Boat-Neck Midi Dress with Kimono Sleeves and Back Buttons

Boat-Neck Midi Dress with Kimono Sleeves and Back Buttons

A tea-length dress for knit fabric with a fitted bodice and a half-circle skirt joined at the natural waist. The bodice is cut in one with short kimono sleeves, so there is no armhole seam, and the wide boat neckline is finished with a facing. Nine buttons close the back from the neckline to 18 cm (7″) below the waist; below the opening the skirt has a centre-back seam. It comes with an illustrated sewing booklet: step-by-step pictures for every stage of sewing.

Key Design Features

• Tea-length dress for knit fabric: 130 cm (51″) long from the shoulder at the neck in size US 8.
• Fitted bodice cut in one with short kimono sleeves; no armhole seam.
• Wide boat neckline finished with a facing.
• Waist seam at the natural waist.
• Half-circle skirt: one front and two backs.
• Back opening with 9 buttons, 1 cm (3/8″), from the neckline to 18 cm (7″) below the waist; centre-back seam below the opening.
• Seam allowance 1.6 cm (5/8″) included; hem allowance 3 cm (1 3/16″) on the skirt.
• Sizes US 0–18, drafted for a height of 170 cm (5′7″).

Fabric

• Knit fabric with moderate stretch and good recovery that is firm enough for buttonholes, for example ponte or double knit.
• The pattern is drafted for a stretch fabric; it is not intended for woven fabrics.
• 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

• 9 buttons, 1 cm (3/8″) in diameter
• Fusible interfacing, 90 cm (35″) wide
• Matching thread
• An overlocker (serger) and a twin needle are useful but not required

What You Get

• All sizes US 0–18 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.

Fabric print not included.