Decorative Bias Tape Bodice Dress

Name: Decorative Bias Tape Bodice Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5433
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5433

A women's sleeveless, knee-length sheath dress for knit fabric. The front bodice is covered with rows of folded contrast bias binding that curve and cross over the bust, with a teardrop cut-out below the neckline; a zip and a slit in the centre back seam. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: knit fabric of natural or synthetic fibres.

Tech. Description

Decorative Bias Tape Bodice Dress

When To Wear

To the office with a jacket or cardigan.
For daytime celebrations, dinners and evenings out, in summer or with tights in the cooler months.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Close-fitting sheath with bust darts.

Length: Knee length, with a 3 cm hem.

Neckline: Round neckline bound with bias binding. Below it, a teardrop-shaped cut-out on the upper front, also bound.

Sleeves: Sleeveless; armholes bound with bias binding.

Front: Three pieces: a centre front with a shaped, bound upper edge and a bound lower edge, topstitched over the upper front and the lower front. Folded bias binding is topstitched along marked lines on all three pieces, forming the curved, crossing stripes.

Back: Two centre back pieces with a centre back seam, a zip at the top and a topstitched slit at the hem.

Finishing: Shoulder and side seams overlocked and pressed towards the back. Seams stitched with a narrow zigzag or a stretch stitch; hem overlocked and topstitched with a twin needle.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Accurate placement of many rows of bias binding along marked lines, layered front pieces, a bound teardrop cut-out, a zip and a slit in knit fabric.

Fabric Recommendations

Knit fabric of natural or synthetic fibres.

Additional Supplies

Zip
Bias binding in a contrasting colour

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
Center Back – 2 pieces
Center Front – 1 piece
Upper Front – 1 piece
Lower Front – 1 piece

Tip: To ensure the material remains stretchy in the areas of finished seams, stitch the cut pieces with a narrow zigzag or a special stretch stitch. To keep the lower edge stretchy, the hem should be overlocked with a serger stitch, and then stitched using a twin needle. The same applies to finishing other edges of the garment that should not lose elasticity. These recommendations do not apply to industrial production.

Sewing Instructions

Mark the bias binding stitching lines on the Center Front, Lower Front and Upper Front.
Mark and stitch the bust darts. Press the bust darts.
Fold the bias binding in half, press, and topstitch along the markings on the Center Front, Lower Front and Upper Front.
Bind the lower edge and the decorative upper edge of the Center Front with bias binding.
Finish the decorative teardrop-shaped cutout on the Upper Front with bias binding.
Overlock the upper edge of the Lower Front and the lower edge of the Upper Front.
Place the Lower Front under the Center Front and topstitch. Place the Upper Front under the Center Front and topstitch.
Finish the armhole edges of the front and back with bias binding.
Overlock the center back edges of the Center Back pieces. Stitch the center back seam, leaving openings for the zipper and the lower slit. Press the center back seam open, pressing the opening allowances, and insert the zipper. Topstitch along the edge of the lower slit.
Finish the neckline edges of the front and back with bias binding.
Stitch the shoulder seams. Overlock the shoulder seams of the dress and press towards the back.
Stitch the side seams of the front and back. Overlock the side seams of the dress and press towards the back.
Overlock, fold, and topstitch the bottom hem of the garment.