Wedding Dress with a Train
Introducing a stunning women's sewing pattern for a high-low wedding dress featuring a fitted bodice, full gathered skirt with a dramatic train, and delicate decorative embellishments.
When To Wear
This dress is designed for elegant and memorable occasions, making it a perfect choice for:
- Weddings & Bridal Events: As a unique and sophisticated bridal gown or for related celebrations.
- Formal Galas & Evening Soirées: For making a grand entrance at high-end social gatherings.
- Proms & Special Celebrations: A luxurious choice for milestone events requiring a show-stopping outfit.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: A fitted, fully lined bodice flares into a voluminous gathered skirt with a dramatic high-low hem and a sweeping train at the back.
Neckline: A wide, softly rounded neckline at the front and a lower V-shaped neckline at the back.
Sleeves: A sleeveless design, with shoulders adorned with decorative flowers.
Back: The V-shaped back neckline provides an elegant contrast to the higher front neckline.
Closure: A concealed zipper at the center back.
Waist: A natural waistline seam with soft gathers, accented with decorative trim.
Hem: The high-low hemline is shorter at the front and extends into a train at the back, edged with rhinestone trim.
Embellishments: Decorative flowers accent the shoulders, complemented by rhinestone trim along the neckline, waistline, and hem.
Level Of Difficulty
Advanced. Requires confident sewing skills, including working with multiple fabric layers, precise gathering, concealed zipper insertion, and applying decorative trims and embellishments.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose luxurious fabrics with good body and drape to achieve the desired silhouette and opulent feel:
- Brocade or other fancy fabrics with a printed pattern
- Dressy, dense, silky, and draping fabrics
- Satin (for skirt underlayer)
- Chiffon (for skirt overlay)
Additional Supplies
- Lining fabric (for bodice and skirt)
- Dense, soft fusible interfacing (for the bodice lining)
- Thin decorative trim with rhinestones (for neckline, waist, and hem)
- Decorative flowers (for shoulders)
- Zipper
Fabric & Materials
Recommended fabrics: fancy fabric with a printed pattern; dressy, dense, silk, draping fabrics. You will need: brocade 150 cm wide; satin; chiffon; lining fabric; dense, soft fusible interfacing; thin decorative trim with rhinestones; decorative flowers; zipper.
Cutter's Must
- From brocade:
- Back – 2 pieces
- Front – 1 piece (cut on fold)
- Back Skirt – 2 pieces
- Front Skirt – 1 piece (cut on fold)
- From satin:
- Back Skirt – 2 pieces
- Front Skirt – 1 piece (cut on fold)
- From chiffon:
- Back Skirt – 2 pieces
- Front Skirt – 1 piece (cut on fold)
- From lining:
- Back – 2 pieces
- Front – 1 piece (cut on fold)
- Back Skirt – 2 pieces
- Front Skirt – 1 piece (cut on fold)
- From fusible interfacing: Back and Front lining pieces.
Sewing Instructions
- Stitch the darts on the Front and the side seams of the bodice, in both the main fabric and the lining.
- Place the lining on the bodice, right sides together, and stitch along the neckline and armholes, starting and ending exactly at the shoulder seam lines. Trim the seam allowances close to the stitching and turn the bodice right side out. Stitch the shoulder seams of the main-fabric bodice. Turn under the shoulder edges of the lining so they meet edge to edge and sew them together.
- Place the chiffon Back Skirt and Front Skirt pieces, wrong side down, on the right side of the satin skirt pieces, baste them together along the edges and treat them as one layer from here on. On the main-fabric and lining skirts, stitch the side seams and center back seams, leaving the top of the center back seam open for the zipper. Gather each skirt along the upper edge to the length of the bodice lower edge and stitch it to the bodice (main skirt to bodice, lining skirt to bodice lining). Press the waist seam allowance toward the bodice.
- Press the edges of the zipper opening. Place the zipper under the opening so that the teeth are not visible and stitch, turning under the ends of the zipper tape at the top.
- Hem the dress and the lining with a 1 cm turned hem so that the lining is 2 cm shorter than the dress.
- Sew the decorative trim along the neckline edge, along the waist seam and along the hem of the dress. Attach the decorative flowers at the shoulder seams.
