Off-Shoulder Dress with Turned-Back Neck Band and Bow

Name: Off-Shoulder Dress with Turned-Back Neck Band and Bow
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4609
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4609

A women's fitted off-shoulder dress for fabric with elastane, with princess seams front and back, a fold-over band around the neckline and a tied bow sewn on at the front. Short sleeves end in cuffs; concealed zip at the centre back. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: dress fabrics of natural or blended fibres with added elastane.

Tech. Description

Off-Shoulder Dress with Turned-Back Neck Band and Bow

When To Wear

For parties, dinners and summer celebrations.
As a guest at a daytime wedding, with heels.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Close-fitting sheath shaped by princess seams on the front and back.

Length: Knee length.

Neckline: Straight off-shoulder neckline; a separate band laid over the top edge of the dress and sleeves, its lower and centre back edges bound with bias tape.

Sleeves: Short sleeves set into the lower armhole, with a cuff band joined by a bias-bound seam; cuff hem bound with bias tape.

Front: Centre front panel and two side fronts; a bow, bound along its edges and tied, is sewn on at the neckline as on the drawing.

Back: Centre and side back panels; centre back seam with a concealed zip at the top.

Finishing: Hem overlocked, pressed up and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Princess seams, a concealed zip, a neckline band and sleeve cuffs finished with bias binding throughout.

Fabric Recommendations

Dress fabrics of natural or blended fibres with added elastane.

Additional Supplies

Knit bias binding (approximate length marked on the front pattern piece)
Concealed zip

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: top edge of the dress, bottom edge of the sleeve, top edge of the trim and sleeve – 0.5 cm; bottom edge of the cuff and trim – 0 cm; all other seam allowances – 1 cm, hem allowance for the bottom of the dress – 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. When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!

From main fabric:

Center back – 2 pieces
Side back – 2 pieces
Side front – 2 pieces
Center front – 1 piece
Sleeve – 2 pieces
Cuff – 2 pieces
Trim – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

Overlock the center back seam allowances separately. Stitch the seam from the zipper mark downwards. Press seam allowances open. Stitch the back princess seams. Overlock seam allowances and press towards the center.
Stitch the front princess seams. Overlock seam allowances and press towards the center.
Stitch the side seams. Overlock seam allowances and press towards the back.
Stitch the sleeve seam. Overlock seam allowance. Stitch the cuff into a loop. Overlock seam allowance. Fold the sleeve with the cuff wrong sides together and stitch. Bind the seam with bias tape. Press the bound seam allowance towards the sleeve and topstitch 0.1 cm from the fold of the bias tape. Bind the bottom edge of the cuff with bias tape. Set the sleeve into the lower of the armhole. Overlock seam allowance.
Bind the bottom and center edges of the trim. Place the trim on the dress neckline, wrong side to right side, and secure along the top edge. Bind the seam allowances with bias tape.
Overlock the bottom edge of the dress, press to the wrong side and topstitch.
Fold the bow in half lengthwise, wrong sides together. Bind the bow along the contour with bias tape. Tie a bow and sew it onto the dress according to the technical drawing sketch.