Ruffled V-Neck Button Front Mini Dress

Name: Ruffled V-Neck Button Front Mini Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4917
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4917

A women's fitted sleeveless dress with a waist seam, a full-length button placket at the centre front and a wide cape-like ruffle gathered on elastic around the neckline, open in a V at the front. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: dress fabrics in natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Ruffled V-Neck Button Front Mini Dress

A women's fitted sleeveless dress with a waist seam, a full-length button placket at the centre front and a wide cape-like ruffle gathered on elastic around the neckline, open in a V at the front.

When To Wear

In summer, for daytime outings and holidays.
With flat sandals or low heels; the ruffle covers the shoulders in place of sleeves.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted, shaped with darts on the front and back, with a straight skirt.

Length: Just above the knee.

Neckline: V-neck at the front, wide round neck at the back. The ruffle is sewn to the neckline, turned to the right side and stitched 0.7 cm from the edge to form a casing for a narrow elastic, which is secured at the centre back.

Sleeves: Sleeveless; the ruffle falls over the shoulders and upper arms. Armholes bound with a folded bias strip turned to the inside.

Closure: Centre front placket from the neckline to the hem with 5 buttons and buttonholes.

Back: Centre back seam and a waist seam.

Finishing: Free edge of the ruffle finished with a narrow seam; hem allowance 3 cm, overlocked and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. A two-sided placket, an elastic casing formed by the ruffle, bias-bound armholes, buttonholes.

Fabric Recommendations

Dress fabrics in natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (plackets)
Elastic 0.3–0.5 cm wide
5 buttons
Bias binding 4 cm wide for the armholes (or cut from the 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 the dress bottom – 3 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 parts).

From main fabric:
- Upper back — 2 pieces
- Upper front - 2 pieces
- Lower back — 2 pieces
- Lower front – 2 pieces
- Placket – 2 pieces
- Front cape – 2 pieces
- Back cape – 1 piece on fold
From fusible interlining:
- Placket — 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

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

Fuse the plackets with fusible interlining.
Stitch darts on the front and back, press seam allowances towards the center. Stitch the upper and lower parts of the front, overlock seam allowances and press upwards.
Stitch the center back seam. Overlock seam allowance and press to the left side.
Stitch shoulder and side seams, press seam allowances towards the back and overlock.
Stitch shoulder seams of the capes. Overlock seam allowances and press towards the back. Finish the free edge of the cape with a French seam. Fold the dress and cape wrong sides together and stitch the neckline. Turn the cape to the right side and stitch 0.7 cm from the neckline, forming a casing. Thread elastic tape through the casing, adjust length and secure the elastic and the edge of the cape at the center seam.
Cut (if not ready-made) bias binding 4 cm wide and a length equal to the armhole length + 5cm. Fold the bias binding in half lengthwise right side out and press. Place the binding with the armhole edge right sides together and stitch. Clip seam allowances. Fold the binding to the wrong side and topstitch along the fold to the main piece. Press the seam.
Fold the placket lengthwise right side in and stitch the upper corner. Finish the stitching strictly at the marked line. Turn the placket to the right side and press. Attach the outer side to the front, press seam allowance towards the placket. Fold the seam allowance of the inner side inwards and topstitch into the attachment seam.
Overlock the hem allowance, press to the wrong side and topstitch.
Make buttonholes on the placket. Sew buttons to the left front corresponding to the buttonholes.