Dress, pattern №918

Use the Test Square to adjust the print scale! A test square for checking the A4/Letter scale is located on the first sheet of the A4/Letter pattern file. The test square for checking the plotter scale is located on the pattern sheet in the plotter file.

Dress pattern. Slim-fit dress with the below mid-calf length. The front is designed with bust darts from the side seam and the waist darts. The back has waist darts. The closure is in the centre with cut-off plackets, 10 sewn buttonholes and 10 buttons. The sleeves are shirt type, set-in, with one seam. The hem of the sleeves is finished with cuffs. The shape of the cuffs is curved: the ends of the cuffs are wider than their centre. The splits on the sleeves are finished with plackets. The cuff fastening has one sewn buttonhole and one button. The rolled collar has a cut-off collar stand and a fastening with one sewn buttonhole and one button.

Eases added to a pattern, cm:  Bust-line: 0 см, Waist: 8,0 cm; Hips-line: 2,0 cm (for all height in the sizes 38-50); 4,0 cm (for all height in the sizes 52-56); Shoulders: 2,0 см.

Fabric suggestion: Main fabric. For this garment we recommend soft, flowing mid-weight knitted fabrics with stretch factor 0.80-0.85. The composition of the fibre may be natural (wool, cotton, silk), artificial (viscose, modal), synthetic or blended. Please, pay attention, the garment is fitted, wearing ease is negative in some areas. Using a knit fabric with sufficient elasticity is highly recommended. If your fabric’s stretch factor is less than recommended, please, select the pattern which is 1-2 sizes larger than your regular size.

Finishing fabric. As a finishing material for the details of the plackets, collar and cuffs, we recommend using dress-suit, suit fabrics made of natural, synthetic or mixed fibers with little or no stretching, thin and medium density. You can use cotton, linen, wool, denim fabrics. You can also use knitted fabrics of medium density, smooth texture, with a slight stretch.

Amount of main fabric, wide 140 cm: 38 size: 1,35-1,40 м; 40-46 size: 1,35-1,50 м; 48 size: 1,70-1,75 м; 50,52 size: 1,75-1,95 м; 52 size: 1,25-1,40 м; 54 size: 1,75-2,00 м; 56 size: 1,75-2,05 м.

Amount of main fabric, wide 180 cm: 38 size: 1,35-1,40 м; 40-50 size: 1,35-1,50 м; 52.54 size: 1,40-1,50 м; 56 size: 1,40-1,55 м.

Amount of finishing fabric, wide 140 cm: 38-44 size: 0,45 м; 46-52 size: 0,45-0,50 м; 54,56 size: 0,50 м.

Attention! Given exact fabric consumption can be used only when pattern details are placed on a fabric sheet close to each other. All pattern details should be arranged on an opened fabric sheet strictly on grain in one direction, each pattern piece must be cut out only once.

Pattern is given with seam allowances.

Degree of difficulty - "Advanced”

The photos shows a dress sewed at the GRASSER  for pattern №918

We want the work with the Grasser patterns to bring you pleasure, and the sewing process to be understandable, so a file with a very detailed sewing instruction is attached to the pattern. It covers all stages of the work on the garment, with step-by-step SEWING PHOTOS! 

Also there are detailed information of the necessary consumption of fabric, materials and accessories in the instruction.

• Multipurpose sewing machine;
  
• 4 thread overlock machine;
• An iron with or without steam;
• Regular presser foot;
• Wooden iron;
• Ironing desk or console table;
• Hand needle for basting;
• Machine needles Stretch №80 or Super Stretch №80 for the main fabric;
• Machine needles №70-80 for the finishing fabric;
• Paper scissors;
• Scissors for textile cutting.

The pattern in your order will be in two print options:

1. For printing on A4/Letter. You need to print the pattern on a regular printer on A4/Letter sheets, then glue the sheets, cut the pattern and you can sew!

A test square for checking the A4/Letter print scale is located on the first sheet of the pattern file.

2. For printing on a large format plotter. 

A test square for checking the plotter scale is located on the pattern sheet.