Long Sleeve Paneled Dress with Pockets

Name: Long Sleeve Paneled Dress with Pockets
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4559
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4559

A women's fitted dress in two fabrics, knee length, with a waist seam, a contrast centre front panel trimmed with six decorative buttons, curved hip pockets and pleats in the front skirt. Long set-in sleeves, concealed zipper at the centre back. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: dress fabrics with elastane, in natural or blended fibres, in two colours.

Tech. Description

Long Sleeve Paneled Dress with Pockets

When To Wear

At the office in autumn, winter and spring.
For daytime events, with tights and court shoes or ankle boots.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted bodice with darts, slim skirt joined at a waist seam.

Length: To the knee.

Neckline: Round, finished with bias binding turned to the inside and topstitched.

Front: The bodice is made of a centre panel in the second fabric between two upper side fronts; three decorative buttons sit along each side of the centre panel. The lower front is cut on the fold in the second fabric, with pleats turned towards the centre.

Pockets: Curved hip pockets at the join of the lower front and the side front, with pocket linings in the second fabric.

Sleeves: Long, one-piece set-in sleeves with a 2 cm topstitched hem.

Back: Upper back with darts, joined at the waist to a lower back in the second fabric with curved side back panels; centre back seam with a concealed zipper.

Finishing: 2 cm hem, overlocked and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Two-fabric panelling, curved hip pockets, pleats set into a waist seam, a concealed zipper, a bias-bound neckline.

Fabric Recommendations

Dress fabrics with elastane, in natural or blended fibres, in two colours.

Additional Supplies

6 decorative buttons
Concealed zipper

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 dress bottom and sleeve 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 consider paired and symmetrical details). When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!

From main fabric:

Upper back - 2 pieces
Upper side front - 2 pieces
Side front — 2 pieces
Side back - 2 pieces
Sleeve – 2 pieces

From main fabric 2:

Upper center front – 1 piece
Lower back – 2 pieces
Lower front – 1 piece on fold
Pocket lining – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Stitch darts on back pieces. Trim seam allowances with an overlocker and press towards the center. Attach side to lower back. Overlock seam allowance and press onto the main. Stitch upper and lower parts. Overlock seam allowance and press upwards. Overlock the center back seam separately on each piece. Stitch the center back seam from the zipper mark downwards. Press seam allowances open, pressing the slit. Insert the zipper.
Stitch darts on front pieces. Trim seam allowance with an overlocker and press upwards. Stitch upper front parts. Overlock seam allowance and press towards the center.
Place pocket lining on the right side of the lower and stitch. Clip seam allowance, turn lining to the wrong side and press. Place the lower front on the side and stitch the lining seam allowances. Overlock seam allowance. Secure pocket pieces along the upper and side edges. On the lower front, create pleats, directing the depths towards the center. Stitch upper and lower front parts. Overlock seam allowance and press upwards.
Stitch side and shoulder seams. Overlock seam allowances and press towards the back.
Cut (if not ready-made) a bias binding 4 cm wide and a length equal to the neckline length + 4 cm. Fold the bias binding in half lengthwise, right side out, and press. Place the binding with the neckline edge, right sides together, and stitch. Clip seam allowances. Turn the binding to the wrong side and topstitch along the fold onto the main piece. Press the seam.
Stitch sleeve seam. Overlock seam allowance and press towards the back. Overlock the lower sleeve edge. Fold the allowance inwards and topstitch.
Overlock the lower edge of the dress, press to the wrong side and topstitch.
Sew on decorative buttons.