YOU NEED: silk of 150 cm width; fusing; zipper.
CUTTING:
Fabric:
1. Back part – 2 pieces
2. Front part – 1 folded piece
3. Front
neckline facing – 1 folded piece
4. Back
neckline facing – 2 pieces
5. Draping – 1 folded piece
Fusing:
apply the fusing to wrong side of back/font neckline facings.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Process inner/outer edges
of draping: turn edge to wrong side at 1 cm and topstitch at 1 cm from folding.
Cut allowance to 1 mm from stitch, fold under again as narrow as possible and
topstitch along the seam.
2. Sew back middle seam between hem
and closure mark. Neaten seam allowances and press them apart, press edges of
closure slit and lower slit. Sew front/back darts, press them towards the
center.
3. Sew the zipper under upper slit edges, with zipper teeth hidden.
5. Make pleats into draping shoulder edges. Fold inner/outer edges to
wrong side from limit marks, Lay them wrong side on
right side of back shoulder edges and tack.
6. Sew shoulder seams and front parts,
right sides together.
7. Sew
corresponding facings together. Sew facings to main detail right sides together
and overcast along edges of neckline and armholes. Turn facings out and
topstitch them on seam allowances at 1-2 mm from the stitch. Fold free ends of
facings near closure under, then sew them to braid. Also fix facings under
armholes and at shoulder seams.
8. Turn the hem into wrong side and sew. Topstitch lower edge on 0.75
cm.