Difficulty: Intermediate

Sizes: UK 6-24

Approximate sewing time: 1.5 days

Description

Etel is a partially fitted dress emphasizing the waist, with a two-piece wrap-style front bodice and shoulder darts in the back bodice. It boasts gathers at the waist on both the front and back, with a bias-cut skirt featuring waist elastic. The back skirt is contoured with waist darts. Etel's design includes an extended shoulder line, long semi-fitted sleeves with a slit and bound placket, a gathered bottom edge, and cuffs secured by two buttons and buttonholes. It showcases a deep V-neckline and comes with a detachable belt featuring a buckle. Etel's length gracefully falls below mid-calf.

Please Note: The paper pattern does not come with printed instructions. To access the instructions, kindly utilize the QR code provided on the pattern sheets to download the PDF file.

Recommended Fabric

Natural or man-made silk, crepe sateen, satin, chiffon, lightweight viscose.

Choose dress-weight fabrics with the following properties:

- Medium-weight, pliable, breathable, soft, non-stretch or with little stretch, opaque;

- The fabric content can include natural (wool, silk, cotton, linen), artificial (viscose), blends (wool + silk, wool + polyester, cotton + viscose, etc.), and synthetic fibres (polyester, polyester + elastane);

ATTENTION: Very stretchy knit materials (jersey fabric) and lightweight sheer fabrics (organza, stretch lace) are NOT recommended.

Notions

• Lightweight knit fusible interfacing, 140 cm (55″) wide, 1.16 – 1.52 m (1 1/4 – 1 5/8 yd)

• Stitch-reinforced bias fusible tape, 1.2 – 1.4 m (1 1/4 – 1 1/2 yd)

• 4x buttons, 0.7 – 1 cm (1/4″ – 3/8″) diameter

• Elastic, 58 – 94 cm (22 7/8″ – 37″)

• 1 belt buckle

• Matching thread