YOU NEED: satin of 150 cm
width, organza of 140 cm width; fusing; zipper of 35 cm length; 3 buttons.
CUTTING:
Fabric:
1. Middle back part
– 2 pieces
2. Side back part –
2 pieces
3. Middle front
part – 2 pieces
4. Side front part,
one-piece with strap – 2 pieces
5. Front/strap facing
– 2 pieces
6. Back facing – 2 pieces
7. Front skirt – 1
folded pieces
8. Back skirt – 2 pieces
9. Piping – 1 piece
Organza:
7. Front skirt – 1
folded piece
8. Back skirt – 2 pieces
Fusing: front/strap
facing, back facing.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Apply the fusing
to wrong side of front/strap facing, back facing.
2. Stitch middle
seam and relieve seams. Neaten
allowances. Press middle seam leftwards,
press relieves towards the center.
3. Stitch back relieve seams, middle seam up to closure slit. Neaten seams,
press relieves towards the center.
4. Stitch side
seams, press them frontward.
5. Make the
narrowest roll of piping. Cut the roll into 3 parts and make button loops of
them. Tack loops to edge of left strap (loop bendings
must lay on the strap, loop ends lays on edge allowance).
6. Stitch middle
edge into front facings, stitch back facings to them. Press seams apart. Lay the facing on the garment
right sides together and stitch back upper edges between them and the zipper,
as well as armhole edges, strap outer edges, front neckline. Cut allowances at
2-3 mm from stitch, cut strap ends diagonally. Slash neckline corners
perpendicular to seam stopping 1 cm before the stitch. Fold facing into wrong
side, neaten it and press.
7.
Stitch fabric/organza skirt sides together. Lay under-skirt on fabric skirt
with sides together, coincide side seams and process it as a single detail.
Stitch middle seam between hem and closure mark. Make pleats along skirt upper
edge. Stitch the skirt to dress upper part. Fold the seam upwards and neaten
it.
8.
Fold back facing upwards. Press closure allowances into wrong side. Stitch the
zipper (teeth hidden). Fold the facing into wrong side and sew it to zipper
braids.
9. Press hem
allowance into wrong side? Fold it under and topstitch. Cut organza skirt so
that it was 1.5-2.0 cm shorter than dress hem.
10.
Sew buttons on right strap’s end according to buttonholes.