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Elsie Dress PDF Sewing Pattern

Elsie Dress PDF Sewing Pattern

PDF Sewing Pattern in sizes 8-20

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Elsie is the ultimate party girl! Borne out of a desire for a graceful, grown-up party dress, Elsie is perfect for warm, balmy evenings in the sun, as well as those festive, wintery soirees.

With a gently curved V-neckline, flattering princess seams, dramatic pleats and a nod to our favourite fashions of the ’50s, the Elsie Dress is elegant, sophisticated and guaranteed to catch an eye. We can definitely see Betty Draper in this!

Designed to have that immaculate finish inside as well as out, Elsie features a fully lined and faced bodice, neat invisible zip and delicate hand finishing. The pattern also comes with a quick-to-sew skirt version too.

See what other people have been making in the Elsie Dress Gallery and on Instagram with hashtag #soielsiedress.

Sewing Level

The Elsie Dress is an Intermediate sewing pattern.

Fabric Suggestions

The Elsie Dress makes the ideal canvas for those special fabrics; think striking stretch cottons, brilliant brocades and dazzling jacquards. Cotton poplin, silk dupion, taffeta and even lighter soft furnishing fabrics would be lovely. Ideally you want to choose something with a bit of body so that the skirt can hold the pleats. We suggest avoiding anything with too much drape for Elsie.

Because the bodice is fully lined, you will also need lining fabric. For this we recommend either a soft cotton lawn or a rayon for summer, whilst for a winter dress, you might prefer to try a regular acetate lining.

Pattern Sizes & Fabric Requirements

The Elsie Dress is available in UK sizes 8-20. See the size chart below for details on fabric requirements. 

Bundles, Pattern Hacks & Add-On Packs

This pattern is not currently part of any bundles or add-on packs.

Tutorials & Sewalongs

What will I receive?

The downloadable pattern file contains:

  • Printable PDF Pattern in sizes A4, US Letter & A0
  • Fully-illustrated printable instruction booklet

If you purchase the PDF Pattern + A0 Printing option, you will also receive your pattern printed on A0 paper in the post. Find out more about our PDF Printing Service here.

The Elsie Dress print-at-home PDF pattern is 54 pages long or 3 A0 copyshop pages.

What is a PDF pattern?

A PDF pattern is a downloadable pattern that you print yourself at home on A4 or US letter paper.

Choose to add on A0 printing and we will print the pattern on our A0 printers and post it to you so all you need to access digitally is the instruction booklet.

If you're using the A4 or US letter options, simply download, print at home, tape together and let the sewing begin! When you print the pattern, print at 100% (you might have to uncheck the scale box). Print page 1 first, the square should measure 10cm x 10cm. Never used a PDF pattern before and would like some help? Learn everything you need to know in our free tutorial How to Assemble a PDF Pattern

Is this sewing pattern layered?

This pattern is not currently layered but we are actively working through our full catalogue of patterns to get them layered. If you would like to get this one bumped up the list send us an email to info@sewoverit.com

Like all our patterns, the sizes are nested to make it easier to grade between the sizes, depending on your measurements.

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