Description
Girl's skirt, knit top, and knit dress pattern. Gathered skirt (designed for woven fabrics) features elastic-back waistband, front button placket, and pleated pocket detail. Pullover, gathered-front knit top or dress includes both long- and short-sleeve options. Top and dress are designed only for knits with at least 25% stretch.
Skills Used
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After successfully sewing this pattern, you will have developed the following skills: buttonholes, flat-set sleeves, knit fabric, patch pockets, plackets, pleat, and pleats.
Suggested Fabrics
Top or Dress: Interlock, jersey, textured knit, lightweight double knit, and matte jersey. (The knit fabric should have at least 25% stretch.)
Skirt: Light- to medium-weight woven fabrics like quilting cotton, broadcloth, shirting, poplin, fine-wale corduroy, twill, denim, chambray, and linen.
Notions
Top or Dress: Coordinating thread, lightweight fusible interfacing.
Skirt: Coordinating thread, 3/8" or 1/2" buttons (four for sizes 6–24 M, five for all other sizes), lightweight fusible interfacing, 1/2 yard of 3/4"-wide elastic.