A floral summer shirt-dress

Such a pretty pattern, and one that has been on my sewing ‘list’ for a long long time.

I love the shirt-dress (view A), but this pattern also gives you the options of making a dartless blouse and a simple tunic style dress.

It was quite easy to make thanks to good instructions and lots of additional notes and tips included. I love this elbow length sleeve which is gathered at the cuff with elastic.

The neckline edge is finished using some bias tape cut from the fabric, and I really liked how this was attached to the button placket edge using a really clever and neat technique when sewing it to the neckline.

The pockets sat too low for me (I’m 5’2″), so I raised their placement height by an inch.

My measurements are 35-29-39 and I cut a size 8. The size range on this pattern is a US 0-20.

I have read other reviews mentioning that the ties at the back of the dress are too short. I quite liked the short length as I think they are intentionally only meant to tie in a double knot. If you prefer your ties to be longer so that you can tie into a bow then I suggest that you cut your ties double the length,

The only problem that I had with it was that the button/button hole placements marked on the skirt pattern. The lowest marking sits much too low and when you have turned up the hem the required 2.5″ it sits right at the bottom of the skirt close to the hem. In future I would skip this button hole marking completely.

This dress was made with fabric gifted to me by Minerva.com in exchange for a blog post, so if you would like to read my full review then you can click here!

Happy sewing!

Kathy x