Dress has 90 cm between the waist and the hem.
YOU NEED: crepe-satin of 150 cm width;
lining; fusing; zipper; corsage band of 8 mm width.
CUTTING:
Fabric:
1. Back part – 2 pieces
2. Front part – 1 piece
3. Front panel – 1 piece
4. Flounce – 1 piece
5. Piping – 1 piece
Lining:
1. Back part – 2 pieces
2. Front part – 1 piece
3. Front panel – 1 piece
4. Flounce – 1 piece
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Sew front/back darts.
2. Sew back middle seam between marks.
3. Sew lining flounce to fabric flounce along short
edge and long lower edges. Diagonally cut allowances close to seam, at corners.
Turn the flounce right side out, then neaten and press it. Tack upper edges
together. Make pleats into right side in accordance to marking. Fold short
front edge to wrong side along marking and tack it along upper edge. Lay the
flounce’s wrong side on right side of front panel, coinciding lines and
marking. Tack the flounce on the skirt along upper edge and side edges.
4. Sew front part to front panel with flounce. Press
seam allowance upwards.
5. Sew side seams.
6. Press closure allowance to right side. Sew the
zipper in with its teeth hidden.
7. Topstitch corsage band on side seams allowance,
beginning 1 cm below upper edge and stopping at waistline.
8. Sew lining details in the same way as fabric ones.
Coincide fabric and lining details and overstitch them along upper edge. Fold
the lining out and topstitch on seam allowance. Press upper edge.
9. Press slit allowance to wrong side. Press hem
allowance to wrong side and sew with blind stitches. Sew lining hem so that it
is 2 cm shorter than fabric one. Fold lining slit allowance to wrong side and
sew to fabric slit allowance.
10. Fold the piping along the center right side out.
Make two stitches along it with large stitches, rounding at short edges. Cut
extra fabric at roundings. Gather the stripe on
threads. The tighter is gathering, the wider the flower will be. Make a flower
of gathered stripe and fix the lower edge. Cut allowances to minimum. Sew
ready
rose to the dress.