As the weather starts to warm and wedding season begins, brides across the country are scrambling. Not only are they trying to find the perfect fit for their own dress, but they also have a gaggle of bridesmaids to dress, each with their own personal sense of style and body shape. From short, cocktail-style dresses adorned with sequins, to long and lacy ensembles almost as ornate as the bridal gown itself, it can be difficult to find a style that fits each wedding aesthetic. Enter the Iberis Gown, the perfect way to customize your own wedding party’s garments!
Fabrics & materials used:
- 1.5 yards Aqua 3D Floral Beaded and Embroidered Tulle
- 3 yards Baby Blue Silk 4-Ply Crepe
- 10 yards Baby Blue Silk Chiffon
- Pastel Blue 24″ Invisible Zipper
- Dritz Size 1 Nickel Hook & Eyes
All seam allowances are 1/2โณ unless otherwise stated.
The entire gown is lined with Mood’s gorgeous 4-ply crepe, which both feels and looks terrific. To start on the garment, double fold the bodice lining pieces and 1/8″ and press, like you see below.
Align each lining piece with its respective overlay piece and hand sew them together along the top, folded edge of the lining.
Stay-stitch around each panel to keep the lining in place along the overlay pieces. Remove any beads from the overlay that fall in your seam allowance.
Connect the center front and side front pieces along the princess seams.ย Add the darts to the back bodice panels before sewing the front of your bodice to the back at the shoulders. Add your sleeves, matching up the notches, and finish up the inseam and sides of the gown bodice.
Sandwich your bodice between the faces of your waistband and waistband lining and sew along the top seam of the band, like below.
Sew all 11 of your skirt panels together: center front with 4 panels to either side and two back panels split at the center back seam. Attach the skirt to the bottom edge of your waistband, like you see below. Add the skirt lining, made up of a skirt front and two back panels, and then slip-stitch the waistband lining down at the bottom edge.
Lastly, hem your skirt as well as the lining before inserting an invisible zipper and sewing up the center back seam of the skirt. The zipper should start at the top of the bodice lining and go down towards the skirt. Roll the hem of the remaining center back of the bodice as well as the neckline and add a hook & eye closure at the top of the center seam.
My favorite aspect of this gown is its versatility. Color choice, fabric choice and style choices can completely change the look and mood of the dress! Go with a more traditional lace for a more boho-themed wedding or opt for a deeper color palette for those autumn events! For summer parties, you could even decide to skip the sleeves or rework the neckline. Let me know what alterations you’re thinking up in the comments below!
18 comments
I love this pattern. It is beautiful. Where can you find more patterns like this?
Thank you!! We have a ‘Free Patterns’ link in the menu at the top of the blog and we come out with more each week ๐
Gorgeous! And it could look very modern and sleek with a plain sheer fabric on top. I would also love to see it with a satin sash around the waist.
A beautiful simple gown. For MOG I would shorten to tea length and a do a vee neckline as this most flattering to me. I think I would make in a ll silk linen or rayon print maybe to extract more wears later. Oo so sweet, but very modern.
Thank you for the lovely pattern, It was just what I have been looking for. Enjoy your day. Regards Lynda
Hi there, So sorry to trouble you, I have not received the link to down load the Iberis gown pattern. I am not sure what went wrong. I tried again but it says it has already been emailed to me. It is such a lovely dress, I would dearly love to have this pattern please. Kind regards Lynda
Good morning! I just resent it – please let me know if it still hasn’t arrived ๐
Could I make the bodice fully lined by cutting the lining using the overlay pattern pieces? Any reason that might not work?
Yes, you definitely could!
Love it. Have perfect lace overlay for it.Can’t wait to print it out and make it. Thank you so very much. Mood sewciety. For the free pattern. Found your site by accident. Now in my favoritets. Carol P.
uuhhhh ohhh…. typo?? where are the 10yds of chiffon that is listed , actually used?
No typo ๐ The 10 yards of chiffon was used for the 11 skirt panels needed.
Super interested in this pattern to create a ball gown for myself for a military function. Thank you for such gorgeous inspiration and a fabulous pattern!!!!!
Hi! I was wondering if this dress could be made without the sleeve, i would love to make it for my stepdaughter’s fifteenth birthday, sadly with the situation right now she obviously cant have a big party but she would still love to take pictures in a gorgeous gown like this one! it is summer here and the long sleeve would be too hot. thanks in advance!
Hi, Irma – you certainly could! Giving it a rolled hem may be tricky along the armscye, but you could sew some bias tape along the face and fold it under to the wrong side and stitch for a semi-bias bound edge. Hope that makes sense! ๐
yes i understand, thank you very much!
When I downloaded it, it only gave me part 1! Is that normal?
Hi there! The PDF should be 66 pages, so let us know if it’s less than that and we will get it figured out for you! I just checked the download and it appears all pages are in the file. Keeping my fingers crossed for you! ๐