Vikisews – Marla Dress Sewing Pattern (UK 6-24)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Sizes: UK 6-24

Approximate sewing time: 2 days (16 hours)

Description

Marla is a form-fitting dress with waist and under-bust seams, a gathered bodice with tie-straps, princess seams for shaping, and a lined bodice. It closes with an invisible zipper at the centre back and features a high slit on the left-leg side, falling to a chic midi length.

Please Note: The paper pattern does not come with printed instructions. To access the instructions, kindly utilize the QR code provided on the pattern sheets to download the PDF file.

Recommended Fabric

Silk, viscose, challis, sateen, poplin, dress-weight denim.

Choose dress-weight fabrics with the following properties:

– Medium-weight, pliable, soft, non-stretch or with very little stretch

– The fibre content can include natural fibres (silk, cotton), artificial fibres (viscose), blends (wool + silk, polyester + viscose, etc.), and synthetics (polyester, polyester + elastane)

ATTENTION: Using very stretchy knit materials is NOT recommended.

Notions

• Straight-grain fusible tape, 2m (2 1/8 yd)

• Lightweight knit or woven interfacing, 140cm (55″) wide, 0.6m (5/8 yd)

• 1x invisible zipper, 40cm (15 3/4″) long

• Matching thread