Dress With Piping
Introducing a women's sewing pattern for a sleek, fitted dress featuring elegant piping detail along its structural seams and cap sleeves.
When To Wear:
- Professional Settings: Ideal for office wear, business meetings, or professional networking events.
- Semi-Formal Occasions: Suitable for cocktail parties, dinners, or dressier daytime events.
- Smart Casual Gatherings: A polished choice for brunches, art gallery visits, or upscale casual outings.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: A sleek, fitted sheath dress designed to flatter the figure, extending to a sophisticated knee-length hem.
Neckline: A classic round neckline, finished with a facing for a clean look.
Sleeves: Integrated cap sleeves provide elegant shoulder coverage and are accented with decorative piping.
Closure: Features a discreet invisible zipper at the center back for a seamless finish.
Piping: Striking decorative piping highlights the front and back princess seams, as well as the unique cap sleeve construction, adding a refined visual interest.
Back: Designed with a center back seam incorporating the invisible zipper, flanked by elegant princess seams.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Requires skills in working with facings, inserting an invisible zipper, and precise application of decorative piping along curved seams.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose dress weight fabrics with good drape and body, such as:
- Dress fabrics made from natural or blended fibers
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing
- Invisible zipper
- Decorative piping (length as indicated on pattern pieces)
Fabric & Materials
FABRIC RECOMMENDATIONS: dress fabrics made from natural or blended fibers. YOU WILL ALSO NEED: fusible interfacing; a concealed zipper, decorative piping (piping length is indicated on the bodice pattern piece).
CUTTER'S MUST
IF THE PATTERNS HAVE A DOUBLE CONTOUR, SEAM ALLOWANCES ARE INCLUDED. IF THE CONTOUR IS SINGLE, SEAM ALLOWANCES ARE NOT INCLUDED. SEAM ALLOWANCES: all seams 1 cm; hem allowance for the dress bottom — 2 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 (do not forget to account for paired and symmetrical pieces). WHEN STITCHING PIECES, PAY ATTENTION TO THE NOTCHES - THEY MUST MATCH!
- From main fabric:
- Center back piece - 2 pieces
- Side back piece - 2 pieces
- Side front piece — 2 pieces
- Upper center front piece - 1 piece on fold
- Lower center front piece – 1 piece on fold
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Back neckline facing — 2 pieces
- Front neckline facing — 1 piece
- From fusible interfacing:
- Back neckline facing — 2 pieces
- Front neckline facing — 1 piece
Sewing Instructions
- Fuse interfacing to facings.
- Finish the center back seam allowance separately on each piece. Stitch the center back seam from the zipper mark downwards. Press seam allowances open, pressing the opening flat. Insert the concealed zipper. Stitch the back princess seams, inserting decorative piping. Finish seam allowances and press towards the center.
- Stitch the upper and lower front pieces. Finish seam allowance and press upwards. Stitch the front princess seams, inserting decorative piping. Finish seam allowances and press towards the center.
- Attach the sleeve to the front and back, inserting decorative piping into the seam. Finish seam allowances and press towards the sleeve.
- Stitch the side seams. Finish seam allowances and press towards the back.
- Stitch the shoulder seams of the facings, press seam allowances open. Finish the outer edge. Place the facing on the neckline and stitch. Clip seam allowances and turn facings to the wrong side. Stitch the facing to the shoulder seams and the center back seam.
- Cut (if not ready-made) a bias binding 4 cm wide for finishing the armhole. Fold the bias binding in half lengthwise, right side out, and press. Place the binding with the armhole edge, right sides together, and stitch, then turn the binding to the wrong side and topstitch along the fold onto the main piece.
- Finish the bottom edge of the dress, press to the wrong side and topstitch.
