Fitted Dress Contrasting Yoke Long Sleeves
Introducing a women's sewing pattern for a sleek, fitted dress featuring a striking contrasting yoke, a stylish collar, and elegant long sleeves, designed for a refined silhouette.
When To Wear
This dress is designed for versatile wear, suitable for a range of occasions from professional settings to elegant social events:
- Professional Settings: Ideal for office wear, business meetings, or formal work events due to its polished and tailored look.
- Cocktail & Dinner Parties: The elegant silhouette and potential for luxurious fabrics make it perfect for evening gatherings and celebrations.
- Smart Casual & Everyday Chic: With appropriate fabric choices, it can be a sophisticated option for daily wear, brunches, or elevated casual outings.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: a sleek, fitted pencil dress silhouette shaped by princess seams at the front and back, enhancing curves.
Collar: Features a stylish, wide collar that frames the neckline.
Yoke: Front and back yokes cut from contrasting fabric; the front yoke has an asymmetric overlapping opening, adding a distinctive design element.
Main Closure: a concealed zipper fastens the center back seam for a smooth finish.
Buttons: Two functional buttons with buttonholes fasten the overlapping front yoke.
Sleeves: Full-length, fitted set-in sleeves in the contrasting fabric provide elegant arm coverage.
Back: a clean center back seam incorporates a functional vent for ease of movement.
Hem: a straight hem finishes at a sophisticated knee-length.
Waist: The tailored cut creates a defined waistline without a separate seam, flowing into the fitted skirt.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Involves precise fitting, constructing a tailored collar and yoke, and setting a concealed zipper and back vent.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose dressmaking fabrics with some body and drape, suitable for a tailored look, along with a distinct contrasting fabric for the yokes, collar and sleeves:
- Dressmaking fabrics made from natural or blended fibers
- Contrasting fabric for the yokes, collar and sleeves
Additional Supplies
- Concealed zipper
- Fusible interfacing
- 2 buttons
Cutter's Must
If the patterns have a double contour, seam allowances are included. If the contour is single, seam allowances are not included. Seam allowances: all seams 1 cm; dress hem allowance – 3.0 cm, sleeve hem allowance – 2.0 cm, allowance along the vent – 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 pieces). When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match! Markings on the patterns are on the right side.
- From main fabric:
- Center Back – 2 pieces
- Side Back – 2 pieces
- Center Front – 1 piece
- Side Front – 2 pieces
- From contrasting fabric:
- Upper Back – 2 pieces
- Front Yoke 1 – 1 piece
- Front Yoke 2 – 1 piece
- Collar – 2 pieces
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- From fusible interfacing:
Sewing Instructions
- Fuse interfacing to one Collar piece and to the cut-on facings of Front Yoke 1 and Front Yoke 2.
- Stitch the back princess seams (Center Back to Side Back), press the allowances towards the center and serge.
- Stitch the Upper Back to the lower back, press the allowances towards the Upper Back and serge.
- On the left Center Back, cut off 5 cm along the vertical edge of the vent. On the wrong side of both Center Back pieces, fuse interfacing to the vent area. On the right side, mark the center seam line (the vent fold line). Press the left piece along the vent fold line; on the right piece, press only the right-side vent allowance (6 cm) to the wrong side. Align the pieces along the center seam and baste them together along the upper edge of the vent. Serge the vent allowances. Stitch the center back seam from the neckline to the first marking and from the second marking to the corner of the vent. Clip the vent seam allowance at the corner on the right piece. Press the center seam allowances open, press the vent allowances and secure them with machine stitching. Insert the concealed zipper.
- Stitch the front princess seams (Center Front to Side Front), press the allowances towards the center and serge.
- Serge the inner edges of the cut-on yoke facings. Fold the facings to the right side and stitch the upper corner up to the marked line. Clip the allowance at the line, turn the facings to the wrong side and press. Make buttonholes on the right yoke. Lap the right yoke over the left and baste them together along the lower edge.
- Stitch the front yoke to the lower front, press the allowances downwards and serge.
- Stitch the shoulder and side seams, press the allowances towards the back and serge.
- Place the Collar pieces right sides together and stitch the ends and outer edge. Start and end the stitching exactly at the marked collar attachment line. Turn the collar right side out, push out the corners and press. Stitch the outer collar edge to the neckline, matching the round mark on the collar with the center back seam; press the allowances towards the collar. Turn under the open inner edge of the collar and topstitch it over the attachment seam.
- Stitch the sleeve seams, press the allowances and serge. Set the sleeves into the armholes, matching the notches. Press the allowances and serge.
- Serge the dress and sleeve hem allowances, press them to the wrong side and hem with blind stitches.
- Sew the buttons onto the left yoke to match the buttonholes.
