Fitted Sleeved Dress With Flaps And Buttons

Name: Fitted Sleeved Dress With Flaps And Buttons
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4565
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4565

A fitted, knee-length women's dress with princess seams, a round neckline with a small notch at the centre front, a four-button front opening and two buttoned flaps at hip level. Short sleeves have a pleat at the cap and a cut-on tab buttoned at the shoulder. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: dress fabrics made of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Fitted Sleeved Dress With Flaps And Buttons

When To Wear

For the office and daytime meetings, on its own or under a jacket.
Late spring and summer; with a cardigan or a light coat in autumn.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted sheath, shaped by princess seams on the front and back.

Length: Knee length; hem finished with blind stitches.

Neckline: Round, with a small notch at the centre front, finished with an interfaced back neckline facing and front facings.

Front: Buttoned opening at the top of the centre front seam, four buttons; the centre front seam is closed below the opening.

Closure: Concealed zipper in the centre back seam.

Pockets: Two decorative flaps sewn onto the front at hip level, each with a button; the upper flap is interfaced.

Sleeves: Short, one-piece set-in sleeves with a pleat at the cap. A tab is cut on at the top of the sleeve and faced with a sleeve lining cut from the main fabric; it is buttoned at the shoulder.

Back: Centre back seam and princess seams.

Finishing: Seams overlocked; sleeve hems turned and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Princess seams, a concealed zipper, a faced neckline with a notch and front opening, and sleeves with cut-on tabs turned through the armhole seam.

Fabric Recommendations

Dress fabrics made of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Concealed zipper
Fusible interfacing (facings, upper flaps)
8 buttons

Cutter's Must

If the patterns have a double contour, seam allowances are included. If the contour is single, the patterns are without seam allowances. Seam allowances: all seams 1 cm; hem allowance for the dress – 2.0 cm; hem allowance for the sleeves – 1.2 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 (do not forget to account for paired and symmetrical pieces).

From main fabric:

Center Back – 2 pieces
Side Back – 2 pieces
Center Front – 2 pieces
Side Front – 2 pieces
Sleeve – 2 pieces
Center Front Facing – 2 pieces
Back Neckline Facing – 2 pieces
Flap – 4 pieces
Sleeve Lining – 2 pieces

From fusible interfacing:

Center Front Facing – 2 pieces
Back Neckline Facing – 2 pieces
Flap – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

When stitching the pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match! Try to observe the grain line direction.

Fuse interfacing to the Back Neckline Facing, Center Front Facing and the upper Flap pieces.
Stitch the back princess seams (Center Back to Side Back). Overlock the seam allowances and press towards the center. Overlock the center back seam allowances separately. Stitch the center back seam from the zipper mark downwards. Press the seam allowances open, pressing the zipper opening allowances as well. Insert the concealed zipper.
Stitch the front princess seams (Center Front to Side Front), overlock the seam allowances and press towards the center.
Place the Flap pieces right sides together in pairs and stitch around. Trim the seam allowances, turn right side out, and press. Overlock the upper edge. Stitch the flap to the front.
Stitch the side and shoulder seams, press the seam allowances towards the back and overlock.
Stitch the shoulder seams of the Back Neckline Facing and Center Front Facing, press the seam allowances open. Overlock the outer edge. Place the facing on the dress right sides together, matching the neckline edges. Stitch along the neckline, the neckline notch and the front opening edges. End the stitching exactly at the center front seam line. Clip the seam allowances on the curves, notch at the corners, and trim the seam allowance at the neckline notch to 0.1–0.2 cm. Turn right side out, ease out the edges and press. Tack the facing to the shoulder seams and the zipper tape. Clip the upper corner of the vertical center front seam allowance. Stitch the center front seam below the opening. Overlock the seam allowance and press to the left.
Stitch the Sleeve seam, press the seam allowances and overlock. Overlock the lower edge of the Sleeve Lining. Place the Sleeve Lining on the Sleeve right sides together and stitch around the cut-on tab. Start and end the stitching exactly at the sleeve cap stitching line. Trim the seam allowances, clip at the corners, turn right side out and press. Clip the sleeve seam allowances at the mark and fold the lining seam allowances inwards. Set the sleeves into the armholes, laying the pleat and matching the long notches with the shoulder seam. Turn the tab right side out through the opening. Press and overlock the seam allowances.
Overlock the sleeve hem allowance, press to the wrong side, and topstitch. Overlock the dress hem allowance, press to the wrong side, and hem with blind stitches.
Make buttonholes and sew on the buttons. Sew buttons onto the sleeve tabs and flaps.