Minerva Exclusive Light Sewing Pattern Gemma Dress

Minerva Exclusive

The Gemma Dress is a chic, skater style design that exudes timeless elegance. Designed with a close fit through the bust and waist, it softly contours the body before flaring into a swishy, knee length skirt. Ideal for light medium weight fabrics such as challis, charmeuse, crepe or lawn, this versatile piece transitions effortlessly from daytime events to more formal occasions. With its modest aesthetic and classic silhouette, Gemma is destined to become a wardrobe staple. Notable features include a high neckband, contoured waistband, delicate front bust gathers, and back waist darts that shape the bodice for a tailored effect. Long, voluminous sleeves gathered at both the cap and wrist, bring a romantic element to the look. The dress closes with an invisible back zipper and hook and eyes at the neckline, and is unlined for a breezy, lightweight feel. About Minerva Exclusive Patterns We are thrilled to be able to bring you Minerva Exclusive Patterns, our very own range of designs, created by sewists for sewists. We have worked with designers, dressmakers and pattern testers from around the world to bring you accessible, wearable designs that you will love to sew and add to your me made wardrobe. We develop and test each style in two separate size ranges. Size group A-J has a bust range of 78-106cm and is drafted for a dressmakers B cup. Size group K-T has a bust range of 104-150cm and is drafted for a dressmakers D cup. Minerva Exclusive patterns are available in both traditional paper and PDF digital formats. Our printed patterns include a beautiful full colour instruction booklet, A0 pattern sheets and a woven label for you to add to your garment. Our PDF digital patterns are available to download instantly after purchase from your Minerva account. They are not a physical product and you wont receive anything in the post. Our digital patterns include 3 formats. A tiled file that you can print out at home on A4 or US letter paper. An A0 copy shop file, so you can have your pattern printed onto large A0 sheets. A projector friendly file so you can trace your pattern directly onto fabric using a projector (no printing required), plus your instructions. All file types are layered patterns, so you can print all sizes or just the sizes you need and hide the rest. You will need Adobe Reader (free to download) to print at the correct scale. The instruction booklets include links to inspiration for this pattern from the Minerva community and a top fabric picks video to help you in choosing the right fabric. As well as the instruction booklet, we also include a free sew along video to help guide you through the pattern from start to finish, with lots of helpful hints and tips along the way.