Structured Short Sleeve Notched V-Neck Sheath Dress

Name: Structured Short Sleeve Notched V-Neck Sheath Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4089
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4089

A women's knee-length sheath dress with a waist seam, princess seams on the bodice, a round neckline with a centre front slit and short set-in sleeves with layered pleats at the cap. Concealed zipper at the centre back and a back slit. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: dress fabrics with good drape from natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Structured Sleeve Sheath Dress

When To Wear

For the office and business meetings, with court shoes.
For daytime events and dinners in spring and summer, or under a jacket in cooler months.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted sheath; the bodice is shaped by princess seams from the armhole, front and back.

Length: About knee length.

Neckline: Round, with a short slit at the centre front; finished with a front facing and two back facings.

Sleeves: Short, set-in; pleats laid along the cap with their depths turned downwards form layered folds over the shoulder; the sleeve has a stitched corner at the top that is turned inside.

Waist: Waist seam that dips to a point at the centre front.

Skirt: Soft pleats at the front waist seam, turned towards the side seams; darts on the lower back.

Back: Centre back seam with a concealed zipper from the neckline to a notch, and a slit at the hem.

Finishing: Hems of the dress and sleeves and the sides of the slit hand-sewn with blind stitches.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. A concealed zipper finished together with the neckline facing, pleated sleeve caps, princess seams joined to a pointed waist seam, and a hemmed back slit.

Fabric Recommendations

Dress fabrics with good drape from natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Concealed zipper
Fusible interfacing (neckline facings, back slit allowances)

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: hem allowance for the dress – 2 cm, hem allowance for the sleeve – 1.5 cm, allowance along the back slit – 2 cm, other seams 1 cm. Attention! First, print out the paper patterns and lay them out on the fabric width (fabric width can be from 90 cm to 150 cm) to determine how much material you will need.

From main fabric:
- Center back – 2 pieces
- Side back – 2 pieces
- Lower back – 2 pieces
- Side front – 2 pieces
- Center front – 1 piece
- Lower front – 1 piece
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Front facing — 1 piece
- Back facing — 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
- Back and front facings, allowances along the back slit.

Sewing Instructions

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

Interface the pieces with fusible interfacing.
Stitch the princess seams of the upper back. Overlock the seams and press them towards the center seam. Stitch the darts on the lower back. Press the darts towards the center.
Stitch the upper and lower back pieces. Overlock the seam and press it upwards. Overlock the center back edge. Stitch the center seam from the notch for the zipper to the slit. Press the seam open, pressing the zipper slit. Insert the zipper from the top edge to the notch.
Stitch the princess seams of the front. Overlock the seam and press it towards the side seam. On the lower front, create soft pleats according to the markings. The pleat depths are directed towards the side seam. Stitch the upper and lower front pieces. Clip the seam on the curves, overlock, and press upwards.
Stitch the shoulder and side seams of the back and front. Press the allowances open.
Stitch the neckline facings. Press the seams open. Overlock the outer edge of the facings. Place the facings with the neckline right sides together. Fold back the facing 5 mm from the edges of the concealed zipper and pin it to the top edge of the dress. On the right side of the dress, fold back the allowances along the zipper and pin them to the neckline edge over the facing. Stitch the neckline edge. Clip the seam on the curves, turn the pieces right side out and press. Fold the allowances along the zipper to the wrong side and attach them to the zipper tape.
On the sleeve, mark and create pleats. The pleat depths are directed downwards. Secure the pleats along the sleeve cap. Fold the sleeve right sides together, matching the notches. Stitch the section from the top corner to the notches. Clip the allowance near the mark, overlock the seam. Stitch the sleeve seam, overlock and press. Turn the sleeve right side out, leaving the upper stitched corner inside. Set the sleeves into the armhole. Ensure that the allowances from the corner do not get caught in the setting seam. Overlock the allowance and press it towards the front.
Overlock the bottom edge of the garment and the bottom edge of the sleeve. Fold to the wrong side, press, and hem with blind stitches. Hem the sides of the slit with blind stitches.