Column Maxi Dress with Standing V-Neck

Name: Column Maxi Dress with Standing V-Neck
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5588
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5588

A women's floor-length column dress with princess seams front and back, a shaped band along the top edge and a wide halter band that rises from the front and stands around the neck, leaving the shoulders and upper back bare. The centre front seam is left open as a narrow V at the neckline and as a slit at the hem. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: fabrics in natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Column Maxi Dress with Standing V-Neck

When To Wear

Evening receptions, formal dinners and gala events.
Summer evenings, with a wrap or a short jacket over the shoulders.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Close-fitting column, straight from the hip to the hem.

Length: Floor length with a slit at the centre front hem; 1.5 cm hem allowance, overlocked, turned up and topstitched.

Neckline: Halter band cut double, one layer interfaced, stitched along both edges and turned; it is caught between the layers of the front facing band and stands around the neck. A narrow V-shaped slit opens the centre front seam below the band.

Front: Centre front and side front panels with a centre front seam stitched between the notches; a shaped band runs across the top edge.

Back: Straight top edge finished with the band below the shoulder blades; centre back and side back panels.

Closure: Invisible zip in the centre back seam.

Finishing: The top band is a double interfaced facing, joined at the side seams and stitched to the dress; its inner layer is turned under and stitched to the zip allowances. Princess seams pressed towards the centre.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. A double faced band with the halter caught between its layers, open sections in the centre front seam, long princess seams and an invisible zip.

Fabric Recommendations

Fabrics in natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Invisible zip
Fusible interfacing (band facings, halter band)

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:

Center Back – 2 pieces
Side Back – 2 pieces
Center Front – 2 pieces
Side Front – 2 pieces
Front Facing – 4 pieces
Back Facing – 4 pieces
Strap – 2 pieces

From fusible interfacing:

Back Facing – 2 pieces
Front Facing – 2 pieces
Strap – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

Fuse fusible interfacing to 1 Strap piece and to 2 pieces each of the Back Facing and Front Facing.
Stitch the two Strap pieces together along the outer and inner edges, clip the seam allowances, turn the Strap right side out, and press.
Stitch the Back Facing and Front Facing together at the side seams. Press the seams open. Place the facings right sides together, inserting the Strap between them so that the interfaced side of the Strap lies against the interfaced side of the facing. Stitch the facings on two sides: along the short edge of the Front Facing and then along the upper edge of the facings. Turn right side out and press.
Stitch the princess seams on the front and back. Serge and press towards the center.
Serge the center front edges. Stitch the center front seam between the notches. Press the seam open, pressing the slit allowances to the wrong side.
Stitch the side seams. Serge the seams and press towards the back.
Stitch the outer side of the facing to the upper edge of the dress. Press the seam towards the facing. Stitch the center back seam up to the zipper notch. Press the seam open, pressing the slit allowances. Insert the invisible zipper into the center back seam.
Fold under the open edge of the facing and stitch it to the seam allowances of the dress along the zipper. Press the seam.
Serge the lower edge of the dress, fold it up, and topstitch 1.5 cm from the lower edge.