Bias Cut Strap Maxi Dress

Name: Bias Cut Strap Maxi Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5160
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5160

This graceful women's maxi dress pattern features delicate spaghetti straps, a fitted bodice, and a bias-cut skirt for a beautiful drape. It's an elegant choice for summer events, evening casual wear, or your vacation wardrobe. This Minerva pattern can be made to your own measurements or in standard sizes.

Tech. Description

Bias Cut Strap Maxi Dress

Introducing a graceful women's maxi dress pattern, featuring delicate spaghetti straps, a fitted bodice, and a bias-cut skirt designed for a beautiful drape.

When To Wear

This versatile maxi dress offers elegant comfort, making it perfect for:

Summer Events: An ideal choice for garden parties, outdoor weddings, or resort wear.
Evening Casual: Can be dressed up for relaxed evening dinners or gatherings.
Vacation Wardrobe: Lightweight and packable, perfect for warm-weather getaways.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: A fitted bodice transitioning to a gently flared, bias-cut maxi skirt, creating a fluid and flattering line.

Neckline: A subtle scoop neckline both front and back, providing a clean and elegant frame.

Straps: Delicate spaghetti straps offer minimal coverage and a feminine touch.

Waist: A defined empire waist seam separates the bodice from the skirt.

Back: A clean back features a vertical seam and a concealed zipper closure.

Hem: Maxi length with a straight hemline, allowing for the natural drape of the bias cut.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Requires confident sewing skills, including working with delicate, drapey fabrics, inserting a zipper, and accurately handling bias-cut garment pieces and their hems.

Fabric Recommendations

For optimal drape and flow, select lightweight dress fabrics with excellent draping qualities:

Silk satin
Viscose
Crepe de chine
Charmeuse

Additional Supplies

Lining fabric
1 zipper

Strap dress

Fabric & Materials

Fabric recommendations: light, well-draping dress fabrics. You will need: Blended fabric, 150 cm wide; lining fabric; 1 zipper.

Cutting Plan

From main fabric:
1. Back - 2 pieces
2. Front – 1 piece on fold
3. Front skirt – 1 piece on fold
4. Back skirt – 2 pieces
5. Strap – 2 pieces
From lining fabric:
6. Back - 2 pieces
7. Front – 1 piece on fold
8. Front skirt – 1 piece on fold
9. Back skirt – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

The front and back skirt panels are cut on the bias.
Before hemming the dress, let it hang for a day, then re-draw the hemline.
Stitch darts, press depths flat.
Stitch side seams, attach skirt to dress bodice.
Stitch center back seam from hem to zipper marking.
Insert zipper.
Fold straps lengthwise in half, right sides together, stitch along the long edge, turn right side out and press.
Baste front ends of straps under the upper corners of the front bodice.
On lining pieces, stitch darts and seams.
Place main fabric dress and lining right sides together.
Fold back seam allowances of the lining back pieces, stopping 5 mm before the zipper edges, and pin to the neckline.
Fold seam allowances along the zipper edges of the main garment to the right side.
Stitch armholes and neckline, catching the front ends of the straps.
Turn lining to the wrong side and stitch to the zipper tape and waist seam allowances.
Try on the dress, adjust strap length and stitch their back ends under the upper corners of the back bodice.
Press hem allowance to the wrong side and hem with blind stitches.
Hem the lining so that it is 1.5 cm shorter than the main dress.

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Bias Cut Strap Maxi Dress

When To Wear

Key Design Features

Level Of Difficulty

Fabric Recommendations

Additional Supplies

Fabric & Materials

Cutting Plan

Sewing Instructions

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