Product Description
Fabulous all occasion dress – an easy comfortable shapes that doesn't cling to our lumps. Pop on a necklace and heels and you are ready for dinner or a pair of flats and you will be looking good for a day's sightseeing.
Fabric Suggestion & Description
cotton jersey, spandex knit
Pattern Format
| Multi-Size Hard Copy | |
|---|---|
| Multi-size hard copy sewing pattern, mailed to your delivery address. |
More Pattern Formats
| Single-Size PDF Download | |
|---|---|
| Single-size PDF sewing pattern download, sent to your email address in multi-sheet/tiled format for printing at home on A4 or US letter size paper AND single-sheet/wide format for printing at a copy shop. You get the size you order, PLUS the two closest sizes. Please note that the wide format files are set up for printing on 36" wide (or wider) paper rolls, not A0 paper sheets. | |
| Single-Size Hard Copy | |
| Single-size hard copy sewing pattern, mailed to your delivery address. |
For more information on digital patterns click here.
Format Reviewed: Single-Size PDF Download
kezza (verified owner) – :
Whilst this is a nice little summer dress, I was somewhat disappointed with the fit and the cut of the bodice, especially the armholes. I am75 yrs old, size 12, D cup, and I needed every bit of that size, with no ease. I used a cotton knit with not a lot of stretch, it may be better with a more stretchy knit.
I found the armholes too tight, so had to cut a good 1/2 inch lower,( probably needed more than 1/2 inch), the curve to the shoulder too wide at the front but not at the back, where it shows my bra straps.
I have had to put a curved shaped dart at the front of the armhole to stop the wideness, hoping the dart won’t show on the pattern of the knit.
I also lowered the neckline at the front to a more attractive V shape, as I don’t like the look of a singlet.
Otherwise with these modifications, it is a nice little dress.
Format Reviewed: Single-Size PDF Download
deb2 (verified owner) – :
This is a cute dress. It was easy to download the file, assemble it and cut it out. It was listed as a beginner’s project and it is quite simple. Though I think a beginner would benefit from better instructions/information.
It would be helpful if you included a list of notions on the website – before purchasing and downloading the pattern. Many sewers like me, like to see if we have all the notions required before going to the fabric store. I wasn’t aware that tearaway interfacing was required until I had actually downloaded the file and assembled the pattern. I curiously noticed the tearaway vilene pieces – nowhere else in the file was vilene mentioned. Had I know that interfacing was needed, I would have picked it up when I bought the fabric – so I had to take a second trip out. Not good, especially during the COVID quarantine.
Second, there is nomenclature used that is not in common use. For example, you used the acronym “S/G” on some of the neck and arm pieces. I surmised it to mean “Straight Grain”; however, I’d never seen it displayed that way. I googled it on a dozen or so sewing glossaries and wasn’t able to find it. Might I suggest the addition of an abbreviations table to make it clear.
Third, the actual assembly instructions consists of only 7 lines of text. No graphics are included. And there is NO mention of using the tear away interfacing at all. A beginner would be very confused about this. What to do with the interfacing.
I have been sewing for 40+ years, and had no problem figuring the assembly out, but with just a bit more guidance – to help and encourage new sewers – this would truly be a strong beginner’s project.
One last note. I know you are from Australia, but note that in the US we don’t use the term “vilene” – we just say use a tear away interfacing that matches the weight of the fabric.