Criss-Cross Strap V-Neck Maxi Dress

Name: Criss-Cross Strap V-Neck Maxi Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5593
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5593

A women's floor-length sundress with a raised waist seam, a lined and fully interfaced bodice pieced into a deep V at the front, and narrow straps that cross behind the neck and are sewn to the back. The flared skirt is cut in a front and a back piece. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: fabrics in natural or blended fibres, with a contrast fabric for trimming.

Tech. Description

Criss-Cross Strap V-Neck Maxi Dress

When To Wear

Summer weddings, receptions and evening events.
Holidays and warm evenings, with flat sandals or heels 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: V-shaped front: a centre front panel framed by narrow middle front panels, side front panels and front facing bands seamed on the outside; the back has a straight top edge with a back facing band seamed on.

Back: One-piece back bodice; the shoulders and upper back are left bare.

Closure: Invisible zip in the left side seam, running through the bodice and the top of the skirt.

Waist: Raised waist seam, pressed towards the bodice.

Skirt: Flared, front and back pieces joined at the side seams.

Finishing: Two narrow turned-through straps, sewn to the front neckline, crossed behind the neck and attached to the back after a fitting.

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

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. A pieced V-front bodice with narrow panels, interfacing on all bodice pieces, an invisible zip crossing the waist seam, and a lined bodice with straps fitted on the body.

Fabric Recommendations

Fabrics in natural or blended fibres, with a contrast fabric for trimming.

Additional Supplies

Contrast trim fabric
Lining fabric for the bodice (or the main fabric)
Fusible interfacing (all bodice pieces and facings)
Invisible zip

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
Back – 1 piece
Center Front – 1 piece
Middle Front – 2 pieces
Side Front – 2 pieces
Back Facing – 1 piece
Front Facing – 2 pieces
Front Skirt – 1 piece
Back Skirt – 1 piece
Strap – 2 pieces
From lining:
Back – 1 piece
Center Front – 1 piece
Middle Front – 2 pieces
Side Front – 2 pieces
Back Facing – 1 piece
Front Facing – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
Back – 1 piece
Center Front – 1 piece
Middle Front – 2 pieces
Side Front – 2 pieces
Back Facing – 1 piece
Front Facing – 2 pieces

Main fabric can be used as lining.

Note: This style features a raised waistline.

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the bodice pieces.
Stitch the Side Front to the Middle Front. Overlock the seam allowances and press towards the Middle Front. Stitch the Front Facing to these pieces. Overlock the seam allowances and press towards the facing.
Stitch the Center Front to the Middle Front pieces. Overlock the seam allowances and press towards the Middle Front.
Stitch the Back Facing to the Back. Overlock the seam allowances and press towards the facing.
Fold each Strap lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch 0.5 cm from the fold. Turn the straps right side out and press. Sew the straps to the neckline of the front.
Stitch the front lining pieces together and the back lining pieces together. Overlock the seam allowances and press. Stitch the right side seam on the lining. Overlock the seam allowances and press. Overlock the bottom edge of the lining.
Stitch the side seams of the skirt, leaving an opening for the zipper in the left seam. Overlock the seam allowances and press open, pressing the zipper opening allowances.
Stitch the right side seam of the bodice.
Stitch the bodice to the skirt. Overlock the seam allowances and press towards the bodice. Insert the zipper. Press the seam.
Try on the sundress, adjust the length of the straps. Sew the straps to the back.
Place the bodice and lining right sides together. Stopping 5 mm short of the zipper edges, fold back the lining and pin to the upper edge of the dress. On the right side of the dress, fold back the seam allowances along the zipper and pin to the upper edge over the lining. Stitch the upper edges. Fold the allowances along the zipper to the wrong side. Fold the lining up and topstitch onto the seam allowance 1-2 mm from the seam. Fold the lining to the wrong side and attach it to the zipper tape. Press the pieces.
Topstitch the bottom edge of the lining into the seam joining the bodice and the skirt.
Overlock the bottom edge of the sundress, fold up, and topstitch 0.5 cm from the bottom edge.