Plus Size Sheath Dress with Scarf Collar

Name: Plus Size Sheath Dress with Scarf Collar
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 905979
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #905979

A women's plus-size fitted knit dress of about knee length, with elbow-length set-in sleeves, princess seams on the front and a horizontal seam across the hips front and back. A chiffon scarf collar is set into the neckline, draped over the front and pinned with a brooch. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: knit fabric with low to medium stretch, in natural or blended fibres, for the dress; chiffon for the collar.

Tech. Description

Plus Size Sheath Dress with Scarf Collar

When To Wear

For the office and business meetings in autumn, winter and spring.
Daytime and evening events, with the chiffon collar matched or contrasted to the dress.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted, straight sheath shape.

Length: About knee length.

Collar: One chiffon piece folded in half lengthwise and gathered along its short end to half its width. The free "tail" is finished with a narrow double-turned hem. From the lowest point of the front neckline to the left shoulder only one layer is stitched in; from there round the back and the right front both layers are set in. The collar is draped and pinned with a brooch.

Front: Centre front and side fronts joined by princess seams, then joined to the lower front by a horizontal seam at hip level, with the corner on the lower front clipped.

Sleeves: Elbow-length set-in sleeves, hems turned up and topstitched.

Back: Centre back seam; upper and lower back joined by a horizontal seam at hip level.

Finishing: Seams sewn with a stretch or narrow zigzag stitch or on a 3- or 4-thread overlocker; 1.5 cm hems topstitched with a twin needle or on a coverstitch machine; seam allowances 0.7 cm, 1 cm at the neckline.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Princess seams and a clipped corner seam on knit, and a gathered chiffon collar set into the neckline partly in one layer and partly in two.

Fabric Recommendations

Knit fabric with low to medium stretch, in natural or blended fibres, for the dress; chiffon for the collar.

Additional Supplies

Chiffon for the collar
Brooch
Twin needle for the hems

Cutter's Must

From knit fabric:
Upper Back – 2 pieces
Lower Back – 2 pieces
Side Front – 2 pieces
Center Front – 1 piece
Lower Front – 1 piece
Sleeve – 2 pieces
From chiffon:
Collar – 1 piece

Tip: Cut pieces from knit fabrics are stitched with a special elastic or narrow zigzag stitch. When serging, trim seam allowances to 0.8 cm. The hem allowance is topstitched with a twin needle or on a coverstitch machine to maintain elasticity. You can also stitch pieces directly on a 3- or 4-thread overlock machine.

Sewing Instructions

Stitch each Upper Back to the Lower Back. Serge the seam and press it upwards. Stitch the center back seam. Serge the seam and press it.
Stitch the princess seams joining the Side Front pieces to the Center Front. Serge the seams and press them towards the center. Stitch the assembled upper front to the Lower Front, clipping into the corner on the Lower Front. Serge the seam and press it upwards.
Stitch the shoulder seams of the back and front. Press the seam allowances open.
Clip the collar seam allowances near the 'o' marks. Finish the 'tail' of the collar with a narrow double-turned (rolled) hem. To do this, press the allowance to the wrong side by 1.5 cm, stitch 0.1-0.2 cm from the fold. Trim the allowance close to the stitching. Fold the allowance again and stitch along the previous line. Press the seam. Fold the collar in half lengthwise, right side out. Along the short unhemmed side, stitch with loosely tensioned stitches and gather, reducing the collar width by half. Attach the collar to the neckline, starting the stitching at the lowest point of the front neckline and continuing to the left shoulder seam. In this section, attach the collar only on one side, leaving the second finished side untouched. At the left shoulder seam, secure both sides of the collar together and then attach both layers of the collar together to the back neckline and the right side of the front neckline. Serge the seam and press it towards the armhole. Turn the dress inside out. Secure the seam allowances of the gathered collar side and the seam allowances of the left front neckline together. Stitch the seam allowances.
Stitch the side seams of the back and front. Press the seam allowances towards the back and serge.
Stitch the sleeve seams. Press and serge the seam allowances.
Set the sleeves into the armholes, matching the notches. Press and serge the seam allowances.
Serge the hem edges of the dress and sleeves. Fold to the wrong side, press, and topstitch.
Drape the collar and secure it with a brooch.