YOU NEED: natural/mixed fabric;
concealed zip; decorative band for a strap, piping.
IF THE PATTERNS
HAVE DOUBLE CONTOUR, THE SEAM ALLOWANCE IS PROVIDED,
IF THE PATTERNS
HAVE SINGLE CONTOUR, THE SEAM ALLOWANCE IS NOT PROVIDED.
SEAM ALLOWANCE: 0 cm for armholes, 2.5 cm for upper
back/front part’s upper edge, 1 cm for other seams.
NB!
Before sewing, print paper patterns and lay them out according to the linen
width (from 90 to 150 cm) to find out how much material you need (do not forget
about double and symmetric details).
WHEN SEWING, BE
CAREFUL WITH NOTCHES – THEY MUST BE COINCIDING!
CUTTING:
Fabric:
1. Upper back part – 1 piece
2. Lower back part – 1 piece
3. Back yoke – 2 pieces
4. Upper front part – 1 piece
5. Lower front part – 1 piece
6. Front yoke – 2 pieces
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Apply the fusing to wrong
side of one back/front yoke.
2. Make loose stitch at 0.5
cm from skirt’s upper edge/upper front/back part’s lower edge. Make pleats.
3. Lay front yokes right
sides together. Insert upper front part so that front part laid on doubled yoke
right sides together. Stitch three details with one seam. Neaten the seam, turn
it right side out, then press. Do the same for back yoke and back part.
4. Lay front yoke’/lower
front part’s lower edges together. Stitch together, neaten the seam and press
it upward. Make decorative topstitching at 1 mm from the seam. Do the same for
the yoke and lower back part.
5. Stitch side seams leaving
a segment into left seam unstitched (zipper place). Neaten seams and press them
apart, pressing closure slits. Stitch the zipper in.
6. Press the piping along
the center and overstitch armhole edges with it.
7. Fold
piping’s ends under and fix them by hand.
8. Neaten upper front/back
parts’ upper, fold it under first by 0.5 cm, then by 2 cm, then topstitch.
9. Pull
decorative band into the dress making straps of necessary length.
10. Neaten dress hem, fold
it under and topstitch at 0.5 cm from lower edge.