Fit-and-Flare Dress with Folded Neck Tab

Name: Fit-and-Flare Dress with Folded Neck Tab
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2882
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2882

A women's sleeveless fit-and-flare dress below the knee, with a waist seam, a V-neck with a folded-over faced tab held by a decorative button, pleats on the upper front and at the front waist, and an invisible zipper in the centre back seam. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: firm dress fabrics made from natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Fit-and-Flare Dress with Folded Neck Tab

When To Wear

For the office and daytime events in warm weather, or over a fine top or blouse in cooler months.
With a jacket or cardigan for evening dinners and family celebrations.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted bodice with a horizontal waist seam and a skirt that flares towards the hem.

Length: Below the knee.

Neckline: V-neck finished with interfaced facings. The neck edge continues into a tab that is faced together with the neckline, folded over and fixed with a decorative button through both upper fronts.

Sleeves: Sleeveless; armholes finished with a 4 cm folded bias binding turned to the inside and topstitched.

Front: Two upper front pieces joined by a centre front seam, each with a waist dart and a stitched pleat below the neckline. The lower front, cut on the fold, has pleats turned upwards and darts at the waist.

Back: Upper and lower back with darts, joined at the waist. Centre back seam with an invisible zipper; the back neckline is finished with interfaced facings.

Finishing: Hem allowance of 2 cm turned up and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Facing a neckline with a projecting tab, sewing the front centre seam together with the facing seam, combining pleats and darts at the waist, bias-bound armholes and an invisible zipper.

Fabric Recommendations

Firm dress fabrics made from natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (front and back neckline facings)
Invisible zipper
Decorative button
Bias binding, if not cut from the dress fabric

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 the dress bottom — 2 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 account for paired and symmetrical pieces). When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!

From main fabric:
- Upper back - 2 pieces
- Lower back – 2 pieces
- Upper front - 2 pieces
- Lower front - 1 piece with fold
- Front neckline facing — 2 pieces
- Back neckline facing — 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
- Front neckline facing — 2 pieces
- Back neckline facing — 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the designated pieces.
Stitch darts on the upper and lower back pieces, press allowances towards the center. Stitch the upper and lower back pieces together, press allowances downwards, serge.
Serge the center back edges separately. Stitch the center back seam from the zipper mark to the bottom, press allowances open. Insert the concealed zipper.
Stitch the waist dart on the upper front pieces, press allowance towards the center. Fold and stitch the upper pleat along the marked line. Clip the allowance at the corner, direct the pleat depth downwards.
Serge the outer edge of the front neckline facings. Place the facing piece with the main garment right sides together and stitch the neckline edge and the extension up to the center edge. Clip allowances at curves, trim at corners, turn the piece right side out, straighten, press.
Place the upper front pieces right sides together, folding back the facings and aligning the center seam. Stitch the center seam of the upper front, simultaneously with the center seam of the facing, press allowances open and serge. Turn the facing to the wrong side, secure to the garment's center seam.
Clip darts on the lower front piece up to the pleat. Fold and secure the pleats, with depths directed upwards. Stitch darts, serge, press allowances towards the center. Stitch the upper and lower front pieces together, press allowances upwards, serge.
Serge the outer edge of the back neckline facings. Place the facing with the garment right sides together and stitch the neckline edge. Start or end the stitching exactly at the marked shoulder seam line. Clip allowances at curves.
Stitch the shoulder seams, inserting the front piece between the back and the back facing, press allowances towards the back and serge. Turn the facings to the wrong side and press. Secure to the zipper tape.
Cut (if not ready-made) a bias binding 4 cm wide and a length equal to the armhole length + 5 cm. Fold the bias binding in half lengthwise right side out and press. Place the binding with the armhole edge right sides together and stitch. Clip allowances. Fold the binding to the wrong side and topstitch along the fold to the main piece. Press the seam.
Stitch the side seams of the garment, press allowances towards the back and serge.
Serge the bottom edge of the garment, press to the wrong side and topstitch.
Sew the decorative button according to the marking, securing the right and left upper front pieces.