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French Poetry Stella Dress XS-XL (Intermediate)

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Description

Description

The Stella dress is a shirt dress pattern reinvented to reveal your femininity : a dreamy princess skirt contrasts with a boyish collar and hidden tie belt, giving casual, contemporary, and classy all at once. It has been designed to fit most body shapes and to mold to your daily life: get up, get dressed, laugh, twirl around, have a good dinner, drop or put on a few pounds—and all the while, don’t worry for a second about your favorite dress not fitting you anymore.

Are you a beginner sewist? The circle skirt is for you. Are you a seasoned sewist with a knack for donning details? We’d recommend the godets skirt with its extra flounce and pronounced flair.

**This pattern is in English**

Available sizes:

XS - XL (also available in XL - 6XL, please seem other listing)

Difficulty:

Option 1: intermediate (3/5). If you have already sewn a whole garment, you will do great! There is nothing particularly difficult, only several different sewing techniques (shirt collar, bound slit, buttons and buttonholes…) but you will be guided through the process in video.

Option 2: advanced (4/5). Godets take a lot more time and are a little more difficult to sew. You will love them if you like a little challenge!

Fabric recommendations:

Any kind of light fabric for view 1: viscose, tencel, rayon, polyester, cotton… The result will be different depending on fabric drape, giving you many options. For view 2 you must choose a tightly woven fabric that won’t easily stretch out of shape, to ensure godets are sturdy enough (to prevent tearing at the tip).

You will need:

A half yard/half meter interfacing for placket, collar, collar stand and cuffs. 15 small buttons (about 0.39 inches or 9 to 11mm), matching thread for your fabric, a machine needle matching your fabric type, a marking pen, scissors and pins. A 25/64’’ (1cm) wide ribbon for tie belt, if you don’t plan on cutting it from the same fabric as the dress. This piece is included in the pattern (piece 9) but it is very long: for the plus size range, it is not shown in cutting layouts as it would cause too much fabric waste. For smaller sizes, it is sometimes shown cut in two parts. You will need: 2 yards / 2m for sizes 2 to 16, and 2 yards to 3 yards (2m to 2.5m) from sizes 16 to 34.

Fabric requirements:

LENGTH IN METERS

140CM WIDE FABRIC

International sizes XS to M L to XL    
French Poetry sizes 
2 to 8 10 to 16    
View 1 (circle skirt) 2.75m 3m    
View 2 (godets skirt) 3.8m 4.2m    

*Length calculated without tie belt in these sizes (to be replaced with ribbon)

110CM WIDE FABRIC

International sizes XS to M L to XL    
French Poetry sizes  2 to 8 10 to 16    
View 1 (circle skirt) 3.7m 4.8m    
View 2 (godets skirt) 6m 6.4m    

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

 

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 95 99 103 107 111 115 119 123
Waist 95 99 103 107 111 115 119 123
Hips 95 99 103 107 111 115 119 123
Length 89.4 89.7 90 90.3 90.6 90.9 91.2 91.5

MEASUREMENTS IN CENTIMETERS - SIZE RANGE XL TO +6X (16 TO 34)

This is the technical drawing of French Poetry Stella dress sewing pattern. It shows both views: circle skirt and godets skirt, and the drawstring belt.

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