Front Zip Stand Collar Dress

Name: Front Zip Stand Collar Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5590
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5590

A women's knee-length dress with a close-fitting bodice to the low hip, a stand collar and a centre front zip running from the top of the collar to the hip seam. Rectangular insets with squared corners are set into the front and back bodice; short set-in sleeves; a flared skirt. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: fabrics in natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Front Zip Stand Collar Dress

When To Wear

Office and daytime wear in spring and summer.
Family occasions and outings, with flat shoes or low heels.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Close-fitting bodice to a dropped waist seam at the hip, then a flared skirt.

Length: Around the knee; 1.5 cm hem allowance, overlocked, turned up and topstitched.

Collar: Stand collar in two layers, the outer one interfaced; the zip is caught between the layers and the inner layer is topstitched along the neckline seam.

Sleeves: Short, set-in, hem turned up 1 cm and topstitched.

Closure: Centre front zip from the top of the collar to the hip seam; the drawing shows the teeth visible.

Front: Two fronts, each with a rectangular inset along the centre front; the seams are clipped at the corners and pressed onto the insets.

Back: Centre back seam and a matching pair of rectangular insets.

Skirt: Flared, cut in a front and a back piece; it can be made double for extra shape.

Finishing: Seams overlocked; shoulder and side seams pressed towards the back, armhole seams towards the sleeve, hip seam towards the skirt.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Insets with clipped inner corners, a stand collar with the zip caught between its layers, and set-in sleeves.

Fabric Recommendations

Fabrics in natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Zip for the centre front
Fusible interfacing (collar)

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:

Back – 2 pieces
Back Inset – 2 pieces
Front – 2 pieces
Front Inset – 2 pieces
Front Skirt – 1 piece
Back Skirt – 1 piece
Collar – 2 pieces
Sleeve – 2 pieces

From fusible interfacing:

Collar – 1 piece

Tip: To add shape, the skirt can be made double-layered.

Sewing Instructions

Fuse one collar piece with fusible interfacing.
Stitch the front and front inset together. Clip the seam at the corners, serge, and press towards the inset.
Stitch the back and back inset together. Clip the seam at the corners, serge, and press towards the inset. Stitch the center back seam. Serge the seam and press open.
Stitch the shoulder seams. Serge the seams and press towards the back.
Stitch the two collar pieces together along the upper edge. Turn the collar right side out and press. Turn under the lower edge of the under collar by 1 cm and press. Stitch the upper collar to the neckline. Clip the seam and press towards the collar. Insert the zipper into the center front edges of the fronts, catching it between the two collar layers at the same time. Topstitch the turned-under edge of the under collar along the neckline seam.
Stitch the side seams, serge, and press towards the back.
Stitch the sleeve seams, serge, and press open. Serge the sleeve hem, turn under by 1 cm, and topstitch.
Set the sleeves into the armholes. Serge the seam and press towards the sleeve.
Stitch the front skirt and back skirt together at the side seams. Serge the seams and press towards the back.
Stitch the bodice to the skirt. Serge the seam and press towards the skirt.
Serge the bottom edge of the dress, turn under, and topstitch 1.5 cm from the bottom edge.