The Heatwave Dress - Les Perlines - PDF Download
The Heatwaves Dress is the perfect cottage core dress! It has a form fitting bodice that goes down to the natural waist with a shirring panel at the back for extra comfort. Heatwaves also has a drawstring detail at the center front, a cute short puffy sleeve and 2 skirts options: a midi length with a slit and a mini tiered gathered skirt.
Sewing level: Intermediate
Available in sizes AA - 0 (up to a 55 ⅛’’ / 140cm chest, 60 ¼’’ / 153cm hip). See the size chart in the listing photos for more details.
Please note that this listing is for a digital PDF pattern.
You will be emailed the following files after your purchase:
- The PDF pattern, which is designed to be printed either at home (A4 or US letter paper) or at the copyshop (A0 file). The file includes all sizes and views as well as a detailed instructions booklet.
- A4 / US letter file: 60 pages including all sizes.
- A0 file: 3 pages including all sizes.
Sizes: AA-O
Size Range:
BUST: 78 cm (30 ¾’’) - 140cm (55 ⅛’’)
WAIST: 62 cm (24 ⅜’’) – 124 cm (48 ⅞’’)
HIPS: 91 cm (35 ⅞’’) – 153 cm (60 ¼’’)
Fabric Requirements, Size Charts, & Finished Garment Measurements can be found in the product images.
Notions Required
- Sewing needle
Sewing thread
About 2 meters/yds of 1cm (3/8’’) wide elastic
Elastic thread (I recommend the Gütermann one)
The Heatwaves dress is designed to work with light to medium weight woven fabrics like rayon and viscose (crepe, voile, poplin, twill, challis), cotton (lawn, voile, poplin, crinkle cotton, shirting), linen (washed linen, linen noil) and tencel twill. Fabrics like rayon will look more fluid and have more drape and fabrics like cotton will give more structure and volume. Please also note that the fit of the dress will be affected by the *main fabric* choice because of the shirring panel at the back. Fabrics with more structure like cotton or linen will generally not gather as much when shirring. Make sure to adjust your machine so the center back (4) is appropriately gathered when sewing. Otherwise, it might make the bust fit too loose/big.
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