5166 SILK DRESS

YOU NEED: silk of 150 cm width; fusing; 1 zipper of 55 cm length.

CUTTING:

Fabric:

1. Back part – 2 pieces

2. Front part – 1 folded piece

3. Sleeve – 2 pieces

4. Back neckline facing – 2 pieces

5. Front neckline facing – 1 folded piece

Fusing: neckline facings.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Apply the fusing to wrong sides of necklines.

2. Stitch middle back seam between closure mark and the hem. Neaten seam allowances and press them apart, press edges of closure slit.

3. Stitch front/back darts/relieves. Press darts toward the center, press relieves sidewise.

4. Stitch side/shoulder seams, press seam allowances and press them apart.

5. Tack the zipper with its teeth invisible, then stitch at 0.5 cm distance.

6. Stitch back neckline facing to front neckline facing, neaten outer edge. Lay facing on the dress right sides together and stitch along the neckline. Fold the facing into wrong side, tack and press. Fold facing’s edges near the zipper under and se by hand. Make decorative stitch along the neckline.

7. Stitch sleeve seams. Neaten seam allowances and press them apart. Press sleeve hems into wrong side, fold edges under and topstitch.

8. Stitch sleeves in. Ease each sleeve along sleeve cap between marks: Make large stitches along both sides of sleeve joining line, pull the fabric lightly on the lower thread. Lay the sleeve on the dress right sides together and pin first to armhole’s lower segment coinciding sleeve seam and side seam and transverse marks on front part/sleeve. Do not ease nor armhole neither sleeve. Pin the sleeve above dress shoulder seam coinciding it to transverse mark at sleeve cap. Then pin the sleeve to armhole’s upper segment easing the sleeve lightly. Tack the sleeve into armhole and stitch it at sleeve side. Begin stitching at sleeve seam. Neaten seam allowances together. Press seam allowances toward the sleeve at sleeve cap segment.

9. Press dress allowance into wrong side, fold it under and topstitch.