YOU NEED: silk crepe
of 150 cm width; lining; fusing; decorative braid with beads; 1 zipper.
CUTTING:
Fabric:
1. Strap – 1 piece
2. Upper front part –
1 piece
3. Middle front part
– 1 piece
4. Lower front part –
1 piece
5. Side front part –
1 piece
6. Right back part –
1 piece
7. Left back part – 1 piece
Lining:
5. Side front part –
1 piece
6. Right back part –
1 piece
7. Left back part – 1 piece
Also cut out seamless front part: scotch paper patterns of upper front part, middle front part and side front part, creating a dart near the armhole.
Cut lining details mirror to fabric details!
Fusing: apply
fusing stripe of 2 cm width to wrong side of lining neckline and armholes.
INSTRUCIONS:
1. Sew
upper front and middle front and lower front taking into account marks. Sew
side part leaving a slit.
2. Sew
back darts, middle back seam leaving a slit for the zipper. Neaten seam
allowance and press them apart; press closure slit edges. Sew the zipper in
under slit edges with its teeth hidden.
3. Sew
side seams.
4. Sew darts and seams of lining details
leaving shoulder seam unstitched. Press shoulder seam allowance to wrong side.
5. Coincide lining and fabric garment
right sides together and overstitch it along armholes and neckline, begin and
stop stitching at shoulder seam. Fold the lining out and topstitch it on
overstitching seam; press. Fold lining closure slit allowance under and sew to
zipper braid.
6. Sew garment shoulder seam. Into
lining, sew shoulder seam by hand.
7. Fold the hem under, so that lining
hem was 1 cm shorter than fabric one. Fold the lining to right side along one
of slit edges, and pin to the garment along slit edge. Fold garment hem
allowance to right side and pin it on lining along slit edge. Sew the lining.
Fold hem allowance of garment and lining to wrong side and press it. Overstitch
another edge of slit with lining and allowance in the same way. Sew the hem
with blind stitch.
8. Fold the strap
along the center and sew to 0.5 cm width. Sew strap front end above front
relieve. Put the dress on, adjust garment length and sew strap back end under
back décolleté.
9. Sew decorative braid on strap, on
relieve to slit and on front seams.