Straight Neckline Sheath Dress

Name: Straight Neckline Sheath Dress
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5884
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5884

A sleeveless women's sheath dress with a straight front neckline, straps cut in one with the upper back, a gathered upper front set into a waist yoke and a panelled lower part. Invisible zip and slit in the centre back seam; fully lined. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: lightweight suiting fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Straight Neckline Sheath Dress

When To Wear

At the office, on its own in summer or over a fine blouse or top.
For daytime events and dinners, with a jacket in cooler weather.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted sheath with a wide yoke at the waist.

Length: Around the knee.

Neckline: Straight across the front. The upper back continues over the shoulders as straps, which are caught into the front neckline seam between the dress and its lining.

Sleeves: Sleeveless; armholes faced with the lining.

Front: Upper front gathered between the notches into a one-piece front yoke. The lower front is made of a centre panel and two side panels.

Back: Upper back with darts, pressed towards the centre, joined to a back yoke. The lower back has centre and side panels. Centre back seam with an invisible zip at the top and a slit at the hem.

Finishing: Hem allowance 2 cm, overlocked, pressed up and finished with blind stitches.

Lining: Full lining cut from the dress pattern pieces, 5 cm shorter than the dress, attached at the neckline, armholes and zip; its hem is turned under twice by 1 cm and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. An invisible zip with the lining finished against it, a neckline and armholes faced with the lining, straps set in between the layers, and gathers matched to a yoke.

Fabric Recommendations

Lightweight suiting fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Lining fabric
Invisible zip

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
Upper Front – 1 piece
Front Yoke – 1 piece
Middle Lower Front – 1 piece
Lower Side Front – 2 pieces
Upper Back – 2 pieces
Back Yoke – 2 pieces
Lower Middle Back – 2 pieces
Lower Side Back – 2 pieces
From lining: cut using the main fabric pattern pieces, 5 cm shorter than the dress.

Sewing Instructions

Mark and stitch the darts on the Upper Back. Press the darts towards the center back. Attach the Back Yoke to the Upper Back. Overlock the seam allowances and press towards the yoke.
Join the Lower Middle Back and Lower Side Back pieces. Press the seam allowances towards the center back and overlock. Attach the lower back to the back yoke. Overlock the seam allowances and press towards the yoke. Overlock the center back edges. Stitch the center back seam from the zipper notch down to the top of the slit. Press the seam open, pressing the zipper opening allowances as well. Insert the invisible zipper.
Along the lower edge of the Upper Front, sew a line of loose-tension stitches and gather between the notches. Attach the Front Yoke to the Upper Front. Overlock the seam allowances and press towards the yoke. Join the Middle Lower Front and Lower Side Front pieces. Press the seam allowances towards the center front and overlock. Attach the lower front to the yoke. Press the seam allowances towards the yoke and overlock.
Stitch the side seams. Overlock the seam allowances and press towards the back.
Stitch the lining pieces similarly to the main garment pieces. Place the main garment pieces and lining right sides together, aligning the neckline edges of the back. Stopping 5 mm short of the zipper edges, fold back the lining and pin it to the upper edge of the dress. On the right side of the dress, fold back the seam allowances along the zipper and pin them to the neckline edge over the lining. Stitch the neckline edge. Clip the seam allowances at the curves, turn the pieces right side out and press. Fold the seam allowances along the zipper to the wrong side. Secure the back lining to the zipper tape. Press the pieces.
Stitch the armhole edge with the lining. Clip the seam allowances, turn right side out and press. Insert the back straps between the front and the front lining. Stitch the front neckline, simultaneously stitching in the straps. Turn the pieces right side out and press.
Overlock the seam allowances of the lower edge of the dress, press to the wrong side and hem with blind stitches.
Press the seam allowances of the lower edge of the lining to the wrong side twice by 1 cm and topstitch.