Button Front Flutter Sleeve Sheath Dress

Name: Button Front Flutter Sleeve Sheath Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4813
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4813

A women's knee-length sheath dress with a seamed bodice that buttons down the front to the waist, short flutter sleeves pleated at the top and set into the princess seams, and a darted lower part with a centre back zipper and vent. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: dress fabrics made of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Button Front Flutter Sleeve Sheath Dress

When To Wear

At the office in spring and summer, with court shoes or sandals.
For daytime events and dinners, with a light jacket or cardigan on cooler days.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Close-fitting sheath with a waist seam.

Length: Knee length.

Neckline: Round, finished with interfaced facings.

Front: Bodice cut in centre and side pieces with princess seams; the centre fronts close right over left with buttons and buttonholes, topstitched along the front edge. Five buttons.

Sleeves: Short flutter sleeves with pleats at the top, sewn into the princess seams of the bodice front and back; hem turned up and topstitched. The lower armhole is finished with a folded bias binding.

Skirt: Lower front cut in one piece on the fold, lower back in two pieces; both shaped with darts.

Back: Princess-seamed bodice, a centre back seam with a zipper and a vent at the hem.

Finishing: Hems turned up 2 cm and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Sleeves set into princess seams, buttonholes, bias-bound armholes, a back vent and a zipper.

Fabric Recommendations

Dress fabrics made of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

5 buttons
Zipper
Fusible interfacing (front facings, back neckline facings, vent)
Bias binding, 4 cm wide (or cut from the dress fabric)

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 dress bottom and sleeve bottom – 2 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 (don't forget to account for paired and symmetrical pieces).

From main fabric:
- Upper center back - 2 pieces
- Upper side back - 2 pieces
- Upper side front - 2 pieces
- Upper center front - 2 pieces
- Lower front – 1 piece on fold
- Lower back – 2 pieces
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Front facing - 2 pieces
- Back neckline facing – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
- Front facing - 2 pieces
- Back neckline facing – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

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

Stitch shoulder seams of upper parts. Finish allowances and press towards the back.
Finish the lower edge of the sleeve. Fold allowance inwards and topstitch. Form and secure pleats on the sleeve (matching large marks in pairs). Attach sleeve to front and back, simultaneously stitching the princess seams. Finish princess seams and press towards the center of the pieces.
Stitch shoulder seams of facing and front facing. Finish allowances and press towards the back. Finish outer edges. Place facing and front facing right sides together with the upper of the dress and stitch neckline and front edges. Clip allowances at corners, clip curves, turn right side out and press. Topstitch along the front edge. Finish buttonholes. Overlap right front edge over left and secure at the bottom edge.
Stitch darts on lower front and back parts. Press depths towards the center of the pieces.
Stitch side seams of upper and lower parts. Finish allowances and press towards the back. Cut (if not ready-made) a bias binding 4 cm wide and length equal to the length of the lower armhole + 5cm. Fold bias binding in half lengthwise right side out and press. Place binding with armhole edge right sides together and stitch. Clip allowances. Fold binding to the wrong side and topstitch along the fold to the main piece. Press seam.
Attach lower parts of the dress to upper parts. Finish allowances and press upwards.
On the left lower back, trim 5 cm along the vertical edge of the vent. On both back pieces, interface the vent from 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 pieces along the center seam and secure at the upper edge of the vent. Finish the center back seam separately on each piece. Finish vent allowances. Stitch the center back seam from the zipper mark to the vent corner. Clip the corner of the vent seam allowance on the right. Press center seam allowances open, press vent allowances and secure them with machine stitching. Insert zipper.
Finish the bottom hem allowance, fold to the wrong side and topstitch.
Sew on buttons.