Halter Keyhole Collar Maxi Dress

Name: Halter Keyhole Collar Maxi Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5192
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5192

A floor-length women's halter dress with a high waist seam under the bust, a stand collar buttoned at the back, keyhole openings in the front and back bodice and a flared skirt. The bodice is lined. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: lightweight, well-draping dress fabrics, including blended dress fabrics.

Tech. Description

Halter Keyhole Collar Maxi Dress

A floor-length women's halter dress with a high waist seam under the bust, a stand collar buttoned at the back, keyhole openings in the front and back bodice and a flared skirt. The bodice is lined.

When To Wear

Summer evenings, weddings and formal dinners in warm weather: the halter cut leaves the shoulders bare.
Holiday evening wear with flat sandals or heels.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted bodice, high waist seam just below the bust, skirt flaring gradually to the hem.

Length: Floor length.

Collar: Stand collar cut in two pieces on the fold, fastened at the back with two buttons and buttonholes.

Neckline: Halter neckline with deeply cut-in armholes; the two front bodice halves meet only at the collar and at the waist seam, forming a keyhole opening at the centre front.

Front: Bodice in two halves, shaped with short darts from the waist seam.

Back: Two bodice halves with darts and a keyhole opening below the collar; the back skirt has a centre back seam.

Closure: Zipper in the centre back seam of the skirt; two buttons on the collar.

Skirt: Front skirt cut in one piece on the fold, back skirt in two pieces; the bodice is topstitched onto the skirt.

Finishing: Hem turned up and sewn by hand with blind stitches.

Lining: The bodice is lined; lining and main fabric are stitched together along the centre front and centre back edges and the armholes. The skirt is unlined.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. A bodice lined to the edges around the keyhole openings and armholes, a stand collar, a zipper and buttonholes.

Fabric Recommendations

Lightweight, well-draping dress fabrics, including blended dress fabrics.

Additional Supplies

Lining fabric
1 zipper
2 buttons

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
Back – 2 pieces
Back Skirt – 2 pieces
Front – 2 pieces
Front Skirt – 1 piece on fold
Stand Collar – 2 pieces on fold
From lining fabric:
Back – 2 pieces
Front – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Stitch the darts on the main-fabric and lining bodice pieces and press them towards the center.
Stitch the side seams of the Back and Front in main fabric and in lining.
Place the lining and the main-fabric bodice right sides together and stitch along the center front edges, the center back edges and the armholes.
Turn the bodice right side out, baste the edges and press.
Stitch the center back seam of the Back Skirt from the hem up to the zipper marking.
Insert the zipper.
Stitch the side seams of the skirt.
Press the lower seam allowances of the bodice and its lining to the inside, insert the upper edge of the skirt between them and topstitch.
Place the Stand Collar pieces right sides together and stitch along the upper edge and the ends.
Turn right side out and press.
Press the seam allowances of the lower collar edges to the inside, insert the neckline edges of the bodice between them as marked and topstitch.
Press the hem allowance to the wrong side and hand stitch with blind stitches.
Work buttonholes on the right end of the collar and sew the buttons on the left end.