I am Cleopatra, a pleated dress that also comes as a small top. I am very comfortable to wear thanks to the pleated fabric that gives me plenty of ease. I have a yoke shaped like a collar from which the pleated fabric body flows. I have armholes finished with bias tape. I am both very chic and extremely comfortable.
Paper pattern:
All seam allowances included.
The pattern pieces overlap. You will need to trace the pattern.
The pattern includes an envelope containing a pattern sheet and a step-by-step instruction booklet with diagrams.
Size 36 to 46. See measurement chart below.
VERSIONS
Version A: Pleated dress
Version B: Pleated top
SUPPLIES
Fabrics
Pre-folded bias tape 1 cm wide
Interfacing: 35 cm by 100 cm
Cardboard: between A4 and A3 depending on chosen size
RECOMMENDED FABRICS
Yoke: medium-weight fabric that holds well like poplin, wax, chambray…
Body: pleated fabric
The pleated fabrics as well as the fabric for the yokes come from Stragier.
REQUIRED FABRIC (cm)
| Sizes |
34-36 |
38-40 |
42-46 |
48-52 |
| A & B, Yokes in 140 cm |
50 |
50 |
50 |
50 |
| A & B, Yokes in 110 cm |
50 |
50 |
50 |
50 |
| A, Body, vertical pleated in 140 cm |
95 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
| A, Body, vertical pleated in 110 cm |
95 |
100 |
175 |
180 |
| B, Body, vertical pleated in 140 cm |
70 |
70 |
70 |
75 |
| B, Body, vertical pleated in 110 cm |
70 |
70 |
125 |
125 |
| A, Body, horizontal pleated in 140 cm |
110 |
115 |
130 |
140 |
| A, Body, horizontal pleated in 110 cm |
110 |
115 |
130 |
140 |
| B, Body, horizontal pleated in 140 cm |
65 |
70 |
75 |
80 |
| B, Body, horizontal pleated in 110 cm |
110 |
115 |
130 |
140 |
| A & B, Bias |
160 |
170 |
185 |
200 |
MEASUREMENT CHART (cm)
Height: 1.65 m
| Sizes |
34 |
36 |
38 |
40 |
42 |
44 |
46 |
48 |
50 |
52 |
| Bust |
78 |
82 |
86 |
90 |
94 |
98 |
102 |
106 |
110 |
114 |
| Waist |
58 |
62 |
66 |
70 |
74 |
78 |
82 |
86 |
90 |
94 |
| Hip |
84 |
88 |
92 |
96 |
100 |
104 |
108 |
112 |
116 |
120 |
FINISHED GARMENT MEASUREMENTS (cm)
| Sizes |
34 |
36 |
38 |
40 |
42 |
44 |
46 |
48 |
50 |
52 |
| Bust * |
86 |
90 |
94 |
98 |
102 |
106 |
110 |
114 |
118 |
122 |
| Dress Length ** |
87,5 |
88 |
88,5 |
89 |
89,5 |
90 |
90,5 |
91 |
91,5 |
92 |
| Top Length ** |
62,5 |
63 |
63,5 |
64 |
64,5 |
65 |
65,5 |
66 |
66,5 |
67 |
* Not including pleat allowances (closed pleats)
** From shoulder neckline to bottom of the garment