Sew Over It Vintage Shirt Dress

Buy the Vintage Shirt Dress sewing pattern from Sew Over It. With 1940s and 50s influences, the Vintage Shirt Dress is a classic that will take you from season to season in style. The pattern has both sleeved and sleeveless versions and lots of fabric options. You can even go two-tone and make the bodice in one fabric and the skirt in another to give the impression of separates. A fantastic techniques-filled pattern, practise creating pleats and gathers, sewing a notched collar, and making buttonholes while you create your beautiful dress.

This sewing pattern is available to buy in the following formats:

– PDF (available to download immediately after purchase). What is a PDF?

– PDF pattern + Printed A0 copy shop (We print out the A0 pattern sheets, but you’ll need to download the digital instructions, as we don’t print these. The PDF files will be emailed immediately after purchase, and the A0 pattern sheets will be dispatched next working day). What is Copy Shop?

Suggested fabrics: Light to medium weight woven fabrics such as cotton, cotton lawn, seersucker, rayon and crepe.

Fabric requirements: The fabric requirements do not include any allowance for bias tape (Version 2 only). If you want to make bias tape using the same fabric add an additional 0.5 m.

Version 1: 1.15 m wide fabric (sizes 8-14 only): 3.30 - 3.60 m // 1.40 m wide fabric: 2.80 - 2.90 m.

Version 2: 1.15 m wide fabric (sizes 8-14 only): 2.70 - 3.00 m // 1.40 m wide fabric: 2.20 - 2.30 m.

Sizing: UK 8 – 20. Please check the designer’s size chart and finished garment measurements.

Notions: Lightweight fusible interfacing; eight 16 mm buttons.

PDF pattern includes: Instructions; A4 print-at-home pattern (43 pages); US letter print-at-home pattern (40 pages); A0 copy shop pattern (2 sheets) // Layers: No // Projector file: No.

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