Bishop Sleeve Knee-Length Dress with Gored Skirt

Bishop Sleeve Knee-Length Dress with Gored Skirt

A knee-length dress for woven fabric with a natural waist seam. The blouson bodice is gathered into the waist seam at the front and the back and has shoulder darts at the back. Full bishop sleeves are gathered into narrow cuffs. The round jewel neckline is finished with a facing. The gored skirt has a centre front panel, side front panels and a centre back seam with an invisible zipper; no back vent. It comes with an illustrated sewing booklet: step-by-step pictures for every stage of sewing.

Key Design Features

• Knee-length dress for woven fabric: 103 cm (40 1/2″) long at the centre back in size US 8.
• Blouson bodice gathered into the natural waist seam; shoulder darts at the back.
• Full bishop sleeves gathered into 3 cm (1 1/8″) cuffs.
• Round jewel neckline with a facing.
• Gored skirt: centre front, side fronts, centre backs and side backs.
• Invisible zipper in the centre back seam; no back vent.
• Seam allowance 1.6 cm (5/8″) and hem allowance 3 cm (1 1/8″) included.
• Sizes US 2–18, drafted for a height of 170 cm (5′7″).

Fabric

• Woven fabric.
• The cutting layouts in the booklet are for fabric without nap or a one-way print; such fabric needs all pieces facing the same way, which takes more fabric.

Supplies

• Invisible zipper, 61 cm (24″)
• Fusible interfacing, 90 cm (35″) wide
• Matching thread; an invisible zipper foot; an overlocker (serger) is useful but not required

What You Get

• All sizes US 2–18 in one ZIP file, instant download.
• The pattern of every size in three formats: A4, US Letter and A0.
• A sewing booklet: size chart, finished garment measurements, fabric requirements, cutting layouts and illustrated step-by-step instructions.