Draped Floating Panel Dress

Name: Draped Floating Panel Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4990
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4990

A women's fitted knee-length dress with a waist seam on the front, a pleated panel that hangs free down the skirt front, and a pleated band across the waist. The round neckline has a small keyhole slit at the centre front; the back has a centre seam with an invisible zip and a vent. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: soft dress fabrics in natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Draped Floating Panel Dress

When To Wear

To the office, with a jacket or on its own.
For daytime events and dinners, with heels.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted sheath, shaped by bust darts on the upper front and shoulder and waist darts on the back.

Length: Knee length.

Neckline: Round, bound with a bias strip; a keyhole slit at the centre front is finished with an interfaced facing.

Sleeves: Set-in sleeves ending below the elbow.

Front: Upper and lower front joined at the waist. A separate panel, hemmed along its outer and lower edges, is pleated towards the left side seam and stitched to the lower front, so its free edge falls in a cascade to the hem. A two-layer pleated band runs from the right side seam and is tucked under the panel's pleats.

Back: Two pieces with a centre back seam, an invisible zip and an interfaced vent at the hem.

Finishing: Hems of the dress and sleeves turned 3 cm and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. A pleated draped panel and band, a lapped back vent, an invisible zip, a faced keyhole slit and bias-bound neckline.

Fabric Recommendations

Soft dress fabrics in natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (keyhole facing, vent)
Invisible zip

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 and sleeve hem – 3.0 cm. Allowance for the back neckline, upper front, and front neckline facing – 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 details).

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

Sewing Instructions

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

Fuse interfacing to the designated pieces.
Stitch shoulder and waist darts on the back, press dart allowances towards the center. On both back pieces, fuse interfacing to the vent from the wrong side. Overlock the center back seam separately on each piece. Overlock the vent allowances. 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 (1 cm) to the wrong side. Align the pieces along the center seam and secure at the upper edge of the vent. 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 open the center seam allowances, press the vent allowances and secure them with machine stitching. Insert the zipper.
Stitch bust darts on the upper front, press dart allowances upwards.
Overlock the outer edge of the front neckline facing. Place the facing on the main piece, right sides together, and stitch the neckline. Trim allowances, turn the facing to the wrong side, straighten, and press.
Overlock the outer and lower edges of the flying, press to the wrong side, and topstitch. Form and secure pleats on the flying (pleat depths directed towards the left side seam). Place the flying wrong side onto the right side of the lower front, secure along the edges, and treat as one piece thereafter.
Stitch the upper and lower front parts together, press allowances upwards and overlock.
Fold the belt pieces right sides together and stitch the long edges. Turn to the right side, straighten, and press. Form and secure pleats on the belt (pleat depths directed downwards), overlock the short edge. Place the belt on the front, secure at the right side seam. Tuck the short edge of the belt under the pleat of the flying and hand stitch.
Stitch side and shoulder seams, press allowances towards the back and overlock.
Cut a bias strip 4 cm wide and a length equal to the neckline length + 4 cm. Fold the bias strip in half lengthwise, right side out, and press. Unfold the piece, fold the long edges towards the center, and press again. Bind the neckline edge with the bias strip.
Stitch the sleeve seam, press allowances and overlock. Set the sleeve into the armhole, matching notches, press allowances and overlock.
Overlock the bottom edge of the garment and sleeve, press to the wrong side, and topstitch.