Contains:
- Multi-size pattern download in 5 sizes to fit approx. 3 to 7 year old girls
- Actual garment length - shoulder to hem 48cm(19") to 62cm(24.5")
- Actual garment size - chest 64cm(25.5") to 75cm(29.5")
- Great for beginners
- One page printable instruction summary
- Comprehensive photo tutorial online at http//clotheslinepatterns.com/swinging-sixties-shift/
Materials you need at home:
- 1 m (1 1/8 yd) main fabric
- 1 large (ie 2cm or 3/4") button
- Optional 0.3m (3/8 yd) interfacing
- Optional matching embroidery thread for button loop
Growing up in the Sixties, store bought clothes were expensive - my dresses were home-made by grandma or the local dressmaker. I had endless variations of this Swinging Sixties Mini Shift dress.
Sew your own peace, love and understanding with an instant download pattern (just 10 pages to cut and paste) plus a printable cheat sheet instruction page. For beginners, there's a detailed photo tutorial at the Clothesline website to take you through step-by-step.
You'll need just 1 metre of fabric to make your own variation of this classic Sixties mini. It's roomy in width, so can be worn as a pinafore. It may be fairly short on tall girls, so they may prefer it as a tunic with bought leggings.
Easy 1960s Mini Shift Dress pdf Pattern for Girls age 3 to 7
Clothesline Patterns
An older neighbour once told me about how she would shop in the morning for a pattern and fabric, sew a new dress in the afternoon and wear it out that night. I love that idea! That's the spirit of Clothesline Patterns, simple clothes-making to be sewn in a single day.
Back in 2008, when I couldn't find the simple, speedy clothing patterns I was looking for, I decided to make them myself. Private patternmaking classes led to full time study in clothing design and technology at MSIT, a technical college in Brisbane, Australia.
I've worked in a number of creative industries - visual merchandising, graphic design, event styling - but now live amongst the sugar cane fields just outside Mackay in rural Queensland, happily making things for my website www.clotheslinepatterns.com.
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