Welcome to The Violent Delights Robe Sewing Pattern Guide. These dressing robes were incredibly popular  in old Hollywood, and have recently made a comeback with the help of Tiktok and Youtube. 

 The yardage, will be noted on the pattern itself. All seam allowances are noted on the pattern pieces themselves. This pattern works great with chiffons, charmeuse, and soft tulle netting. The caribou feather trim is completely optional, but if you are looking for a little drama, it may be just what you need.  This is a very beginner friendly piece, and has minimal steps to complete!

Below are the written sewing instructions, and I also filmed a step by step Youtube video of the entire creation process of this robe which is on the left of this text box! When you make your Violent Delights Robe, please tag me! I would love to see what your garment looks like!!

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Let’s familiarize ourselves with the pattern pieces.

A- Yoke

B-Front Bodice

C-Back Bodice

D-Waistband

E-Sleeve

F-Front and Back Upper Skirt Tier

G-Front and Back Lower Skirt Tier

1. Begin by cutting your fabrics. You will notice G Has a secondary cut line. You will need to cut the two back pieces, and then trim away the curved line, and cut your front pieces. I would label this piece you are trimming, and keep it for if/when you decide to make this robe again.

2.Let’s gather the top of our back bodice (piece C). To do so, I have sewn a gather stitch across the top, and I am going to gather the top of the back bodice to the measurement of the bottom of the Yoke. You want to make sure the gathers are evenly spaced out. Once you have gathered to fit the back yoke, you will pin them together with right sides facing, and then stitch. After stitching, you can either trim, and do a zigzag stitch, or you could overlock like I am. I’m choosing to overlock, because it is going to give this netting a bit more strength. 

3.Now let’s repeat what we did on the back to our Front bodice pieces ( pieces B. ) After gathering the top of the front bodices to match the length of the front of the yoke, you will pin them together, stitch, and then finish out the seam accordingly.

4.Now let’s address where the sleeve will inserted. With right sides facing, we will pin the bottom of the front bodice, and the bottom of the back bodice together at the side where the sleeve will be inserted. We will only be stitching 1/2” from the bottom up. After doing this stitch, make sure to back stitch to keep it strong. We are sewing just the 1/2” because this is where we will sew the waistband in, but we still need room to attach the sleeve. 

5.Now let’s assemble the sleeve. The only seam in the sleeve is the inseam and you will see a notch for where to stop stitching. This gap will become the arm hole, so with right sides facing, pin and stitch the inseam of the sleeve. After stitching, finish out the seam accordingly. 

6.Now let’s insert the sleeve. You will see the sleeve have a notch to indicate the top of the shoulder seam, so we can use that to perfectly align the sleeve. With right sides facing, pin your sleeve into the sleeve hole. Use as many pins as you need. After you are finished pinning, stitch your sleeve into the sleeve hole. After stitching, finish out that seam accordingly. Now repeat on the opposite side.

7.The next step is to attach the waistband to the bottom of the bodice. Before doing this, we will need to do a gather stitch along the bottom of the bodice. We will gather the length of the bodice to meet the length of the waistband. After the bottom of the bodice (both front and back) are the length of the waistband, you can pin the bodice to the waistband with right sides facing. After pinning, stitch the bodice to the waistband.

8.Next up we will need to assemble the upper tier of the robe. Because the front and back pieces are identical, you will just sew them all together with right dies facing. You should have three seams in total, and all 4 panels connected. After stitching, make sure to finish out the seam accordingly.

8.Now let’s attach the upper tier to the waistband. We will need to gather the length of the upper tier to match the length of the waistband. Take your time with this, and use 2 rows of gather stitches if need be. You don’t want to break a gather thread. After gathering the length of the upper timer to match the waistband, we will be pinning and stitching the upper tier to the waistband.

9.Now let’s work on the lower tier of the skirt. We will want to stitch the two back pieces together because we didn’t cut the curved line out of them. After the center back has been stitched, we can then attach a front piece to the sides for he back. This will give us the curved edges on each side of the back pieces. After attaching all four pieces, you will then gather the top of the lower tier skirt, to match the upper tier bottom. This should be about a 2:1 gather. After gathering the lower tier to match the upper tier, you will pin them together with right sides facing, and stitch together. After stitching, you will need to finish out the seam accordingly.

10.You can also fold the seam allowance of the waist band into itself, and then add a running stitch to hold them together in the center. This will give you a really finished feel.

11. Now that the robe is assembled, we should talk about finishing it out. Because I’m sewing a maribou feather trim on, I will need to give it a little something to grab onto. I decided to overlock the edges of my tulle netting so I could have something to grab onto while turning over to hem. I am going to do a rolled hem on the sleeves, and all along the front of the robe, and the bottom. The feather trim is completely optional, but I do think it adds a flare that is unbeatable.

12. After hemming, I can sew the trim on. The feather trims have a. Rope that runs through the middle of the trim, and I am latching into that as I sew down the line. I will just loop my needly into the netting, until I feel it grab a little of the top, and then bring the needle back into the netting, and repeat. This part will be covered but he trim from the outside, but I like the inside to look nice also, so I try to evenly space out my stitches.

13. Last step is to attach a hook and eye to the center front of the robe if you like. I’m choosing to wrap a secondary ribbon around the waist as a tie.