Stretch Lace Babydoll

Name: Stretch Lace Babydoll
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5788
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5788

A short women's slip with a wrap-effect bodice: the right lace upper front overlaps the left and is stitched down along its scalloped edge in a diagonal line across the front. The lace cups are shaped with darts merged into panel seams, there is a slit in the front, and it hangs from ready-made straps. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: stretch lace with scallops along one edge for the upper front; microfibre for the rest.

Tech. Description

Stretch Lace Babydoll

When To Wear

As a nightie or lingerie piece.
As a slip under sheer dresses.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted bust, slightly flared body.

Length: Short, mid-thigh.

Neckline: V-neck formed by the overlapping lace upper fronts, with the lace scallops as the edge.

Front: Right and left lace upper fronts, two side front panels and one lower front piece. Each cup has a dart stitched together with the panel seam. A front slit is finished with a rolled hem; a small tie sits at the lower end of the diagonal lace edge.

Back: One piece with a straight top edge.

Finishing: Seams sewn with a stretch or narrow zigzag stitch and serged to 0.5 cm. Armholes and the back upper edge finished with a rolled hem and stabilised with 0.5 cm elastic, 10% shorter than the edge. Hem finished with a fine rolled hem.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Stretch lace and microfibre, cup darts combined with panel seams, a lapped scalloped seam and rolled-hem edges.

Fabric Recommendations

Stretch lace with scallops along one edge for the upper front; microfibre for the rest.

Additional Supplies

Elastic, 0.5 cm wide
Ready-made straps

Cutter's Must

From microfiber:

Back – 1 piece
Front side — 2 pieces
Front lower — 1 piece

From lace:

Front upper right - 1 piece
Front upper left - 1 piece

Tip: Cut pieces from elastic fabrics are stitched with a special elastic or narrow zigzag stitch. When serging, trim seam allowances to 0.6 – 0.8 cm.

Sewing Instructions

Stitch the lower of the front to the upper right of the front, serge the seam allowances, trimming them to 0.5 cm.
Stitch the cup of the upper right of the front to the side, serge the seam allowances, trimming them to 0.5 cm.
Stitch the dart on the cup, simultaneously stitching the panel seam, serge the seam allowances, simultaneously trimming the dart depth to 0.5 cm.
Serge the lower edge of the upper left of the front. Place the upper right of the front over the upper left and topstitch along the scallops.
Stitch the cup of the upper left of the front to the side, serge the seam allowances, trimming them to 0.5 cm.
Stitch the dart on the cup, simultaneously stitching the panel seam to the mark, serge the seam allowances, trimming them to 0.5 cm.
Serge the edges of the slit with a rolled hem, trimming the allowance.
Stitch the side edges, serge the seam allowances, trimming them to 0.5 cm.
Serge the armhole edges and the upper edge of the back with a rolled hem. To prevent stretching, topstitch an elastic trim strip with a zigzag stitch along this edge on the wrong side, stretching it slightly. The trim strip should be 10% shorter than the piece.
Serge the lower edge of the garment with a thin rolled hem.
Sew on the shoulder straps.