Little Black Dress – Prima version 52

Yes, it’s that old favourite back again. Using the bodice of the Prima shift dress pattern I made up some Black Ponte Jersey into a very simple, but I hope useful, plain Black Dress. There are 3/4 length straight sleeves with slightly gathered caps plus a skirt of unpressed box pleats. There is no zip as the dress is “pullover” style. The facing is also of Ponte jersey which can be bulky but I under-stitched with a triple zig-zag and then used my favourite wide-spaced twin needle to top stitch. I also twin needle top-stitched the hems of the sleeves and the skirt. This dress has been made with suficient “ease” so that if required, I can wear a blouse or polo neck tee underneath. I have sufficient fabric left over to be able to use it for some colour blocking in my next Ponte jersey project so watch this space!

BLACK PONTE JERSEY

the finished dress

line drawing

line drawing