Cascading Ruffle Gown

Name: Cascading Ruffle Gown
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5534
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5534

A women's maxi slip dress on thin straps, cut in panels with princess seams, a centre front and a centre back seam. Four gores with cascading flounces are set into the lower centre front, centre back and side seams, the hem is asymmetric, and a ruffle edges the V-neckline and armholes. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Cascading Ruffle Gown

When To Wear

Evening events, parties and summer weddings.
Warm-weather evenings, with sandals or heeled shoes.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Close-fitting through the bust, waist and hips, flaring towards the hem where the gores are inserted.

Length: Maxi, with an asymmetric hem that drops lower on one side; all hem edges finished with a narrow rolled hem.

Neckline: V-neckline at the front and back, edged together with the armholes by a ruffle cut in several pieces and joined into one strip. The ruffle seam is overlocked and topstitched onto the dress 0.2 cm from the seam. Narrow turned-through straps, cut as strips, are sewn to the front neckline; the back ends are attached after a fitting to set the length.

Front: Cut as separate right and left centre and side panels, with princess seams pressed towards the centre.

Skirt: Four gores, one in the centre front seam, one in the centre back seam and one in each side seam. Each gore carries its own flounce, basted to it along the side edges so that the flounce falls in a cascade down the gore.

Back: Centre back seam with an invisible zip, princess seams pressed towards the centre.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Asymmetric right and left panels, setting gores together with their flounces into the seams, an invisible zip, narrow rolled hems on curved edges and a ruffle applied to the neckline and armholes.

Fabric Recommendations

Fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Invisible zip

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
1. Center Right Back – 1 piece
2. Center Left Back – 1 piece
3. Side Right Back – 1 piece
4. Side Left Back – 1 piece
5. Side Right Front – 1 piece
6. Center Right Front – 1 piece
7. Center Left Front – 1 piece
8. Side Left Front – 1 piece
9. Gore – 4 pieces
10. Gore Flounce – 4 pieces
11. Flounce – 4 pieces
Straps – 2 strips, cut to length (no pattern piece)

Sewing Instructions

Finish the lower edges of the gore flounces, gores and dress pieces with a narrow rolled hem.
Align and baste the side edges of each gore and its gore flounce together.
Stitch the gore to the center right front; overlock the seam up to 4 cm above the notch. Stitch the center front seam together with the side edge of the gore. Overlock the center seam and the side edge of the gore. Press the center front seam, pressing the gore as well. Remove the basting threads.
Stitch the princess seams on the front and back. Overlock the princess seams; press the front princess seams towards the center front and the back princess seams towards the center back.
Stitch the gore to the center left back and overlock the seam. Overlock the center edge of the center left back together with the gore, and the center edge of the center right back. Stitch the center back seam and the side edge of the gore up to the zipper notch. Press the center back seam open, pressing the zipper opening allowances. Remove the basting threads. Insert the invisible zipper.
Stitch the gore to the side back; overlock the seam up to 4 cm above the notch. Stitch the side seams together with the side edge of the gore. Remove the basting threads. Press the side seams of the dress.
Overlock, stitch, and press open the shoulder seams of the dress.
Cut the straps. Fold each strap lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch 0.5 cm from the fold. Turn the strap right side out and press. Sew the strap to the front neckline.
Try on the dress, adjust the strap length, and sew the back end to the back.
Cut the flounce pieces along the marked line and join them into one continuous strip of the required length. Finish the edge of the flounce with a narrow rolled hem.
Stitch the flounce to the neckline and armhole edges. Overlock the seam and topstitch the allowance onto the dress 0.2 cm from the seam.