Strappy Dress with Cascading Flounce and Slit

Sewing Instructions

1. Stitch the darts on the FRONT PANEL.
2. Finish the straight short and long curved sides of the FLOUNCE with a "French seam": fold the edge to the wrong side by 1cm and topstitch 1mm from the fold. Trim the SEAM ALLOWANCE to 1mm from the stitching, fold again as narrowly as possible, and topstitch into the seam.
3. Stitch the center front seam, inserting the FLOUNCE between the pieces, with the wide side facing up. Clip the SEAM ALLOWANCE perpendicular to the seam. Stitch the princess seams on the BACK PANEL and FRONT PANEL, the side seams, and the center back seam down from the mark.
4. Press the SEAM ALLOWANCES for the closure to the wrong side. Place the ZIPPER under the edges of the opening and stitch so that the teeth are not visible.
5. Press the SEAM ALLOWANCE of the opening to the wrong side and topstitch.
6. Fold the TRIMS and straps lengthwise in the middle with right sides out and press. Unfold the strip, fold the raw edges to the fold on the wrong side, and fold the strip along this fold. Trim the SEAM ALLOWANCE along the top of the dress to 0.5 cm. Insert the neckline edge into the finished neckline TRIM and topstitch 1 mm from the lower fold. Finish the upper back edge and armholes in the same way.
7. Topstitch the straps. Sew the front ends under the corners of the FRONT PANEL. Put on the dress, adjust the length of the straps, and sew the back ends to the BACK PANEL.
8. Finish the hem of the dress with a 1 cm wide turned-under seam.