Simply Gathered Waist Dress

To put this dress together please follow the step by step instruction

And cutting diagram

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Three links that will help with drafting instruction

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1.    Join front and back shoulder seam together
2.    Join neck and back facing together
3.    Attach joint facing to front and back
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4.    Trim and base facing in place
5.    Pin and put sleeves in
6.    Sew front and back bodice darts
7.    Run two gather stitch in skirt waist
8.    Gather and sew skirt to blouse bodies front and back leaving center back open
9.    Join center back leaving 18” for zipper
10.    Put zipper in
11.    Sew sleeve hem
12.    Join dress together from sleeve to skirt tail both sides
13.    Hem, trim and press your dress

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Belt
1.    Sew 1” belt
2.    put eyelet in
3.    Attach cover buckle or a buckle of your choice

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» Helen said: { Nov 11, 2008 - 02:11:11 }

This dress is gorgeous (and so is the model). Well done, thanks for sharing!

» Shay said: { Apr 21, 2009 - 10:04:05 }

Don’t tell your model this ;-) — but that is almost a twin of the dresses my mother made for my sister & me for Easter. This would have been in the very early 60’s. It’s a great way to use a border print, I like how you centered it on the bodice.