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 that gently skims the body, enhancing curves.
Collar: Features a stylish, wide, and rounded collar that frames the neckline.
Yoke: a prominent front yoke constructed from contrasting fabric, adding a distinctive design element.
Main Closure: a concealed zipper fastens the center back seam for a smooth finish.
Decorative Buttons: Two functional buttons accent the contrasting front yoke.
Sleeves: Full-length, fitted set-in sleeves 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 yoke and collar:
- Dressmaking fabrics made from natural or blended fibers
- Contrasting fabric for the yoke and collar
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; hem allowance for dress bottom – 3.0 cm, hem allowance for sleeve bottom – 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 details). 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:
- Back yoke - 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 the collar and the one-piece facings of the front yokes.
- Stitch the back princess seams, press allowances towards the center and overlock.
- Attach the back yoke to the lower back, press allowances towards the yoke and overlock.
- On the left center back, along the vertical edge of the vent, cut off 5 cm. On both center back pieces, fuse interfacing to the vent on 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 vent allowances. Stitch the center back seam from the neckline to the first mark and from the second mark to the corner of the vent. 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. Insert the zipper.
- Stitch the front princess seams, press allowances towards the center and overlock.
- Overlock the inner edges of the one-piece yoke facings. Press 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. Overlock buttonholes on the right yoke. Place the right yoke over the left and secure at the lower edge.
- Attach the front yoke to the lower front, press allowances downwards and overlock.
- Stitch shoulder and side seams, press allowances towards the back and overlock.
- Place collar pieces right sides together and stitch the ends and outer edge. Start and end stitching strictly at the marked collar attachment seam line. Turn the finished collar right side out, straighten the corners, and press. Attach the outer edge of the collar to the neckline, aligning the round mark on the collar with the center back seam, press allowances towards the collar. Turn under the open inner edge of the collar and topstitch into the attachment seam.
- Stitch the sleeve seam, press allowances and overlock. Set sleeves into armholes, matching notches. Press allowances and overlock.
- Overlock the hem allowance of the dress bottom and sleeve bottom, press to the wrong side and hem with blind stitches.
- Sew buttons onto the left yoke corresponding to the buttonholes.
