Crossover V-Neck Gathered Maxi Dress

Name: Crossover V-Neck Gathered Maxi Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5584
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5584

A women's sleeveless floor-length dress with crossover panels front and back that form a V at both the front and the back, run over the shoulders as wide straps and are gathered into a double interfaced waist yoke. The skirt is cut in one piece and laid in one-way pleats. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: fabrics in natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Crossover V-Neck Gathered Maxi Dress

When To Wear

Summer weddings, parties and evening events.
Holidays and warm days, with flat sandals.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Gathered bodice, close-fitting yoke at the waist, then a pleated skirt to the floor.

Length: Floor length; hem overlocked, turned up and topstitched 0.5 cm from the edge.

Neckline: Crossover V at the front and at the back; each upper front piece is joined at the shoulder to an upper back piece, and the straight inner edges are bound with bias binding.

Sleeves: Sleeveless; armhole edges cut without seam allowance and bound with bias binding, ends finished by hand.

Waist: Yoke cut double at the front and at the back, one layer interfaced; the upper pieces are gathered from the notch to the side seam and stitched between the yoke layers.

Skirt: One piece with one-way pleats; joined to the yoke with the seam pressed up and topstitched 1 mm from the seam.

Closure: Invisible zip in the left side seam.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Gathered crossover panels caught between two yoke layers, bias-bound edges, a pleated skirt and an invisible zip through the yoke.

Fabric Recommendations

Fabrics in natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Invisible zip
Fusible interfacing (one layer of each yoke)
Bias binding

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:

Upper Back – 2 pieces
Back Yoke – 2 pieces
Upper Front – 2 pieces
Front Yoke – 2 pieces
Skirt – 1 piece

From fusible interfacing:

Back Yoke – 1 piece
Front Yoke – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to one Back Yoke and one Front Yoke piece.
Stitch the shoulder seams of the matching Upper Back and Upper Front pieces. Overlock the seams and press them toward the back.
Finish the inner (straight) edges of the Upper Back and Upper Front with bias binding. Leave the edge running from the side seam to the shoulder (armhole edge) unfinished for now.
Sew a row of long, loose gathering stitches 0.5 cm from the edge along the lower edges of the Upper Back and Upper Front. Gather from the notch to the side seam.
Place the Front Yoke pieces right sides together. Sandwich the Upper Front pieces between them, matching the notches, so that the right side of the Upper Front faces the right side of the interfaced yoke piece. Stitch through all layers in one seam. Overlock the seam, turn right side out, and press. Join the Back Yoke and Upper Back in the same way. From now on, treat each yoke as a single layer.
Stitch the right side seam. Overlock and press the seam open.
Mark and fold the one-way pleats on the Skirt.
Place the lower edge of the yokes and the upper edge of the Skirt right sides together. Stitch, overlock, and press the seam upward. Topstitch 1 mm from the seam.
Stitch the left side seam, leaving the zipper opening unstitched down to the notch. Overlock and press the seams open, also pressing the allowances of the zipper opening. Insert the zipper.
Finish the remaining open (armhole) edges of the back and front with bias binding. Secure the ends of the bias binding by hand. Press.
Overlock the lower edge of the dress, fold up, and topstitch 0.5 cm from the lower edge.