Color-Blocked Dress With Zipper Pockets

Name: Color-Blocked Dress With Zipper Pockets
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4823
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4823

An above-knee women's sheath dress with a pieced front: a yoke, two knit middle panels joined by a narrow vertical placket, and a lower front with two zipper pockets. Set-in three-quarter sleeves, a concealed zipper and a vent at the centre back. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: dress fabrics of natural or blended fibres; knit fabric of low to medium stretch from natural or blended fibres, used for the two middle front panels.

Tech. Description

Color-Blocked Dress With Zipper Pockets

When To Wear

At the office with tights and closed shoes in autumn, winter and spring.
For daytime events, with the front panels cut in a contrasting colour or texture.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted sheath, shaped at the back with shoulder and waist darts.

Length: Above the knee.

Neckline: Round, finished with front and back facings.

Sleeves: Set-in, three-quarter length.

Front: A horizontal yoke across the chest; below it two middle panels cut from knit fabric with a narrow placket strip between them; a horizontal seam joins them to the lower front just below the waist.

Pockets: Two horizontal pockets cut into the lower front, with decorative zippers set under the opening edges so the teeth show.

Back: Centre back seam with a concealed zipper from the neck and a vent at the hem.

Finishing: Dress and sleeve hems turned up and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Joining knit and woven panels, cut-in zipper pockets, a concealed zipper and a centre back vent.

Fabric Recommendations

Dress fabrics of natural or blended fibres; knit fabric of low to medium stretch from natural or blended fibres, used for the two middle front panels.

Additional Supplies

Concealed zipper
2 decorative zippers for the pockets
Fusible interfacing (neckline facings, vent)

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 the dress bottom – 3.0 cm; vent allowance – 6 cm; sleeve hem allowance – 2 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!

From main fabric:

Back – 2 pieces
Front Yoke – 1 piece
Placket – 1 piece
Lower Front – 1 piece
Sleeve – 2 pieces
Back Neckline Facing – 2 pieces
Front Neckline Facing – 1 piece

From knit fabric:

Middle Front – 2 pieces

From fusible interfacing:

Back Neckline Facing – 2 pieces
Front Neckline Facing – 1 piece
Back vent strips – 2 pieces (cut to the vent allowance of each Back piece)

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Front Neckline Facing and Back Neckline Facing pieces.
Stitch the shoulder and waist darts on the Back pieces, press the dart depths towards the centre of each piece.
Overlock the centre back edge separately on each Back piece. On the left Back piece, trim 5 cm off along the vertical edge of the vent. On both Back pieces, fuse interfacing to the vent area from the wrong side. From the right side of the fabric, mark the centre back seam line (the vent fold line). Press the left Back piece along the vent fold line; on the right Back piece press only the allowance of the right side of the vent (6 cm) to the wrong side. Align the pieces along the centre back seam and secure them at the top edge of the vent. Overlock the vent allowances. Stitch the centre back seam from the zipper mark to the vent corner. Clip the corner of the vent seam allowance on the right Back piece. Press the centre back seam allowances open, press the vent allowances and secure them with machine stitching. Insert the concealed zipper.
Mark the pocket placement on the Lower Front. Refine the pocket opening line. Cut the pocket opening. Make diagonal cuts 1-1.5 cm from each end of the pocket. Turn the pocket allowances to the wrong side through the opening, straighten the edges. Neaten the ends of the pocket from the wrong side. Place the decorative zipper under the edges of the pocket opening so that the teeth are visible. Stitch the zipper in place. Repeat for the second pocket.
Attach the Placket to the Middle Front pieces, press the allowances towards the Placket and overlock.
Attach the Front Yoke to the Middle Front, press the allowances towards the Front Yoke and overlock. Attach the Lower Front to the Middle Front, press the allowances upwards and overlock.
Stitch the side and shoulder seams, press the allowances towards the Back and overlock.
Stitch the shoulder seams of the neckline facings, press the allowances open. Overlock the outer edge. Place the facing on the garment right sides together and stitch the neckline edge. Turn the facing to the wrong side, straighten, press. Secure the facing to the garment at the shoulder seams and the centre back seam.
Stitch the Sleeve seam, press the allowances and overlock. Set the Sleeves into the armholes, matching the notches, press the allowances and overlock.
Overlock the bottom edge of the dress and the Sleeves, press to the wrong side and topstitch.