumn, over slim trousers or with tights.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Loose and straight, with dropped shoulders.

Length: Above the knee, with the front panel extending lower on one side.

Collar: Interfaced stand collar of two layers, attached to the neckline; the inner stand is stitched in the ditch of the outer stand seam.

Sleeves: Long sleeves sewn into the open armholes before the side seams; a topstitched slit and folded pleats at the lower edge, finished with interfaced cuffs, each with one button and buttonhole.

Front: One-piece front cut on the fold, with a loose front panel on top. The panel has an interfaced cut-on facing along its free edge, which runs from the collar to the hem slightly off centre; it is basted to the front along the raw edges.

Back: A two-piece back yoke with a centre back seam, over a lower back cut on the fold.

Closure: Invisible zipper at the centre back of the yoke and stand collar.

Finishing: Hem turned to the wrong side and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. An invisible zipper running up into a stand collar, a layered front panel with a cut-on facing, sleeve slits with pleats and cuffs with buttonholes.

Fabric Recommendations

Dress fabrics made from natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (stand collar, cuffs, facing of the front panel)
Invisible zipper
2 buttons

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
- Back Yoke – 2 pieces
- Lower Back – 1 piece (cut on fold)
- Front – 1 piece (cut on fold)
- Detachable Piece Front – 1 piece
- Stand Collar – 2 pieces
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Cuff – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
- Stand Collar – 2 pieces
- Cuff – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Stand Collar, the Cuffs and the cut-on facing of the Detachable Piece Front.
Overlock the outer edge of the cut-on facing and the hem allowance of the Detachable Piece Front, press to the wrong side and topstitch. Place the Detachable Piece Front on the Front and baste together along the raw edges.
Stitch shoulder seams, press allowances towards the back, overlock.
Overlock the center back edges of the Back Yokes. Stitch the outer Stand Collar to the neckline, press allowances towards the stand. Stitch in the concealed zipper, starting from the marked seam line at the top edge of the stand.
Overlock the lower edge of the inner Stand Collar. Place the Stand Collar pieces right sides together and stitch the upper edge. Clip allowances at curves, turn the stand right side out, straighten and press. Turn under the short ends of the inner Stand Collar and slipstitch them to the zipper tape. Stitch the inner Stand Collar in the ditch of the outer stand seam.
Stitch the Back Yoke to the Lower Back, press allowances downwards, overlock.
Stitch the sleeves into the open armholes (before the side seams), press allowances towards the sleeve and overlock.
Overlock sleeve edges and side edges separately. Stitch the side seam simultaneously with the sleeve seam up to the slit mark, press allowances open. Topstitch the slit 0.1 cm from the fold. Fold and secure the pleats along the lower edge of the sleeve.
Fold each Cuff right sides together and stitch the short ends. Start and end stitching exactly at the marked line of the cuff attachment seam. Turn the piece to the right side, press. Attach the outer side of the cuff to the sleeve, fold the allowance of the inner side of the cuff inwards and topstitch into the seam of the outer cuff attachment.
Overlock the lower edge of the garment, press to the wrong side and topstitch.
Make buttonholes on the Cuffs, sew on the buttons.