Sewing and the City - Essex Dress

About the Essex

The Essex is an easy fitting, pull-over dress with a v-neck, gathered shoulders with ruffle or puffed sleeves, an elastic waist with side-seam pockets and above the knee hem. The back neck and View A sleeves are finished with bias tape trim. View B sleeves are finished with elastic. The Essex can be worn with sandals as a casual summer look or with heels as a chic special occasion dress.

The Fabric

Light to medium weight wovens with a bit of body: cotton poplin, cotton/poly blends, denim, linen. The Essex looks fabulous in your favorite artists drawn prints and solids, too!

The Notions

All views:

• Thread to match
• Approx 2 1⁄4 yards of 3⁄4” Elastic
• 1/4 yard of 1/4“ wide double folded bias tape
• (made from 1” bias strips)

View A:
3 yards of 1/4“ wide double folded bias tape

(made from 1” bias strips)

View B:

Approx 1 yard of 1/4″ elastic

Sizing

This pattern is sized US 2-20 (which covers bust measurements from 32 - 46)

Level of Difficulty

This pattern is rated as 'Intermediate'.