Buy the Envelope Dress sewing pattern from Cris Wood Sews. The Envelope Dress is a versatile caftan style dress with a dropped shoulder seam and side seams that gently curve to the front when worn. The hem hangs slightly higher in the front with a tapered look when on the body.
The Envelope Dress works equally well as a casual or formal dress, beach cover-up, maternity dress, or nightgown.
Notes: This pattern is also available as part of the three-pattern . You can use the (sold separately) to add sleeves – straight, gathered or puff – to your Envelope Dress. The hack pack also includes instructions for a front slit or side slits and a sash belt.
About Cris Wood Sews:
Cris Wood Sews is for sewists who want to replace size charts and paper pattern pieces with size inclusiveness and sustainability.
The garments are made up using only squares and rectangles. In this way, each pattern piece can be sized to your specific and unique measurements – without paper pattern pieces. There is nothing to print, cut or tape. The piece shapes are drawn directly onto your fabric, and the layouts maximise fabric usage.
Sewing level: Confident beginner
Cris Wood Sews patterns are excellent for beginners and confident beginners because they use only straight seams and don't require any closures like buttons or zips.
This sewing pattern is available to buy in the following format:
– PDF (available to download immediately after purchase). What is a ?
Suggested fabrics: Suitable fabrics include linen, rayon, silk, viscose blends, and some lightweight cottons. Fabrics with a fluid drape work best. Knits and stiff, medium or heavyweight fabrics are not recommended.
Keep in mind that the dress is cut across the grain (the width of your fabric will become the length of your dress) and there is a front seam the entire length of the dress when considering a patterned fabric.
Fabric requirements: See formula in image gallery.
Sizing: Custom sizing. The size of each pattern piece is calculated by putting your own unique measurements into a simple formula.
PDF pattern includes: Instructions. This pattern has no pattern pieces (not necessary).
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