Fitted Dress with guipure Yoke and guipure Sleeves

Name: Fitted Dress with guipure Yoke and guipure Sleeves
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4217
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4217

A fitted knee-length women's dress with a square neckline, a front yoke and short sleeves in guipure lace, a pleated cascade sewn onto the front and a concealed zipper with a vent at the centre back. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: double-faced dress fabrics in natural or blended fibres for the dress; lace fabric (guipure) for the yoke and sleeves.

Tech. Description

Fitted Dress with guipure Yoke and guipure Sleeves

A fitted knee-length women's dress with a square neckline, a front yoke and short sleeves in guipure lace, a pleated cascade sewn onto the front and a concealed zipper with a vent at the centre back.

When To Wear

For receptions, family celebrations and evening events in the warm season.
For daytime business events, with a jacket over it.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted sheath, shaped by panel seams at the front and darts at the back.

Length: Knee length.

Neckline: Square. The front edges are turned and topstitched; the back neckline is finished with an interfaced facing.

Sleeves: Short set-in sleeves cut from lace, hems turned and topstitched.

Front: A lace yoke with darts and an inner yoke of main fabric, joined to the dress along a diagonal seam across the chest. Below it, a centre front panel between right and left side front panels. A cascade, its free edges finished with a narrow rolled hem, is laid on the front with pleats, stitched along its upper and side edges and falls to the hem.

Back: Two pieces with waist darts and shoulder darts, a centre back seam with a concealed zipper at the top and a vent at the hem lapped to the left.

Finishing: Dress hem blind-stitched by hand.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Working with lace, a yoke with an inner yoke and a square neckline, a concealed zipper finished with a facing, a vent, a cascade with a rolled hem.

Fabric Recommendations

Double-faced dress fabrics in natural or blended fibres for the dress; lace fabric (guipure) for the yoke and sleeves.

Additional Supplies

Concealed zipper
Fusible interfacing (back neckline facing, vent)

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 – 3.0 cm; hem allowance for the sleeve bottom and along the vertical neckline edges of the front - 1.5 cm; allowance along the vertical and bottom edges of the flounce - 0 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). Markings on the patterns are made on the right side!

From main fabric:
- Back - 2 pieces
- Side front right - 1 piece
- Center front - 1 piece
- Side front left - 1 piece
- Inner front yoke — 1 piece
- Sewn-in flounce – 1 piece
- Back neckline facing – 2 pieces
From lace fabric:
- Front yoke - 1 piece
- Sleeve — 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
- Back neckline facing

Sewing Instructions

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

Interface the pieces with fusible interfacing.
Stitch the waist and shoulder darts on the back. Press the dart fullness towards the center.
On both back pieces, interface the vent from the wrong side. Overlock the center edges separately on each piece. On the right side, mark the center seam line (the fold line of the vent). Stitch the center back seam from the zipper mark to the vent corner. Clip the vent seam allowance at the corner. Press open the center seam allowances, pressing the zipper opening, and press the vent to the left side. Press the right side of the vent 1 cm to the wrong side and topstitch. Topstitch the vent allowances along the top with machine stitching. Insert the zipper.
Stitch the center front to the side front panels. Press the allowances towards the center and overlock.
Stitch the darts on the yoke and inner front yoke. Press the dart fullness towards the center. Clip the upper edge of the inner yoke at the marks. Overlock the upper edge from the armholes to the marks, press to the right(!) side and topstitch. Place the inner yoke and outer yoke right sides together and stitch the horizontal section of the neckline. Clip the allowances at the corners. Turn the inner yoke to the wrong side, press, secure it to the outer yoke along the armhole edges and bottom edge, and treat as one piece thereafter. Overlock the vertical neckline edges of the front, press the allowances to the wrong side and topstitch.
Overlock the vertical and bottom edges of the flounce with a narrow rolled hem. Place the flounce on the front, form pleats according to the markings, and secure along the upper and side edges.
Attach the yoke to the front, press the allowances upwards and overlock.
Stitch the side seams, press the allowances towards the back and overlock.
Overlock the outer edge of the back neckline facings. Place the dress and facing right sides together, aligning the neckline edges. Before reaching 5 mm from the edges of the concealed zipper, fold back the facing and pin it to the upper 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, starting and ending the stitching exactly at the marked shoulder seam line. Clip the allowances at the curves, turn the pieces out and press. Attach the facing to the zipper tape.
Stitch the shoulder seams, inserting the front between the back and back facing. Press the allowances, overlock. Turn the facing to the wrong side.
Stitch the sleeve seam, press the allowances and overlock. Set the sleeves into the armholes, matching the notches. Press the allowances and overlock. Overlock the bottom edge of the sleeve, press the allowances to the wrong side and topstitch.
Overlock the hem allowance of the dress bottom, press to the wrong side and hem with blind stitches.