French Poetry Venus Dress SIZES XL-6XL (Intermediate)

Description

Reminiscent of 20th century movie stars, the Venus dress combines ultimate elegance and utmost simplicity, with clean lines showcasing a delicate sweetheart neckline. Designed for stretch fabrics, you can make it in most knits. Make it your perfect little black dress, the one that’ll win all hearts and make you feel strong in your business meetings. Or make it in jewel tones – garnet red, emerald green, sapphire blue… to be the best dressed in the room. Looking for something more unusual? Choose a grey French Terry for an offbeat chic sweatshirt look!

**This pattern is in English**

Available sizes:

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

Difficulty:

Intermediate (2/5). If you have already sewn a whole garment, you will do great! This pattern only has 5 pieces and you will be guided throughout the process with a 20 pages fully illustrated booklet.

FABRIC CHOICE:

Knit fabric such as cotton, wool or polyester jersey. We recommend heavier knits (at least 180g per square meter) in order to hug curves while concealing undergarments lines. For the same reason we don’t recommend fluid jerseys such as viscose or silk. The fabric must have 30 to 50% horizontal stretch. To measure this, hold 10cm (or 2’’) of fabric in your fingers and stretch it horizontally as far as you can (without forcing) in front of a ruler to measure how much you can stretch it. If you can stretch these 10cm to 12cm (to 2.4’’), then you have a 20% stretch ; if you can stretch to 13cm (2.6’’), that’s 30% stretch, and so on.

Notions:

1m of clear elastic (narrow elastic, about 1/4’’ (6mm) wide) to stabilize neckline and create the neckline ruching. Finding clear elastic is not always easy: alternatively, you can use a narrow ribbon such as satin ribbon to stabilize neckline, and regular narrow elastic to create the ruching. Optional: 10cm of fusible interfacing for stretch fabrics.

Sizing:

SIZE RANGE XL TO 6XL (18 TO 36) in centimetres:

French Poetry size	16	18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34
Intl size	XL	XL	2XL	3XL	3XL	4XL	4XL	5XL	5XL	6XL
US size	12W	14W	16W	18W	20W	22W	24W	26W	28W	30W
EU size	48	48/50	50	54W	56W	58W	60W	62W	64W	66W
UK/AU size	18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34	36
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

SIZE RANGE XL TO 6XL (18 TO 36) in inches:

French Poetry size	16	18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34
Intl size	XL	XL	2XL	3XL	3XL	4XL	4XL	5XL	5XL	6XL
US size	12W	14W	16W	18W	20W	22W	24W	26W	28W	30W
EU size	48	48/50	50	54W	56W	58W	60W	62W	64W	66W
UK/AU size	18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34	36
Bust measurement	42.5 to 44”	44.5 to 46”	46.5 to 48”	48.5 to 50”	50.5 to 52”	52.5 to 54”	54.5 to 56”	56.5 to 58”	58.5 to 60”	60.5 to 62”
Waist measurement	36.5 to 38”	38.5 to 40”	40.5 to 42”	42.5 to 44”	44.5 to 46”	46.5 to 48”	48.5 to 50”	50.5 to 52”	52.5 to 54”	54.5 to 56”
Hips measurement	44.8 to 46.3”	46.8 to 48.3”	48.8 to 50.3”	50.8 to 52.3”	52.8 to 54.3”	54.8 to 56.3”	56.8 to 58.3”	58.8 to 60.3”	60.8 to 62.3”	62.8 to 64.3”

Fabric Requirements in metres (this pattern is for sizes XL-6XL):

International sizes	XS to M	L to XL	XL to 3XL	3XL to 6XL
French Poetry sizes (see above)	2 to 8	10 to 16	16 to 24	26 to 34
140cm wide	1.75m	1.85m	2.15m	2.95m
110cm wide	2.15m	2.55m	3.05m	3.65m

This technical drawing shows the different views of the Venus knit dress pattern. This dress has a sweetheart neckline and 3 sleeve options: long sleeve, elbow-length sleeve and short sleeve.