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Cris Wood Sews
Cris Wood Sews Garden Dress PDF
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Buy the Garden Dress sewing pattern from Cris Wood Sews. The Garden Dress is a midi length dress with a square neckline, grown-on short sleeves, and an A-line skirt with side seam pockets. The bodice and skirt are separate elements that attach at the waist, creating a seam at the waistline. The hem of the skirt can be straight or a gentle inverted "U" shape, with the sides hanging slightly lower than the centre.
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. With the exception of a pocket piece, 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 PDF?
Suggested fabrics: This dress can be made in a variety of light or mid-weight fabrics including cottons, linens, gauze, viscose, cupro, rayon, cotton jacquard, or silk.
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.
Notions: Fusible interfacing.
PDF pattern includes: Instructions; A4/US letter print-at-home pattern for the pocket (1 page). The print-at-home pattern is for the pocket only. This pattern has no other pattern pieces (not necessary).
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I was very curious to try one of Cris Wood’s patterns and I thought the garden dress looked good on both models.
The measurement formula was easy to use and the pattern pieces easy to create.
When I first put the bodice together I was worried it was going to be too small. However when I tried it on, the fit was okay though just a tiny bit snug across the bust and under the arms . I gave myself a little more room under the arms than the formula suggested and this seemed to help.
The dress was super easy to put together and the traditional a line shape of the skirt was satisfying to sew. The neckline is also really flattering and fits me really well.
When I put the dress on I was pleasantly surprised by the fit overall and will definitely wear it. My husband likes it too.
I will definitely make it again because it was such a quick sew to make an attractive dress. When I make it again I will lengthen the bodice just a little (no fault in the pattern formula, I just measured myself incorrectly) but the beauty of this method is that is no sooner said than done, because there are no pattern pieces to alter.
I do think that I may experiment with adding a bust dart because I think that will take the fit from good to great, but I wouldn’t say it was necessary. I think the formula Cris has created is really good and should produce a dress which will fit most figures. I would honestly recommend this pattern and I truly feel like making one for my daughter and my daughter-in-law because it’s so simple.
I will probably be trying more of her patterns on the strength of this one.
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