Trimmed Button-Front Dress with Patch Pockets

Name: Trimmed Button-Front Dress with Patch Pockets
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5947
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5947

A women's knee-length semi-fitted dress with a six-button front edge faced with an interfaced placket, four patch pockets with rounded corners and three-quarter sleeves. A decorative elastic braid trims the scoop neckline, the pocket tops and the sleeve hems. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: dress fabrics made from natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Trimmed Button-Front Dress with Patch Pockets

When To Wear

Everyday wear and the office in spring and autumn.
With tights and ankle boots or with flat shoes in warmer weather.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Semi-fitted, straight, shaped with bust and waist darts on the front and waist darts on the back; no waist seam.

Length: Around the knee.

Neckline: Wide scoop neckline. The allowance is clipped, pressed to the right side and covered with braid topstitched in place.

Sleeves: Set-in, three-quarter length; the hem allowance is turned to the right side and covered with braid.

Front: Buttons from the neckline to below the lower pockets; the front edges are faced with an interfaced placket that continues to the hem and is topstitched along the edge. Buttonholes on the right front.

Pockets: Two smaller chest patch pockets and two larger patch pockets at hip level, all with rounded lower corners and braid stitched over the top edge.

Back: Centre back seam and two waist darts, with no opening.

Finishing: Side and shoulder seams pressed towards the back; dress hem blind-stitched.

Lining: Optional; the instructions allow lining the dress, cut from the main pieces with the front reduced by the placket width.

Level Of Difficulty

Beginner. Darts, patch pockets placed by marks, a front edge faced with a placket, six buttonholes and braid topstitched over turned allowances.

Fabric Recommendations

Dress fabrics made from natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

6 buttons
Fusible interfacing (placket)
Decorative elastic braid (approximate length is marked on the front pattern piece)
Lining fabric (optional)

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
Back – 2 pieces
Front – 2 pieces
Sleeve – 2 pieces
Upper Pocket – 2 pieces
Lower Pocket – 2 pieces
Placket – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing: Placket

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Placket pieces.
Mark and stitch the bust and waist darts on the front. Press the bust darts downwards and the waist darts towards the center front.
Mark and stitch the darts on the back. Press the darts towards the center back.
Stitch the center back seam, press it to the left side and serge.
Press the upper allowance of each pocket to the right side and topstitch the decorative braid over the upper edge of the pocket, covering the allowance. Press the side and lower allowances of the pockets to the wrong side. Mark the pocket placement and topstitch the patch pockets in place.
Stitch the shoulder and side seams. Serge the seams and press them towards the back.
Clip the neckline allowance and press it to the right side. Place the braid over the allowance and topstitch. Face the front edges with the Placket. Fold the upper allowance of the Placket inwards and slipstitch it to the neckline.
Serge the hem of the dress. Stitch the Placket across the lower corner of the front edge. Turn up the hem allowance and hand stitch with blind stitches. Topstitch along the front edges.
Turn the hem allowance of the sleeve to the right side and press. Place the braid over the allowance and topstitch. Stitch the sleeve seam, serge and press towards the back. Set the sleeves into the armholes and serge the seam.
Work buttonholes on the right front and sew buttons on the left front.
Tip: You can also line the dress. The lining is cut from the main pattern pieces (the front minus the width of the Placket).