Cowl Halter Neck Full Skirt Dress

Name: Cowl Halter Neck Full Skirt Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5592
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5592

A women's floor-length sundress with a lined, interfaced bodice that has a draped cowl at the front, a single halter strap around the neck and a bare upper back. A raised waist seam joins it to a flared skirt with a centre back seam and an invisible zip. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: fabrics in natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Cowl Halter Neck Full Skirt Dress

When To Wear

Summer weddings, receptions and evening events.
Warm evenings and holidays, with sandals and a light wrap.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Close-fitting bodice to a raised waist seam, then a flared skirt to the floor.

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

Neckline: Draped cowl on the centre front panel, joined to two inner front pieces. One turned-through strap is sewn to the front neckline at one end, taken around the neck and sewn on at the other end after a fitting.

Back: Bodice back in two pieces with a straight top edge below the shoulder blades.

Closure: Invisible zip in the centre back seam, through the bodice and the top of the skirt.

Waist: Raised waist seam, pressed towards the bodice.

Skirt: Flared, cut in one front piece and two back pieces, with a centre back seam below the zip.

Lining: Bodice lined with the same pieces, understitched at the top edge, attached to the zip tape and stitched in the ditch of the waist seam. The main fabric can be used as lining.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. A draped front panel set between shaped pieces, an interfaced and lined bodice, an invisible zip crossing the waist seam, and a strap length fitted on the body.

Fabric Recommendations

Fabrics in natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Lining fabric for the bodice (or the main fabric)
Fusible interfacing (all bodice pieces)
Invisible zip

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:

Back – 2 pieces
Center Front – 1 piece
Inner Front – 2 pieces
Strap – 1 piece
Front Skirt – 1 piece
Back Skirt – 2 pieces

From lining:

Back – 2 pieces
Center Front – 1 piece
Inner Front – 2 pieces

From fusible interfacing:

Center Front – 1 piece
Inner Front – 2 pieces
Back – 2 pieces

Main fabric can be used as lining.

Sewing Instructions

Fuse fusible interfacing to the bodice pieces.
Stitch the inner front pieces to the center front. Overlock the seam allowances and press towards the inner front.
Stitch the back to the front. Overlock the seam allowances and press towards the back.
Stitch the lining pieces in the same way. Overlock the bottom edge of the lining.
Fold each strap lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch 0.5 cm from the fold. Turn the strap right side out and press. Attach one end of the strap to the front neckline. During fitting, adjust the strap length and attach the other end.
Stitch the side seams of the skirt. Overlock the seam allowances and press towards the back. Stitch the center back seam of the back skirt from the zipper notch downwards. Overlock the seam allowances and press open, also pressing the allowances of the zipper opening.
Stitch the bodice to the skirt. Overlock the seam allowances and press towards the bodice. Insert the concealed zipper. Press the seam.
Place the bodice and lining right sides together. Stopping 5 mm short of the zipper edges, fold back the lining and pin it to the upper edge of the dress. Fold the seam allowances along the zipper to the right side of the dress and pin them to the upper edge over the lining. Stitch along the upper edge. Turn the seam allowances along the zipper to the wrong side. Fold the lining up and understitch it to the seam allowance 1-2 mm from the seam. Turn the lining to the wrong side and stitch it to the zipper tape. Press.
Stitch the bottom edge of the lining in the ditch of the bodice-to-skirt seam.
Overlock the bottom edge of the dress, fold under, and topstitch 0.5 cm from the bottom edge.