Gathered Tie Neck Midi Dress with Side Slits

Name: Gathered Tie Neck Midi Dress with Side Slits
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5113
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5113

A women's loose A-line long dress with a round neckline gathered front and back and bound with bias binding that extends into ties, a keyhole slit at the centre front, long flared sleeves and high side slits. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: light dress fabrics that hold their shape.

Tech. Description

Gathered Tie Neck Midi Dress with Side Slits

When To Wear

In spring and summer, on its own with sandals or flat shoes.
Over slim trousers, with the side slits showing the trousers underneath.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Loose, widening from the shoulders to the hem.

Length: Long, below the knee.

Neckline: Round neckline gathered between notches on the front and back halves and bound with a bias strip; the ends of the binding are left longer at the front slit and stitched into ties with a knot at each end.

Front: Centre front seam below a slit, the slit edges finished with a dense narrow zigzag stitch.

Sleeves: Long set-in sleeves widening towards the wrist, with a slit at the lower end of the sleeve seam.

Back: Centre back seam.

Skirt: Side slits from hip level to the hem.

Finishing: Hems and slit edges of the dress and sleeves pressed to the wrong side and topstitched at 1 cm.

Level Of Difficulty

Beginner. Straight seams and topstitched hems; the only fiddly steps are gathering the neckline into the bias binding and the zigzag-finished front slit.

Fabric Recommendations

Light dress fabrics that hold their shape.

Additional Supplies

Bias strips 3 cm wide (including seam allowances), cut from the main fabric, for the neckline binding and ties

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
Front - 2 pieces
Back - 2 pieces
Sleeve - 2 pieces
Additionally: bias strips 3 cm wide (including seam allowances) for binding the neckline and making the ties.

Sewing Instructions

Stitch the center front seam below the slit mark and the center back seam. Press seam allowances open.
Stitch the side seams and sleeve seams, leaving the slits open at the bottom.
Stitch the shoulder seams.
Finish the edges of the front slit with a dense narrow zigzag stitch: press the seam allowance along the edge to the wrong side, from the right side stitch a dense narrow zigzag stitch along the fold, slightly stretching the fold, then carefully trim the excess seam allowance close to the stitch from the wrong side of the slit.
Neckline binding: trim off the seam allowance along the neckline edge.
Gather the fronts and backs between the notches. To gather, stitch 2 rows of machine basting stitches with a long stitch length along the neckline edge at 0.5 and 1 cm from the edge.
Fold the seam allowances along the longitudinal edges of the bias binding to the wrong side by 7 mm each and press. Fold the bias binding in half lengthwise and press.
Insert the neckline edge between the halves of the bias binding, aligning the edge with the fold of the bias binding, leaving the ends of the bias binding extending beyond the edges of the front slit by an equal length for the ties, pin and baste with diagonal stitches. Topstitch the bias binding close to the edge, catching the inner half of the bias binding. Remove any visible gathering threads.
Stitch together the open long edges of the binding along the ties. Tie a knot at the end of each tie.
Set in the sleeves.
Press the hem seam allowances of the dress and sleeves and the seam allowances along the edges of the dress and sleeve slits to the wrong side and topstitch at 1 cm.