The Garden Dress is an easy, pull-on style with a beautiful and functional slit back finish. This pattern comes with two views: a dress for warmer weather, and peplum shirt option for that can be layered in cooler weather. A timeless Red Creek Kids piece.
- Bias bound neckline & arms
- Generously gathered skirt
- Back slit with button closure
- Sleeveless
- 1 - 10 years
- #rcgardendress
This is a PDF pattern for at-home sewing.
Special Tools & Notions
- Matching thread
- Small button: 10.5-12.5mm (7/16"-1/2") diameter
- Optional: round elastic if you choose heavyweight fabric
- Optional: 10cm (4") of 3mm (1/8") ribbon (for turning your button loop, not for the finished garment)
- Optional: Loop turner
- Optional: Point turner
- Optional: 18mm bias tape maker
- Optional: Rotary cutter & cutting mat
Fabric
Recommended fabrics: We love linen for this project, but any light to mid weight woven fabric will do. Every fabric has shrinkage, be sure to take this into account when choosing fabric.
112cm/44" width: View A ranges from 1 metre (1.25 yards) - 1.7 metres (2 yards) & View B ranges from .9 metres (1 yards) - 1.1 metres (1.25 yards), see second last photo.
137cm/54" width: View A - ranges from .8 metres (1 yard) & View B - All sizes in this view and fabric width require 1 yard of fabric or .7 metres - .9 metres, see second last photo.
152cm/60" width: View A ranges from .8 metres (1 yard) - .9 metres (1.75 yards) & View B ranges from .7 metres (3/4 yard) - 206cm (1 yard), see second last photo.
Size & Fit
1 - 10 years.
Designed with generous ease to be loose fitting around the belly.
See our body measurement guide in the final photo.
PDF Printing
This pattern comes layered, which means that you can turn off the sizes you do not need. In order to do this, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. You can then open the PDF file in Adobe Acrobat Reader and choose the layers icon on the left hand side of the screen. Once the layers are open, click the eye icon off on all the sizes you do not want to be visible.
To print at home, open the file in your preferred browser and print at 100% scale. The file is designed for both A4 & US Letter paper. Printing from Google Chrome offers the best result because each page will align in the upper left hand corner. This way the pattern can easily be tiled together without needing to trim any edges. Utilize the test square on the first page to check your scale.
To print at a copy shop, give the A0 file to the staff via email or on a usb flash drive. Ask them to print the file at 100% scale.