CUTTER'S MUST
- From main fabric:
- 1. Center BACK PANEL - 2 QTY
- 2. Side BACK PANEL - 2 QTY
- 3. Center FRONT PANEL – 1 QTY
- 4. Side FRONT PANEL – 2 QTY
- 5. COLLAR - 2 QTY
- 6. Lapel – 4 QTY
- 7. Neckline FACING – 1 QTY
- From FUSIBLE INTERFACING:
- 1. COLLAR – 1 QTY
- 2. Lapel – 2 QTY
- 3. Neckline FACING – 1 QTY
Sewing Instructions
- Fuse the lower COLLAR, lapels, and FACING with FUSIBLE INTERFACING.
- Stitch the darts on the center BACK PANEL pieces. Press dart depths towards the center. Stitch the BACK PANEL princess seams, press SEAM ALLOWANCES towards the center and overcast.
- On both center BACK PANEL pieces, fuse the vent from the wrong side. On the right side, mark the center seam line (vent fold line). Overcast the center BACK PANEL edge separately on each piece, overcasting the vent simultaneously. Stitch the center BACK PANEL edge from the top edge to the vent edge. Clip the vent SEAM ALLOWANCE corner on the right side. Press the center seam SEAM ALLOWANCES, pressing the vent. Press the right side of the vent 1 cm to the wrong side and topstitch. Press the vent SEAM ALLOWANCES towards the left side and topstitch along the top with a machine stitch.
- Stitch the shoulder edges, press SEAM ALLOWANCES towards the BACK PANEL and overcast.
- Place the neckline FACING and the center FRONT PANEL right sides together and stitch the upper edge. Clip the SEAM ALLOWANCES, turn the FACING to the wrong side, and press.
- Place the upper and lower COLLAR right sides together and stitch along the stand and notch line. Clip the seam near the “o” mark. Turn the COLLAR out and press. Place the lapel pieces right sides together and stitch along the outer edge and notch up to the mark. Clip the seam near the notch mark, turn the lapels out and press. Attach the upper and lower COLLAR separately to the lapels along the roll line. Press SEAM ALLOWANCES open.
- Place the finished COLLAR with lapels onto the upper part of the dress and stitch from the lower corner of the lapel to the “o-” mark. Then clip the upper COLLAR, fold it back, and stitch only the lower COLLAR into the neckline up to the “o-” mark on the other FRONT PANEL. Clip the upper COLLAR SEAM ALLOWANCE and from the mark, stitch both COLLARs again.
- Stitch the FRONT PANEL princess seams (the lapel is positioned between the pieces). Clip the SEAM ALLOWANCES, press towards the side edge and overcast.
- Press the COLLAR attachment SEAM ALLOWANCES towards the COLLAR. Turn under the open inner edge of the COLLAR and topstitch into the COLLAR attachment seam. Secure the COLLAR and lapels along the roll line. Topstitch along the COLLAR and lapel.
- Cut a BIAS BINDING 4 cm wide and a length equal to the armhole length + 6 cm. Fold the BIAS BINDING lengthwise in half, right side out, and press. Place the binding with the armhole edge on the right side, extending the tails, and stitch. Turn the binding to the wrong side, clip the seams, and topstitch along the fold to the main piece. Press the seam.
- Stitch the right side seam, press SEAM ALLOWANCES towards the BACK PANEL and overcast. Overcast the left side seams separately. Stitch the left side seam from the armhole to the upper mark and from the lower mark to the hem. Insert the ZIPPER between the marks.
- Overcast the dress hem SEAM ALLOWANCE, press to the wrong side and hem with blind stitches.
- Fold the belt lengthwise in half, right side in, and stitch along the long and short sides. Turn the belt right side out, press. Overcast the short side. Topstitch around the perimeter at 0.7 cm. Thread and secure the buckle on the overcast side of the belt.
