oliver + s Apple-Picking Dress

Apple-Picking Dress by oliver + s

Girl's dress pattern. The pattern for this versatile dress includes a wide button placket, a bow at the neck, bias-bound sleeves, and a dropped waist for a vintage feel. View A has three-quarter-length sleeves and a double-layer gathered skirt, while View B has long sleeves and a single-layer skirt.

Skills Used

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After successfully sewing this pattern, you will have developed the following skills: buttonholes, gathering, and set-in sleeves.

Suggested Fabrics

Light- to medium-weight woven fabrics like quilting cotton, voile, lawn, shirting, poplin, broadcloth, flannel, and linen.

Notions

Coordinating thread, lightweight fusible interfacing, 3/8–1/2" buttons (eight for sizes 6M–2T, ten for sizes 3T–7, twelve for sizes 8–12).

Fabric Guide (fabric width: 44"-45")

Finished Measurements

* Measured from shoulder at neck
** Measured from center back neck