Sleeveless Double Breasted Blazer Dress

Name: Sleeveless Double Breasted Blazer Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4569
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4569

A women's sleeveless, knee-length fitted dress cut like a double-breasted jacket: notched collar, a waist seam with two buttons and buttonholes worked into the seam itself, princess seams in the lined bodice and a vent at the centre back. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: dress fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Blazer Dress

When To Wear

At the office on its own, or over a thin blouse or fine knit.
For meetings and daytime events in spring and summer.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted, with a waist seam; bodice shaped by princess seams, skirt by darts.

Length: To the knee.

Collar: Notched collar with lapels; under collar set into the dress neckline, upper collar into the lining neckline.

Sleeves: Sleeveless; armholes faced with the lining.

Front: Double-breasted, closing with two buttons at the waist. The buttonholes are openings left in the waist seam, secured with bar tacks. The skirt front overlaps down to the hem, with cut-on facings.

Back: Upper back with princess seams and a centre back seam; lower back with darts and a centre back seam ending in a vent.

Finishing: Seam allowances pressed open; waist seam allowances overlocked and pressed down; hem turned and topstitched.

Lining: Bodice lined, the lining attached to the front facings and back neck facing.

Level Of Difficulty

Advanced. A notched collar with a lined bodice, armholes faced with lining in two steps, buttonholes formed in the waist seam and a lapped vent.

Fabric Recommendations

Dress fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Lining fabric (bodice)
Fusible interfacing (front facings, back neck facing, vent)
2 buttons

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 – 2 cm; allowance along the vent and along the center cut of the lower front - 6 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 details). When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!

From main fabric:

Upper center back - 2 pieces
Upper side back - 2 pieces
Upper side front — 2 pieces
Upper center front - 2 pieces
Lower front – 2 pieces
Lower back – 2 pieces
Collar – 2 pieces
Front facing - 2 pieces
Back neckline facing – 1 piece

From lining fabric:

Upper center back - 2 pieces
Upper side back - 2 pieces
Upper side front — 2 pieces
Upper center front - 2 pieces

From fusible interfacing:

Front facing - 2 pieces
Back neckline facing – 1 piece

Lining pieces are cut deducting the width of the front facing and back neckline facing.

Sewing Instructions

Stitch the back princess seams. Press allowances open. Stitch the center back seam on the upper pieces, press allowances open. Stitch the dart on the lower, press the depth towards the center. On the left lower back, trim 5 cm along the vertical edge of the vent. On both back pieces, interface the vent from the wrong side. On the right side, mark the center seam line (vent fold line). Press the left along the vent fold line, on the right, press only the allowance of the right side of the vent (6 cm) to the wrong side. Align the pieces along the center seam and secure at the upper edge of the vent. Overlock the center back seam separately on each piece. Overlock the vent allowances. Stitch the center back seam from the top to the vent corner. Clip the corner of the vent seam allowance on the right. Press the center seam allowances open, press the vent allowances and secure them with machine stitching.
Stitch the front princess seams. Press allowances open. Stitch the dart on the lower, press the depth towards the center.
Stitch the side and shoulder seams of the upper parts. Press allowances open.
Attach the lower collar to the neckline of the upper garment. Press allowances open.
Stitch the shoulder seam of the front facing and back facing. Press allowance open. Stitch the lining seams. Attach the lining to the facing and front facing. Attach the upper collar to the lining neckline.
Face the collars and front edges with lining. Stitch the neckline allowances together. Turn the lining to the wrong side and press. Equalize the hem lines and then treat as one piece. Face the armholes with lining in two steps: first the front armhole, then the back armhole.
Stitch the side seams of the lower parts. Overlock and press allowances open.
Overlock the integrated front facing of the lower. Overlock the lower edge of the upper and the upper edge of the lower. Stitch the upper and lower parts of the dress, wrapping the integrated front facing of the lower. Buttonholes are located in the waist seam. The waist seam is not stitched along the marks. Place a bar tack near the marks. Overlock allowances and press downwards.
Overlock the lower edge of the dress, press to the wrong side and topstitch.
Sew on buttons.