Flared Dress

Name: Flared Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5053
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5053

A knee-length women's dress with princess seams on the front and back running from the armholes to the hem, a flared skirt, a round neckline and long set-in sleeves. Zipper in the centre back seam. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: medium-weight dress fabrics with some body that hold the flare: crepe, wool crepe, cotton sateen, viscose blends.

Tech. Description

Flared Dress

A knee-length women's dress with princess seams on the front and back running from the armholes to the hem, a flared skirt, a round neckline and long set-in sleeves. Zipper in the centre back seam.

When To Wear

For daytime and office wear in spring and autumn.
With tights and court shoes or ankle boots in cooler weather.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted through the bodice by the princess seams, which flare out below the waist into a full skirt; no waist seam.

Length: Knee length.

Neckline: Round neckline finished with interfaced front and back neckline facings.

Sleeves: Long, one-piece set-in sleeves, cap eased in, hems turned up.

Front: One centre front panel cut in one piece and two side front panels.

Back: Centre back seam with a zipper set between the folded seam allowances and edge-stitched; back princess seams.

Finishing: Seams overlocked; turned-up hem.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Long princess seams to the hem, a zipper in the centre back seam, a faced neckline, set-in sleeves.

Fabric Recommendations

Medium-weight dress fabrics with some body that hold the flare: crepe, wool crepe, cotton sateen, viscose blends.

Additional Supplies

Zipper for the centre back seam
Fusible interfacing (neckline facings)

Cutter's Must

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

Sewing Instructions

Stitch, in sequence, the back princess seams (Middle Back to Side Back), the front princess seams (Center Front to Side Front), the shoulder seams and the side seams. Overlock the seams.
Fuse interfacing to the neckline facings. Stitch the shoulder seams of the Back Neckline Facings and Front Neckline Facing.
Stitch the facings to the neckline, clip the seam allowances at frequent intervals. Turn the facings out and press.
Turn the seam allowances of the center back seam inwards, insert the zipper between them and topstitch close to the edge.
Finish the sleeves:
- Stitch the underarm seams of the Sleeves and press
- Hem the lower edges of the Sleeves
- Set the sleeves into the armholes, easing the cap and aligning the notches
- Overlock the edges of the sleeves and armholes
Hem the lower edge of the dress.