Asymmetrical Button Front Dress with Contrast Accents

Name: Asymmetrical Button Front Dress with Contrast Accents
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4763
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4763

A knee-length, A-line women's dress without a waist seam, with an asymmetric front: the right front laps over the left along a line of buttons, and below the hip the fronts part over a contrast-fabric insert. Three-quarter sleeves with contrast cuffs and a centre back zip. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: dense dress fabrics from natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Asymmetrical Button Front Dress with Contrast Accents

When To Wear

At the office or for daytime meetings in autumn, winter and spring, with tights and low-heeled shoes or ankle boots.
For a lunch or a family celebration, with a textured or patterned contrast fabric.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Semi-fitted through the bodice, widening to an A-line hem; no waist seam.

Length: Knee length.

Neckline: Round, finished with an interfaced front and back neck facing tacked to the shoulder seams and the zip tape.

Sleeves: Three-quarter set-in sleeves with a fold-over contrast cuff sandwiched between the sleeve and a sleeve facing, with a button on each cuff.

Front: Right and left fronts are cut separately, each with a cut-on placket folded to the wrong side. The left front is topstitched onto the contrast insert, and the right front is topstitched onto the left front along an off-centre line from neckline to hem, with buttons sewn on along it and no buttonholes. A bust dart from the side seam shapes the right front.

Back: Two pieces with a centre back seam, a zip in its upper part and waist darts pressed towards the centre.

Finishing: Seams serged; hem serged, turned and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Layering two fronts with cut-on plackets over an insert so that the hems line up, a centre back zip, and cuffs set between the sleeve and its facing.

Fabric Recommendations

Dense dress fabrics from natural or blended fibres. A contrast fabric for the insert and cuffs.

Additional Supplies

Contrast fabric (insert, cuffs)
Fusible interfacing (neck facings)
Zip
10 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; dress hem allowance – 2.0 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! Attention! Markings on the patterns are made on the right side!

From main fabric:
- Back – 2 pieces
- Right Front – 1 piece
- Left Front – 1 piece
- Front Neckline Facing – 1 piece
- Back Neckline Facing – 2 pieces
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Sleeve Facing – 2 pieces
From contrasting fabric:
- Insert – 1 piece
- Cuff – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
- Front Neckline Facing – 1 piece
- Back Neckline Facing – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Front Neckline Facing and Back Neckline Facings.
Stitch the waist darts on the Back pieces and press them towards the center. Stitch the bust dart on the Right Front and press it upwards.
Serge the center back edges separately. Stitch the center back seam from the zipper marking down to the hem. Press the allowances open, pressing the zipper opening allowances as well. Insert the zipper.
Serge the edge of the cut-on placket of the Right Front. Fold the placket to the wrong side along the marked line and baste. Baste in two steps: from the waistline up to the shoulder edge and from the waistline down to the hem.
Serge the side and lower edges of the Insert, press the lower allowance to the wrong side and topstitch. Serge the edge of the style line and cut-on placket of the Left Front. Fold the placket to the wrong side and baste. Place the Left Front on the Insert (the front edge extends below the Insert edge by the width of the hem allowance) and topstitch.
Place the Right Front on the Left Front (the Right Front edge extends below the Insert edge by the width of the hem allowance) and topstitch.
Stitch the side and shoulder seams, press the allowances towards the back and serge.
Stitch the shoulder seams of the neckline facings and serge the outer edge. Place the facing on the dress right sides together, matching the neckline edges, and stitch. Clip the allowances on the curves, turn the facing to the wrong side and press. Tack the facing to the shoulder seams and to the zipper tape.
Stitch the sleeve seams, press the allowances and serge. Set the sleeves into the armholes, matching the notches. Press the allowances and serge.
Fold the Cuff in half lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch the ends; trim the allowances at the corners. Turn the cuff right side out, push out the corners and press. Stitch the Sleeve Facing into a ring and serge its outer edge. Place the Sleeve Facing on the sleeve right sides together, sandwiching the cuff between them and matching the mark on the cuff with the sleeve seam, and stitch along the lower edge. Turn the facing to the wrong side, roll the seam to the edge, press and topstitch.
Serge the dress hem, press it to the wrong side and topstitch.
Sew the buttons onto the front placket and the cuffs.