Lace Overlay Three-Quarter Sleeve Dress

Name: Lace Overlay Three-Quarter Sleeve Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4922
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4922

A women's above-the-knee dress with a guipure bodice and sleeves, a contrast band at the hem and a loose chiffon overlay that hangs open at the centre front. The neckline is bound and the zipper sits in the left side seam. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: guipure, chiffon and dress fabric of natural or blended fibres in coordinating colours.

Tech. Description

Lace & Chiffon Overlay Dress

When To Wear

At weddings, parties and evening events in spring and summer.
With heeled shoes or sandals and a light jacket or wrap.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: A fitted under-dress with bust and waist darts, covered by an A-line chiffon overlay that widens towards the hem.

Length: Above the knee.

Neckline: Round neckline finished with a bias binding turned to the inside and topstitched.

Sleeves: Three-quarter set-in sleeves in guipure.

Front: Guipure yoke above a guipure front cut on the fold. The chiffon overlay is cut in two pieces, with a vertical opening at the centre front from the yoke seam to the hem.

Closure: Concealed zipper in the left side seam.

Back: Guipure yoke and a back cut in two halves; the chiffon overlay is one piece cut on the fold.

Skirt: A band of the dress fabric is joined to the lower edge of the guipure dress.

Finishing: The overlay is caught in the yoke seams and armholes; its centre and lower edges are turned and topstitched or finished with a narrow rolled hem.

Lining: The guipure front and back are lined with the dress fabric and sewn as one layer; the yokes and sleeves are single-layer guipure.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Handling guipure and chiffon, lining lace pieces, a side zipper, and attaching a free-hanging overlay at the yokes and armholes.

Fabric Recommendations

Guipure, chiffon and dress fabric of natural or blended fibres in coordinating colours.

Additional Supplies

Concealed zipper
Bias binding, 4 cm wide, for the neckline

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 – 2 cm. Lower edge allowance for flying back and front parts – 1 cm. Middle edge allowance for flying front - 1 cm. Attention! First, print out the paper patterns and lay them out on the fabric width (fabric width can be from 90 cm to 150 cm) to determine how much material you will need. When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!

From main fabric (guipure):
- Back – 2 pieces
- Front – 1 piece on fold
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Front yoke – 1 piece
- Back yoke – 1 piece
From main fabric 1:
- Lower back - 1 piece
- Lower front - 1 piece on fold
- Front lining - 1 piece on fold
- Back lining - 2 pieces
Front and back lining pieces are cut according to the upper fabric (guipure) patterns.
From chiffon:
- Flying back – 1 piece on fold
- Flying front – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Stitch darts on the front and back pieces. Press waist dart depth towards the center, bust darts – upwards.
Stitch darts on the front and back lining pieces. Press waist dart depth towards the center, bust darts – upwards. Place the main fabric pieces onto the lining, secure along the side, upper, and armhole edges. Then treat as one piece.
Stitch the right side seam. Overlock allowances and press towards the back. Overlock the left side seams separately. Stitch the side seam from the armhole to the mark and from the mark to the hem. Press allowances open, insert the zipper.
Stitch the side seams of the lower parts. Attach the lower to the dress, overlock the allowance and press upwards.
Stitch the shoulder seams of the yokes. Overlock allowances and press towards the back. Cut a bias binding 4 cm wide and a length equal to the neckline length + 3 cm. Fold the bias binding in half lengthwise, right side out, and press. Place the binding with the neckline edge, right side to right side, and stitch. Fold the binding to the wrong side and topstitch along the fold onto the main piece. Press the seam.
Stitch the side seams of the flying parts. Overlock allowances and press towards the back. Overlock the middle and lower edges of the flying pieces, press inwards and topstitch. Or overlock with a thin rolled hem, for this, cut off the allowances.
Place the flying right side up onto the dress and secure along the upper edges and armhole edges. Attach the yokes to the front and back. Overlock allowances and press upwards.
Stitch the sleeve seam. Overlock the allowance and press towards the back. Set in the sleeves into the armholes, press and overlock allowances.
Overlock the lower allowances of the dress, fold inwards and topstitch.