YOU NEED: silk of 150 cm; trimming fabric; fusing.
CUTTING:
Fabric:
3. Flounce – 1 piece
4. Back part – 1 folded piece
5. Front part – 2 pieces
6. Front facing – 2 pieces
7. Back facing – 1 folded piece
Trimming fabric:
1. Strap – 2 pieces
2. Waistband – 2 pieces
Fusing: apply the fusing to wrong
side of one-piece edgings of front parts, back facing, front facing.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Sew darts. Press bust darts
depths downwards; press waist darts towards back middle line.
2. Fold flounce
curved edge into wrong side at 1 cm width and topstitch at 1 mm from bending.
Cut allowance at 1 mm from stitch, fold again, as narrow as possible, and
topstitch along the seam.
3. Tack
the flounce wrong side to right side of front right part along edges of
neckline and armhole.
4. Fold
waistband details along the center, wrong side out, and overstitch along long
and short edges at foot width. Turn the waistband into right side, neaten and
press.
5. Sew side seams, inserting
one of waistband detail into left side seam.
6. Press
one-piece front band into wrong side. Sew facings. Sew front facings to front
bands. Fold facing and garment right sides together and overstitch along upper
edge. Turn facing of and topstitch it on allowance at 1-2 mm from the seam.
7. Fold
straps along the center right side out, and press. Unwrap the stripe, turn
edges into wrong side and bend the stripe along this line. Cut dress neckline
allowance to 0.5 cm. Insert neckline edge into neckline ready edging and
topstitch at 1 mm from lower bend.
8. Sew waistband second
detail under corner of right front part, between marks.
9. Sew the hem.
10. Put the dress on, fit straps and sew back ends on back
part.