Description
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Description
French Poetry's popular Pleiades 1 dress features a signature inverted V-cut on bodice front, and has a lot of feminine details: soft gathers at shoulders and sleeve heads, covered buttons… Make Pleiades suitable for several seasons by selecting the different style options incuded: long sleeves, short sleeves, short tied sleeves, or “lantern” sleeves; gathered skirt, frilly skirt, or frill-less skirt.
Available sizes:
XS - 6XL
Difficulty:
3/5 – average. You need to be familiar with reading a sewing pattern, to know how to make gathers, insert a zipper, set in sleeves… Tutorials available here.
FABRIC CHOICE/YARDAGE
Length: with a 60inch (150cm) wide fabric, up to size 16 you will need a maximum of 2.8 yards(2.5m). For sizes 16 to 34, you will need a maximum of 4 yards (3.5m) fabric for the version without frill, and 4.6 yards (4.2m) for version with frill.
Fabric choice: a large choice of woven fabrics: crepe, twill, poplin, double gauze… in cotton, viscose, polyester, linen, tencel… This pattern is also ideal for velvet, as it has shoulder gathers instead of bust darts. You will need more fabric to match prints if any.
You will need:
A 21inch (55cm) zipper, interfacing in the right weight for your fabric (half a yard or meter will be enough), 6 buttons for the bodice (they are decorative but also a way to hold facing in place even better). Matching thread for your fabric, scissors, pins, a marking pen, a machine needle that fits your fabric type. You will also need some strips of interfacing or organza to stabilize seams that are on the bias, to prevent any stretching (optional but recommended).
Sizing:
SIZE RANGE XS TO XL (2 TO 16)
| French Poetry size | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 |
| Intl size | XS | S | M | M | L | L | L | XL |
| US size | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6/8 | 10 | 12 | 14/16 | 18 |
| EU size | 32 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 42 | 44 | 46 |
| UK/AU sizes | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 |
| Bust measurement | 80 to 83cm | 84 to 87cm | 88 to 91cm | 92 to 95cm | 96 to 99cm | 100 to 103cm | 104 to 107cm | 108 to 111cm |
| Waist measurement | 60 to 63cm | 64 to 67cm | 68 to 71cm | 72 to 75cm | 76 to 79cm | 80 to 83cm | 84 to 87cm | 88 to 91cm |
| Hips measurement | 86 to 89cm | 90 to 93cm | 94 to 97cm | 98 to 101cm | 102 to 105cm | 106 to 109cm | 110 to 113cm |
114 to 117cm |
SIZE RANGE XL TO +6X (16 TO 34)
Patterns adapted in this new size range have been entirely redrafted to offer a flattering cut. This is why, if you compare the two size ranges, you may find that pattern pieces have a slightly different shape.
| French Poetry size | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 34 |
| Intl size | 1X /XL | 1X/ XL | 2X / XXL | 3X | 3X | 4X | 4X | |||
| US size | 12W | 14W | 16W | 18W | 20W | 22W | 24W | 26W | 28W | |
| EU size | 48 | 48/50 | 50 | 54W | 56W | 58W | ||||
| UK/AU size | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 26 | |||||
| Bust measurement | 108 to 112cm | 113 to 117cm | 118 to 122cm | 123 to 127cm | 128 to 132cm | 133 to 137cm | 138 to 142cm | 143 to 147cm | 148 to 152cm | 153 to 157cm |
| Waist measurement | 88 to 97cm | 98 to 102cm | 103 to 107cm | 108 to 112cm | 113 to 117cm | 118 to 122cm | 123 to 127cm | 128 to 132cm | 133 to 137cm | 138 to 142cm |
| Hips measurement | 114 to 118cm | 119 to 123cm | 124 to 128cm | 129 to 133cm | 134 to 138cm | 139 to 143cm | 144 to 148cm | 149 to 153cm | 154 to 158cm | 159 to 163cm |
Finished measurements:
MEASUREMENTS IN CENTIMETERS - SIZE RANGE XS TO XL (2 TO 16)
| International size | XS | S | M | M | L | L | L | XL |
| French Poetry size | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 |
| Bust | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 100 | 104 | 108 | 112 |
| Waist | 99 | 103 | 107 | 111 | 115 | 119 | 123 | 127 |
| Hips | 125 | 129 | 133 | 137 | 141 | 145 | 149 | 153 |
| Length | 88 | 89.5 | 91 | 92.5 | 94 | 95.5 | 97 | 98.5 |
MEASUREMENTS IN CENTIMETERS - SIZE RANGE XL TO +6X (16 TO 34)
The pattern was entirely re-drafted for these sizes: it was not just graded in bigger sizes, it was conceived specifically for this size range to offer a flattering cut, and tested out on live models.
| International size | 1X/XL | 1X/XL | 2X/XXL | 3X | 3X | 4X | 4X | 5X | 5X | 6X |
| French Poetry size | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 34 |
| Bust | 117 | 122 | 127 | 132 | 137 | 142 | 147 | 152 | 157 | 162 |
| Waist | 167 | 172 | 177 | 182 | 187 | 192 | 197 | 202 | 207 | 212 |
| Hips | 183.5 | 188.5 | 193.5 | 198.5 | 203.5 | 208.5 | 213.5 | 218.5 | 223.5 | 228.5 |
| Length | 101 | 101.6 | 102.3 | 102.9 | 103.5 | 104.1 | 104.8 | 105.4 | 106 | 106.6 |
