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Nautical Rope-Belt Dress
Nautical Rope-Belt Dress
Nautical Rope-Belt Dress
Nautical Rope-Belt Dress
Nautical Rope-Belt Dress
Nautical Rope-Belt Dress

Nautical Rope-Belt Dress

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Difficulty

Intermediate

Designer
Designer
Amanda Walker
Pattern Guide
Pattern Guide
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Beginner
Difficulty

Intermediate

Designer
Designer
Amanda Walker
Pattern Guide
Pattern Guide
Download

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About this pattern

If not being able to find a casual and practical dress for the sunny weather is making you feel like walking the plank, then fear not, this fabulous frock is here to save the day! Amanda Walker’s nautical style piece gives you the opportunity to perfect vital stitchy skills such as using interfacing, attaching bias binding and adding hem tape – with talents like this under your rope belt, the dressmaking possibilities are endless.

Essentials

  • Jersey, 1.5m (150cm)
  • Bias binding, 2cm wide
  • Twisted piping cord
  • Fusible interfacing
  • Hem tape

Essentials

  • 1.5cm seam allowance used throughout, unless otherwise stated.

Sizes

  • 8-20

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    1

    Download and print the template, then follow the cutting guide. Neaten the shoulder and side seam edges on the back and front pieces. Match the shoulder seams on the front and back, then pin and sew one shoulder, right sides facing, and press the seam open.

    2

    Neaten one long edge of the neckband and position it around the neckline from one side of the open shoulder to the other. Stretch the band slightly, then pin and stitch in place with a 1cm seam allowance. Trim any excess binding at the edges of the shoulders.

    3

    Match, pin and sew the remaining shoulder, continuing the stitching into the neckband. Fold the neckband onto the wrong side of the neckline and position the

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