V-Neck Wrap Maxi Tiered Flounce Dress

Name: V-Neck Wrap Maxi Tiered Flounce Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5586
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5586

This elegant women's maxi dress pattern features a sophisticated V-neck wrap bodice and a gracefully flowing tiered flounce skirt. Its refined elegance makes it suitable for formal evenings, weddings, and cocktail parties. The pattern allows you to create a beautiful garment to your own measurements or in standard sizes, using lightweight, drapey fabrics for optimal movement.

Tech. Description

V-Neck Wrap Maxi Tiered Flounce Dress

Introducing an elegant women's maxi dress pattern featuring a sophisticated V-neck wrap bodice and a gracefully flowing tiered flounce skirt.

When To Wear

This dress exudes refined elegance, making it perfect for:

Formal Evenings: Its flowing silhouette and tiered skirt are ideal for galas and sophisticated dinners.
Weddings & Celebrations: a stylish choice for guests attending special ceremonies and receptions.
Cocktail Parties: Offers a comfortable yet glamorous option for social gatherings.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: a flattering maxi-length silhouette with a fitted bodice flowing into a voluminous, tiered skirt.

Neckline: a chic deep V-neckline created by a flattering wrap-style bodice.

Bodice: Features a sophisticated wrap bodice design, offering an elegant drape and comfortable fit.

Sleeves: Sleeveless design with clean-finished armholes for a polished look.

Waist: a defined waistline where the bodice joins the tiered skirt, creating an elongated silhouette.

Skirt: a magnificent full-length skirt constructed from five gracefully tiered flounces, providing beautiful movement and volume.

Back: Features a subtly curved back neckline and a discreet center back seam with an invisible zipper closure.

Closure: An invisible zipper neatly placed in the center back seam ensures a smooth finish.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Involves techniques such as darts, invisible zipper insertion, finishing edges with bias tape, and assembling multiple gathered skirt tiers.

Fabric Recommendations

Select lightweight, drapey fabrics to achieve the desired flow and movement:

Fabrics made from natural or blended fibers

Additional Supplies

Invisible zipper
Bias tape
Lining fabric

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:

Back – 2 pieces
Front – 2 pieces
First skirt flounce – 1 piece
Second skirt flounce – 1 piece
Third skirt flounce – 1 piece
Fourth skirt flounce – 1 piece
Fifth skirt flounce – 1 piece

From lining fabric:

Skirt lining – 1 piece

Tip: The bodice of the dress can be finished with lining.

Sewing Instructions

Mark and stitch the waist darts on the front and back. Press the darts on the front towards the center front, and on the back towards the center back.
Mark and stitch the bust dart on the front. Trim the bulk and overlock. At the edge of the wrap opening on the front, create the bust dart as a soft pleat. The dart ends can be secured with a stitch 0.5 cm from the side seam.
Overlock the center back seam. Stitch the center back seam up to the notch for the zipper. Press open the center back seam, pressing the zipper opening, and insert the zipper.
Stitch the shoulder seams of the dress, overlock, and press towards the back.
Press the bias binding in half lengthwise and finish the neckline and armholes. Fold under the ends of the bias binding at the back and secure by hand.
Stitch the side seams of the dress, aligning the notches and forming the wrap. Overlock the side seams of the dress, and press them towards the back.
Stitch each flounce and the skirt lining into a circle. Overlock the seam and press.
Join the third, fourth, and fifth flounces together. Stitch with loosely tensioned stitches and gather.
Attach the third, fourth, and fifth flounces to the skirt lining. Overlock the seam and press upwards.
Join the first and second flounces and the skirt lining together.
Stitch the bodice and the skirt. Overlock the seam and press upwards.
Overlock the lower edge of each flounce, fold to the wrong side, press, and topstitch.

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V-Neck Wrap Maxi Tiered Flounce Dress

When To Wear

Key Design Features

Level Of Difficulty

Fabric Recommendations

Additional Supplies

Cutter's Must

Sewing Instructions

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