V-Neck Long Sleeve V-Front Gown

Name: V-Neck Long Sleeve V-Front Gown
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5039
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5039

A women's floor-length gown with a fitted bodice shaped by front princess seams and back darts, a V-neckline, long set-in sleeves and a full skirt joined to the bodice in a seam that dips to a point below the waist at the front. Fully lined, with a zipper in the centre back seam. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: medium-weight dress fabrics with body that hold a full skirt: silk taffeta, duchess satin, satin, brocade, jacquard or dense crepe.

Tech. Description

V-Neck Long Sleeve V-Front Gown

When To Wear

Evening receptions, formal dinners and balls.
As a guest at a wedding or a winter celebration: long sleeves and full length.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Close-fitting bodice and a full skirt that widens from the hips to the floor.

Length: Floor length.

Neckline: V-neckline at the front, finished with interfaced front and back neckline facings and the bodice lining.

Sleeves: Long, narrow set-in sleeves, lined.

Front: Bodice cut in a centre front and two side fronts joined by princess seams; the front skirt is one piece.

Back: Two back bodice pieces with darts and two back skirt pieces; centre back seam with a zipper inserted between the folded seam allowances and topstitched close to the edge.

Waist: Bodice and skirt joined in a seam that runs down to a V-point below the waist at the centre front.

Finishing: Turned-up, stitched hem.

Lining: Full lining cut from the same bodice, sleeve and skirt pieces; bodice and lining stitched together along the neckline and turned; the waist seam allowances of the main fabric and the lining are tacked together.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Princess seams, a pointed waist seam, a bagged full lining and a zipper set in a lined centre back seam.

Fabric Recommendations

Medium-weight dress fabrics with body that hold a full skirt: silk taffeta, duchess satin, satin, brocade, jacquard or dense crepe.

Additional Supplies

Lining fabric
Fusible interfacing (front and back neckline facings)
Zipper for the centre back seam

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
Center Front – 1 piece
Side Front – 2 pieces
Back – 2 pieces
Sleeve – 2 pieces
Back Neckline Facing – 2 pieces
Front Neckline Facing – 1 piece
Back Skirt – 2 pieces
Front Skirt – 1 piece
From fusible interfacing:
Back Neckline Facing – 2 pieces
Front Neckline Facing – 1 piece
From lining:
Center Front – 1 piece
Side Front – 2 pieces
Back – 2 pieces
Sleeve – 2 pieces
Back Skirt – 2 pieces
Front Skirt – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Back Neckline Facings and Front Neckline Facing. Attach the neckline facings to the Back and front pieces. Stitch the darts on the Back pieces from main and lining fabrics.
Stitch the front princess seams (Center Front to Side Fronts) on the main and lining pieces.
Stitch the bodice side seams on the main and lining pieces.
Place the main fabric pieces with the lining pieces right sides together, stitch them together along the neckline edge. Turn the pieces right side out.
Turn the seam allowances of the center back seam inwards, insert the zipper between them and topstitch close to the edge.
Stitch the side seams of the Back Skirt and Front Skirt pieces in main and lining fabrics. Attach the main fabric skirt to the main fabric bodice, attach the lining skirt to the lining bodice. Press the seam allowances open and tack the main and lining allowances together. Hem the garment with a turned-up, stitched hem.