Round Neck Cape Overlay Shift Dress

Name: Round Neck Cape Overlay Shift Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4631
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4631

A women's sleeveless straight dress just above the knee with an attached cape. The cape is caught into a front seam at the front and hangs free at the back, open at the centre back. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: soft, fluid dress fabrics that drape well, from natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Cape Overlay Dress

A women's sleeveless straight dress just above the knee with an attached cape. The cape is caught into a front seam at the front and hangs free at the back, open at the centre back.

When To Wear

For daytime celebrations, dinners and theatre in spring and summer.
To the office in warm weather, with the cape covering the shoulders and upper arms.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Straight dress shaped with darts, with a wide cape over the shoulders.

Length: Just above the knee.

Neckline: Round. The cape is sewn to the neckline and finishes it, without a separate facing.

Sleeves: None. The armholes are bound with a 4 cm bias strip folded in half and topstitched along the fold.

Front: Upper and lower front cut on the fold, with darts; the lower front edge of the cape is sewn into the seam between them.

Back: Upper and lower back with darts, joined by a horizontal seam, and a centre back seam.

Closure: Invisible zipper in the centre back seam.

Finishing: Cape cut in one piece on the fold, with a shoulder seam; its lower and centre back edges turned up 1.5 cm and topstitched. Dress hem turned up 2.5 cm and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. An invisible zipper, a cape set into the neckline and a front seam, and bias-bound armholes.

Fabric Recommendations

Soft, fluid dress fabrics that drape well, from natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Invisible 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 the dress bottom – 2.5 cm; lower and back edge allowance for the cape – 1.5 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 details).

From main fabric:

Upper back - 2 pieces
Upper front - 1 piece on fold
Lower back - 2 pieces
Lower front – 1 piece on fold
Cape – 1 piece on fold

Sewing Instructions

When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!

Stitch darts on back pieces. Press dart intake towards the center. Stitch upper and lower parts. Overlock allowances and press upwards. Overlock center edges separately. Stitch center seam from zipper mark downwards. Press allowances open, pressing the zipper opening flat. Insert invisible zipper.
Stitch darts on front piece. Press dart intake upwards.
Stitch shoulder seam of cape. Overlock allowance and press towards the back. Clip allowance at the mark on the lower edge of the front of the cape. Overlock hem allowance and center allowance, fold inwards and topstitch.
Stitch shoulder seams. Overlock allowances and press towards the back.
Place the right side of the cape with the wrong side of the dress and stitch the neckline. Trim allowances at curves. Turn to the right side and press, overlock.
Fold upper and lower front parts and stitch, inserting the lower front edge of the cape between them. Overlock allowance.
Stitch side seams, press allowances towards the back and overlock.
Cut a bias binding 4 cm wide and a length equal to the armhole length + 6 cm. Fold the bias binding in half lengthwise, right side out, and press. Place the binding with the armhole edge on the right side, leaving tails, and stitch. Fold the binding to the wrong side, clip seams, and topstitch along the fold onto the main piece. Press the seam.
Overlock hem allowance of the dress, press to the wrong side and topstitch.