Elbow Sleeve Square Neck Button Front Dress

Name: Elbow Sleeve Square Neck Button Front Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5462
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5462

A women's fitted denim dress with princess seams on the front and back, a button front on a cut-on placket and elbow-length sleeves with cuffs. The sleeve tops form part of the wide neckline and are gathered with elastic. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: denim.

Tech. Description

Elbow Sleeve Square Neck Button Front Dress

When To Wear

Spring and summer day wear, with sandals, trainers or flat shoes.
Office or town in cooler weather, with a cardigan or jacket and tights.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted sheath without a waist seam, shaped by princess seams pressed towards the centre.

Length: Knee length.

Neckline: Wide and low across the front and back; the neck edge and the sleeve tops are overlocked, turned to the wrong side and topstitched 1–1.5 cm from the edge, enclosing the elastic over the sleeves.

Sleeves: Elbow length, with seams running up to the neckline. The upper edge of each sleeve is gathered by elastic fixed at the sleeve seams with a 0.5 cm bartack. Two-layer cuff, topstitched 0.5 cm from the attaching seam.

Closure: Centre front buttoning on cut-on plackets: buttonholes on the right front, 10 buttons on the left.

Back: Centre back seam and princess seams.

Finishing: Overlocked seams; 2 cm hem turned and topstitched 0.5 cm from the edge.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Princess seams in denim, a cut-on placket with turned ends, ten buttonholes, cuffs and an elastic-gathered neckline.

Fabric Recommendations

Denim.

Additional Supplies

10 buttons
Elastic tape

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
Sleeve – 2 pieces
Center Back – 2 pieces
Side Back – 2 pieces
Center Front – 2 pieces
Side Front – 2 pieces
Cuff – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Stitch the Side Front pieces to the Center Front pieces and the Side Back pieces to the Center Back pieces (princess seams). Overlock the seams and press them towards the center.
Stitch the center back seam. Overlock the seam and press it towards the right half of the back.
Stitch and overlock the side seams of the dress.
Stitch the sleeve seam. Overlock and press the seam. Fold each Cuff right sides together and stitch the ends. Trim the seam allowances at the corners and turn right side out. Press the cuffs. Stitch the cuff to the lower edge of the sleeve. Overlock the seam allowances of the sleeve and cuff together, press them towards the sleeve and topstitch 0.5 cm from the seam.
Set the sleeves into the armholes and overlock the attaching seam.
Overlock the neckline edges of the front and back, the outer edge of the cut-on placket on the Center Fronts, and the upper edge of the sleeves.
Fold the cut-on placket right sides together and stitch across its upper and lower ends. Trim the seam allowances at the corners and turn the placket right side out. Lay the elastic along the upper edge of the sleeve and secure its ends to the armhole seams with a 0.5 cm bartack. Fold the neckline seam allowance of the front and back and the upper edge of the sleeve to the wrong side of the dress; topstitch at a distance of 1-1.5 cm from the edge. On the right front, mark and make the buttonholes. On the left front, mark and sew on the buttons.
Overlock the lower edge of the dress and fold to the wrong side. Press and topstitch at a distance of 0.5 cm from the edge.