French Poetry Stella Dress

Buy the Stella Dress sewing pattern from French Poetry. This pattern reinvents the shirt dress to reveal your feminine side. A dreamy skirt contrasts with a boyish collar, long sleeves with buttoned cuffs, and a hidden tie belt, giving casual, contemporary and classy vibes all at once.

View 1 features a full circle skirt, while View 2 has a flared skirt with godets.

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: For View 1, light fabric such as viscose, tencel, rayon, polyester, cotton. The result will be different depending on the fabric drape, giving you many options. For View 2, you must use a tightly woven fabric that won’t easily stretch out of shape.

Fabric requirements:

Size range 2 - 16 

View 1: 55" (140 cm) wide fabric: Sizes 2-8, 3.2 yd (3 m) / Sizes 10-16, 3 yd (2.75 m) // 43" (110 cm) wide fabric: Sizes 2-8, 4 yd (3.7 m) / Sizes 10-16, 5.3 yd (4.8 m).

View 2: 55" (140 cm) wide fabric: Sizes 2-8, 4.2 yd (3.8 m) / Sizes 10-16, 4.6 yd (4.2 m) // 43" (110 cm) wide fabric: Sizes 2-8, 6.6 yd (6 m) / Sizes 10-16, 7 yd (6.4 m).

Size range 16 - 34

View 1: 55" (140 cm) wide fabric: Sizes 16-24, 4 yd (3.7 m) / Sizes 26-34, 4.3 yd (3.9 m) // 43" (110 cm) wide fabric: Sizes 16-24, 6 yd (5.5 m) / Sizes 26-34, 6.2 yd (5.7 m).

View 2: 55" (140 cm) wide fabric: Sizes 16-34, 5.5 yd (5 m), without belt // 43" (110 cm) wide fabric: Sizes 16-34, 7.7 yd (7 m).

Sizing: 2 – 16 or 16 – 34 (approx. UK 6 – 18 or UK 18 – 36/38, based on our standardised size chart). Please also check the designer’s size chart and finished garment measurements.

The sizes 16 – 34 pattern has been redrawn and tested specifically for plus size bodies. There is a size 16 in each range, and they are slightly different. Please check the size chart.

Notions: 0.5 yd/m interfacing for placket, collar, collar stand and cuffs; fifteen 9-11 mm buttons; 1 cm wide ribbon for tie belt if you don’t plan on cutting it from the same fabric as the dress.

PDF pattern includes: Instructions; A4 print-at-home pattern (50 pages for sizes 2-16 or 60 pages for sizes 16-34); US letter print-at-home pattern (50 pages for sizes 2-16 or 65 pages for sizes 16-34); A0 copy shop pattern (3 sheets for sizes 2-16 or 4 sheets for sizes 16-34) // Layers: Yes // Projector file: No.

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