Sleeveless Panelled Dress

Name: Sleeveless Panelled Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5678
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5678

A sleeveless, close-fitting women's dress below the knee, with a scoop neckline cut with a small notch at the centre front, a pointed middle panel under the bust, and front and back skirts each made of three panels joined by asymmetric, partly curved seams. Concealed zip in the left side seam. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Sleeveless Panelled Dress

When To Wear

Office and daytime wear in spring and summer.
Dinners and evening events, in a plain fabric that shows the seam lines.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted bodice and a narrow skirt that releases a little flare at the hem through the curved panel seams.

Length: Below the knee.

Neckline: Scoop neckline with wide shoulder straps and a small V-shaped notch at the centre front, finished with a darted, faced corner.

Sleeves: Sleeveless; armholes and neckline finished with an all-in-one facing, understitched 0.2 cm from the seam.

Front: Upper front in two halves with darts and a centre front seam, joined to a two-part middle front panel that ends in a point below the bust. The bodice-to-skirt seam is pressed upwards and topstitched.

Skirt: Front and back skirts each cut as a middle panel and two different side panels (left and right), so the seam lines are asymmetric.

Back: Upper back with a centre back seam and darts, joined to the back skirt along a seam that dips to a point at the centre.

Closure: Concealed zip in the left side seam; the facing edges are stitched to the zip allowances.

Finishing: 3 cm hem turned up and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Advanced. Matching pointed and curved panel seams, a faced neckline notch with a clipped corner, asymmetric left and right pieces and a concealed side zip.

Fabric Recommendations

Fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Concealed zip for the left side seam

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
1. Upper Back – 2 pieces
2. Side Right Back Skirt – 1 piece
3. Middle Back Skirt – 1 piece
4. Side Left Back Skirt – 1 piece
5. Upper Front – 2 pieces
6. Middle Front – 2 pieces
7. Side Right Front Skirt – 1 piece
8. Middle Front Skirt – 1 piece
9. Side Left Front Skirt – 1 piece
10. Back Facing – 2 pieces
11. Front Facing – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Stitch the darts on the Upper Back and Upper Front pieces. On the back, press them towards the center; on the front, press them downwards.
Attach the Middle Front to the Upper Front. Overlock the seam and press it downwards.
Stitch the darts on the Front Facing and press them downwards. Place the Front Facing on the Upper Front, right sides together, and stitch the neckline corner and the neckline from the dart upwards, stopping a few centimeters short of the shoulder seam. Clip the corner and turn to the right side.
Stitch the center front seam from the dart downwards and press it open. Stitch the center seam of the Front Facing and press it open.
Attach the Side Left Front Skirt to the Middle Front Skirt. Overlock the seam and press it towards the side panel. Attach the Side Right Front Skirt to the Middle Front Skirt. Overlock the seam and press it towards the side panel.
Attach the front bodice to the front skirt panels. Overlock the seam, press it upwards and topstitch.
Stitch the center back seam of the Upper Back pieces. Press the seam to the left side and overlock.
Attach the Side Left Back Skirt to the Middle Back Skirt. Overlock the seam and press it towards the side panel. Attach the Side Right Back Skirt to the Middle Back Skirt. Overlock the seam and press it towards the side panel.
Attach the Upper Back to the back skirt panels. Overlock the seam and press it upwards.
Stitch the left side seam from the zipper mark downwards. Press the seam open, pressing the allowances of the zipper opening, and overlock. Place the zipper under the opening and stitch it in.
Stitch the right side seam and the shoulder seams. Press the shoulder seams open; press the side seam towards the back and overlock.
Stitch the side and shoulder seams of the Front Facing and Back Facing pieces and press them open. Place the facings on the dress, right sides together, and stitch the back neckline and the unstitched section of the front neckline. Stitch the armholes in two steps: first the upper part of the armhole, then the lower part. Understitch the seam allowances to the facing 0.2 cm from the seam. Turn the facing to the wrong side and press. Stitch the facing edges at the left side to the zipper allowances.
Press the hem allowance to the wrong side, fold under and topstitch.