Halter Neck Full Skirt Dress

Name: Halter Neck Full Skirt Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5195
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5195

A sleeveless women's dress with a high halter neck, sweetheart-shaped cut-outs at the front and back, a princess-seamed bodice, and a pleated full skirt with an organza underskirt. The straps are cut in one with the side fronts and button at the back of the neck. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: dense dress fabrics of natural and blended fibres, such as satin, with organza for the underskirt.

Tech. Description

Halter Neck Full Skirt Dress

When To Wear

Cocktail parties, weddings and summer evening events.
Warm-weather celebrations: the shoulders are bare.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted bodice with a waist seam and a full skirt.

Length: Below the knee.

Neckline: High halter neck with a sweetheart-shaped cut-out at the front and at the back, finished with interfaced front-and-strap and back facings, clipped at the corners.

Front: Two middle front panels joined by a centre front seam, and side fronts cut in one with the straps; princess seams pressed towards the centre.

Closure: 35 cm concealed zipper in the centre back seam; three buttons on the right strap end and three rouleau loops on the left.

Back: Middle and side back panels with princess seams and a centre back seam.

Skirt: Front skirt cut on the fold and two back skirt panels, pleated at the upper edge; an organza underskirt sewn together with it, trimmed 1.5–2 cm shorter than the dress.

Finishing: Waist seam pressed towards the bodice; hem turned under twice and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. An all-in-one facing for neckline, armholes and straps, narrow rouleau loops, a pleated skirt with an organza underlayer, and a concealed zipper.

Fabric Recommendations

Dense dress fabrics of natural and blended fibres, such as satin, with organza for the underskirt.

Additional Supplies

Organza
Fusible interfacing (front and strap facings, back facings)
35 cm zipper
3 buttons

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
Middle Back – 2 pieces
Side Back – 2 pieces
Middle Front – 2 pieces
Side Front – 2 pieces (cut in one with the strap)
Front And Strap Facing – 2 pieces
Back Facing – 2 pieces
Front Skirt – 1 piece (cut on fold)
Back Skirt – 2 pieces
Bias Tape – 1 piece
From organza:
Front Skirt – 1 piece (cut on fold)
Back Skirt – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing: Front And Strap Facing, Back Facing.

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Front And Strap Facings and the Back Facings.
Stitch the center seam and the princess seams on the front (Middle Front and Side Front). Finish the seam allowances. Press the center seam to the left and the princess seams towards the center.
Stitch the princess seams of the back (Middle Back and Side Back) and the center back seam, leaving the opening for the zipper unstitched. Finish the seams, press the princess seams towards the center.
Stitch the side seams, finish them and press towards the front.
From the Bias Tape, make the narrowest possible rouleau. Cut it into 3 parts and shape each piece into a loop. Baste the loops to the end of the left strap, with the tops of the loops lying on the strap and the ends of the loops on the seam allowance. The size of the loop depends on the button's diameter.
Stitch the center seam of the Front And Strap Facings, then attach the Back Facings to them. Press the seams open. Place the facing and the dress right sides together and stitch the upper back edges from the zipper, the armhole edges, the outer strap edges and the front neckline edges. Trim the seam allowances to 2–3 mm from the stitching, diagonally at the strap ends, and clip the neckline corners perpendicular to the seam, stopping 1 mm from the stitching. Turn the facing to the wrong side, baste and press.
Stitch the side seams of the Front Skirt and Back Skirt in the main fabric and in organza. Place the organza underskirt and the main skirt wrong sides together, align the side seams and treat them as a single layer from now on. Stitch the center back seam from the hem up to the zipper mark. Lay and baste the pleats along the upper edge of the skirt. Stitch the skirt to the bodice. Press the seam towards the bodice and finish it.
Fold up the Back Facing. Press the zipper opening allowances to the wrong side. Insert the zipper so that the teeth are not visible. Fold the facing to the wrong side and sew it to the zipper tape.
Press the hem allowance to the wrong side, turn the raw edge in and topstitch. Trim the organza underskirt so that it is 1.5–2 cm shorter than the dress hem.
Sew the buttons to the end of the right strap to correspond with the loops.