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The
Brigitte Dress The Brigitte Dress
#0001 This elegant tunic dress is a pleasure to make due
to the sheer simplicity of its’ construction. Brigitte can
be made in lightweight fabrics for casual holiday/daytime
Intermediate wear or perhaps in heavier more luxurious fabrics for office
and formal wear.
Level
Size UK Suitable fabrics
Cottons, jersey, silk jersey, light to medium weight knits,
8-16 suiting.

Size chart
Yardage Metres

Size Bust Waist Hips 45” 55-60” 45” 55-60”

Wide Wide Wide Wide
8 33’’ 26’’ 36’’ 2 3/8 yds 2 1/4 yds 2.1m 2m
10 35’’ 28’’ 38’’ 2.5 yds 2 3/8 yds 2.2m 2.1m
12 37’’ 30’’ 40’’ 2.5 yds 2 3/8 yds 2.2m 2.1m
14 39’’ 32’’ 42’’ 2 5/8 yds 2.5 yds 2.3m 2.2m
16 41’’ 34’’ 44’’ 2 5/8 yds 2.5 yds 2.3m 2.2m

What you will need

sewing machine
scissors
pins
tailors’ chalk (optional)
thread (good quality)
iron on medium weight interfacing (0.2 metres)
22” concealed zip

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 Right Side
Stitch Line
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FOLD fabric together

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Brigitte shift dress
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Key 3 x
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Layplan for 45"-wide fabric all sizes
Stitch Line
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MATERIALS:
Key
4 1 O 2-2.5m of fabric x x
fabric together Wrong Side
Right Side
according to dress size
Stitch Line (see website pattern for
Seam allowances unless otherwise indicated are 1.5cm. 2 RST=right sides of recommended lengths)
3 FOLD
fabric together
Follow pattern notches. O 0.2m iron-on medium
4 1 weight interfacing
5
KEY O 56cm concealed zip
xx x xx
1 Front dress FOLD zip
(cut 1 on fold) Layplan for 60"-wide fabric
FOLD
all sizes
4 4
5
2
1
2 Back dress (cut 2) 5 3 2
2 1
3 Sleeve (cut 2 ) It is really important to launder your Key Key fabric (according toxinstructions)
x 3x x before you sew with it. This allows for shrinkage.
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5 your fabric pieces
4 Front facing (cut 1 On the pattern sheet there are labels you can cut out to pin onto after you have
x cut themx out to remind
3 Wrong
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on fold) you which piece is which (handy
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Right you cut out and leave to sew at a later date). You must then apply interfacing tox the
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zip
5 Back facing wrong side of your facing pieces.
Stitch Finally
Line
Stitch Line you must overlock, or zigzag stitch all raw edges. These are: dress side seams,
RST=right
RST=right sides of of
sides
(cut 2) bottom edge of skirt pieces (hems), the
fabric
fabric bottom edge of the neckline facing and sleeve side seams and edges.
together
together
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Key
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HOW TO MAKE: FOLD
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fabric together Wrong Side the inside edge of
Wrong Side 3 3 Right Side
x x 2 neckline facing
Key Right Side
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fabric together 5
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fabric together FOLD zip
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sides x x
fabric together
fabric together 4 3
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2 5 FOLD
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FOLD 1 Pin/mark darts 24 Pin/mark1back
4 1
3
3 RST pin and 4 Join front and back facings 5 6Y Place sleeve RST with
4
and stitch from the darts in place and then stitch the front together at shoulder seams and dress in the armhole curve, and
5 1
leg (widest end) toX x press towards 2 2 and back dress
X
x
ease into place.YYou may wish to
x press seam open, then RST pin
3 Y 3 2
1 1 the point (x). Don’t 3 centre
3 back (x). at the shoulders. facing to dress neckline and make a row of gathering stitches
backstitch when you 5
5
Press seam open. x stitch inx
X place. Notch neckline (between X and Y) and gather
get to the end, tie a
X
x x Y
zip facing. Turn back to inside of sleeve to fit armhole curve.
5 FOLD
Y XX xx zip
knot in the threads. YY dress. Press flat.
4
Press dart upwards. 1
FOLD
x
4
zip
1
2
3
8 Turn dress
2
FOLD 5 3 RIGHT sides out
D x
1 and5 on the centre zip
back pin zip RST x
zip
with dress. Hand-
2
tack in place and
X
Y
x remove pins. Swap
x
xzipx machine foot to a J Turn dress RS out. Fold facing
x
7zipzipRST stitch down zipper foot and stitch 9 Turn dress inside so it falls over the top of the zip, K Turn up edge of
zip
the side seam from in place stitching out and from the last so the facing and dress are RST. dress hem by 0.5cm
the edge of sleeve close to the teeth. stitch you made (x) Stitch down the side of the zipper and iron flat, stitch
to the bottom of Repeat other side. continue to sew all tape (through the facing). Fold close to edge, repeat.
dress hem. Press Remove hand tacks. the way down to the facing back to inside of the dress Give dress an overall
seam open. bottom of the dress. and press flat. good pressing.

KEY Wrong side Right side Stitch Line RST=right sides of fabric together
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