Adeline Dress

I’m a sucker for pleats so when I saw this Adeline Dress pattern from Forget-me-not had 26 of them in total I was sold! ?
They give the most beautiful, soft, flattering and striking lines to the dress and somehow manage to make it both smart and casual all at once! It’s a fairly time-consuming make, took me 7.5hrs in total, but the instructions and illustrations are superb – the only very small addition I made was to understitch the pocket bags. I cut a size 36 and opted for the shawl collar and short, pleated sleeves. There’s options for longer and/or unpleated sleeves and for a collarless neckline. Oh and btw, it has pockets! ???

The fabric is just perfect for this make, it’s an Art Gallery Fabrics yarn-dyed 4.5oz chambray from Fabricate Mirfield called ‘Endless Paradise’ which describes the shade of blue to a tee! ??? I used 2.3m in total.

I have the dress on today for work (from home) and I’ve already had lots of lovely comments on my zoom calls ? I think I’ll give the top version a try at some point in a bamboo knit as it would totally be secret (but smart) pyjamas!

B: 37” W: 30” H: 40”  5ft 3”