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Home Sewing Patterns Nora Dress

Nora Dress

Difficulty

Beginner

Designer

SewHQ

Pattern Guide

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About this pattern

If you’re looking for a dress that’s worthy of a boogie to Jools’ Annual Hootenanny, we think this might be it. Playful and sophisticated,

Posner and Posner’s relaxed tiered midi offers three-quarter sleeves with a discrete button fastening at the back. Plus, with only eight steps to follow, it’s a speedy make too. We’ll cheers to that!

Essentials

Fabric, 2.5m (150cm)
Fusible interfacing, 25cm
Button, 15mm, one

Suggested fabrics

Lightweight woven fabrics with drape, such as viscose or rayon challis

Sizes

8-24

Cutting guide

Front bodice: cut one on the fold
Back bodice: cut two
Sleeve: cut two
Front neck facing: cut one on the fold of fabric and one on the fold of fusible interfacing
Back neck facing: cut two from fabric and two from fusible interfacing
Skirt and frill: cut three on the fold
1.5cm seam allowance used throughout, unless otherwise stated.

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Download the pattern from sewmag.co.uk, then print out and follow the cutting guide. With right sides together, pin the front and back bodice together at the shoulder and stitch. Neaten the edges of the seam allowance by using an overlocker or by trimming the seam allowance and using a zig zag stitch. Press the seam towards the back.
Neaten the edges of the centre-back bodice. With right sides together, pin and sew the centre-back bodice seam up to the marked position for the back opening. Press the seam open and press the back opening along the seam line. Apply fusible interfacing to the wrong side of the front and back neck facing pieces. Pin the facings at the shoulder seam, right sides together, and stitch. Press the seam open. Neaten the edge of the facing using an overlocker, a zig zag stitch or by turning under a narrow hem.
Place the facing in position around the neckline of the bodice, right sides together, and pin. Fold the seam allowance at the top of the back opening back on itself, so that the right sides are together, and pin the facing over the top. Sew around the neckline and across the top of the back opening. Clip the curves and trim the seam