Contains:
- Multi-size pattern fits Bust size 73-108cm(29-43") , *Go online to clotheslinepatterns.com/its-a-wrap for a comprehensive step-by-step photo tutorial , *Cheat sheet - single page summary of instructions to print , *Pattern has just 12 A4 pages to print and paste together , *Great for beginners
Materials you need at home:
- Bodice - 25% stretch fabric , Skirt - simple rectangle of woven fabric , Bias binding , Stretch machine needle , Thread
Diane von Furstenberg invented the wrap dress in 1972 and women have been clutching their skirts closed ever since! For those who've had a wrap dress unwrap, here's a design that never flies open unexpectedly. The bodice in form-fitting stretch fabric wraps in the classical way. The skirt, a simple rectangle, is sewn firmly closed and takes advantage of all the great prints and plaids available in woven fabric.
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.
Our motto at Clothesline : Be you. Everyone else is taken.
Carmen Hing Fay