playdate dress

Girl’s dress. A-line dress has bib-style yoke with flat piping, button details, and optional ruffles at front, and button-loop closure at back neck. Also has inverted box pleat at center front, three-quarter-length sleeve with inverted pleat at sleeve hem, on-seam pockets, separate hem facing, and slight gathering at sleeve cap.

SUGGESTED FABRICS: Light- to medium-weight woven fabrics like quilting cottons, broadcloth, denim, gingham, chambray, gabardine, or seersucker, and linen.

NOTIONS: Thread, four 1/2" buttons.

DIFFICULTY: 3 scissors

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

size 6-12 M 12-18 M 18-24 M 2T 3t 4 5 6 7 8
Dress 1 1/8 yards 1 1/8 yards 1 1/4 yards 1 1/4 yards 1 3/8 yards 1 3/8 yards 1 5/8 yards 1 7/8 yards 2 yards 2 1/4 yards
Yoke, Yoke + Hem Facing 1/2 yard 1/2 yard 1/2 yard 1/2 yard 1/2 yard 1/2 yard 1/2 yard 1/2 yard 1/2 yard 1/2 yard
Bias Piping 1/2 yard 1/2 yard 1/2 yard 1/2 yard 1/2 yard 1/2 yard 1/2 yard 1/2 yard 1/2 yard 1/2 yard

Finished Measurements

size 6-12 M 12-18 M 18-24 M 2t 3t 4 5 6 7 8
Dress Length 17 1/2" 18" 18 5/8" 19 1/2" 20 3/8" 22 1/2" 24 5/8" 26 3/4" 28 7/8" 31"
Chest 22 1/2" 23 1/2" 24 1/2" 25" 26" 27" 28" 29" 30" 31"
3/4 Sleeve Length* 9 5/8" 10" 10 5/8" 11 1/4" 12 1/8" 13 3/8" 14 1/2" 15 3/4" 16 7/8" 18 1/8"

*Sleeve measured from center back neck.