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Ariana Midi Dress
Ariana Midi Dress

Ariana Midi Dress

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About this pattern

Do you have your heart set on stitching a suits-all seasonless pattern? Well, this spotted midi dress by Posner and Posner is just the thing for you! With its soft-as-butter fabric, flattering three-quarter length sleeves and romantic three-tiered trapeze skirt, it really is the epitome of effortless chic. It’s also the ultimate masterclass in stitching buttonholes, inserting sleeves and most importantly for the skirt, cracking gathering stitch.

Essentials

  • Fabric: 3.5m (150cm); lining, 50cm
  • Fusible interfacing, 25cm
  • Buttons, 6mm x 15mm

Suggested fabrics

  • Non-stretch wovens, such as viscose challis, cotton or voile

Sizes

  • 8-24

Cutting guide

  • Frill: cut two
  • Skirt: cut two on the fold from fabric – one for the front skirt and one for the back skirt
  • Front bodice: cut one on the fold from fabric and one on the fold from lining
  • Back bodice: cut two from fabric and two from lining. Cut two 5cm-wide strips the length of the centre-back bodice from fusible interfacing
  • Sleeve: cut two
  • Front neck facing: cut one on the fold from fabric and one on the fold from fusible interfacing
  • Back neck facing: cut two from fabric and two from fusible interfacing

Essentials

  • 1.5cm seam allowance used throughout unless otherwise stated.

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    1. Download the pattern from sewmag.co.uk, then print and follow the cutting guide. With right sides together, pin and sew darts in the front bodice and the front bodice lining. Press the darts down towards the bottom of the bodice. Apply the fusible interfacing strips to the centre-back bodice up to the facing line on the wrong side of the fabric. Press the centre-back facing to the wrong side along the fold line. Turn under 1cm, along the raw edge of the facing, and stitch.

    2. Pin the bodice front and bodice back, right sides together at the shoulder, and sew. Trim the seam allowance and press open. Do the same for the bodice lining. With wrong sides together, pin the lining to the bodice at the neckline. Line up the notches and shoulder seams. Tuck the centre-back edge of the lining under the facing and pin in place. Stitch the bodice and the lining together around the neckline, close to the raw edge, but avoid sewing over the facing. Apply fusible interfacing to the wrong side of the front and back neck facings. Pin the facings together at the shoulder and sew. Trim and press the seams open. Neaten the outer edge of the facing using an overlocker, or by turning under a very narrow hem.

    3. Pin the facing to the bodice neckline, matching the notches, shoulder seams and centre front. At the centr

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