Inari Tee Dress & Crop
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The ‘Ticket’ Collection Inari Tee Dress & Crop Tee The pattern includes two variations: A loose-fitting tee dress and a cropped A-line tee. Both variations have short sleeves with a rolled-up effect. The dress is slightly cocoon- shaped, with an uneven hemline and vents at the sides. Finish the neckline with a facing or with a neckband. SS15-06-061-02 © Named Clothing Finland Oy / www.namedclothing.com / [email protected] Materials & supplies: • Fabric for dress: 135 - 255 cm / 1½ - 2¾ yd • Fabric for tee: 90 - 150 cm / 1 - 1¾ yd • (Neckband fabric: 10 cm / 4”) • (Fusible interfacing for the facings: 20 cm / ¼ yd) • (Clear elastic: 30 cm / 12”) Choose a light- to medium-weight, soft fabric. The fabric can be non-stretch or slightly stretchy. Finish the neckline with a neckband if your fabric is soft or has stretch. Use the neckline facing if your fabric is non-stretch and firm. If you finish the neckline with the neckband, choose a knit fabric, such as jersey or rib-knit, for the band. SIZES EUR 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 US 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 UK 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 FABRIC REQUIREMENTS - TEE DRESS Fabric width (cm) Centimeters 150 cm 135 135 135 140 140 140 145 145 115 cm 145 145 145 235 240 245 250 255 Fabric width (in.) Yards 60” 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 45” 1½ 1½ 1½ 2½ 2¾ 2¾ 2¾ 2¾ FABRIC REQUIREMENTS - CROP TEE Fabric width (cm) Centimeters 150 cm 90 90 90 90 95 95 95 95 115 cm 90 90 90 145 150 150 150 150 Fabric width (in.) Yards 60” 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 45” 1 1 1 1½ 1¾ 1¾ 1¾ 1¾ FINISHED MEASUREMENTS Metric Centimeters Bust 85 89 93 97 101 105 109 113 Waist 93,5 98 102 106 110 114 118 122 Hip 94,5 98,5 102 106 110 113,5 117,5 121,5 Bicep 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 Imperial Inches Bust 33½ 35 36½ 38¼ 39¾ 41¼ 43 44½ Waist 36¾ 38½ 40¼ 41¾ 43¼ 45 46½ 48 Hip 37¼ 38¾ 40¼ 41¾ 43¼ 44¾ 46¼ 47¾ Bicep 13½ 13¾ 14¼ 14½ 15 15¼ 15¾ 16¼ • 2 • Measuring instructions A. Bust measurement: Measure your chest across the fullest part, on top of your bra. Keep the measuring tape horizontally straight at the sides. B. Waist measurement: Measure against your skin, around the narrowest section A of your waist. C. Hip measurement: Measure your hips at the widest part, on top of your underwear. B Note that the widest part can also be the top of your thighs. C Size chart EUR size 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 US size 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 UK size 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 Bust (cm/”) 76/30 80/31½ 84/33 88/34½ 92/36¼ 96/37¾ 100/39½ 104/41 Waist (cm/”) 60/23½ 64/25¼ 68/26¾ 72/28¼ 76/30 80/31½ 84/33 88/34½ Hip (cm/”) 84/33 88/34½ 92/36¼ 96/37¾ 100/39½ 104/41 108/42½ 112/44 Before you start • Read all instructions before you start. You can • If possible, pre-wash and iron all fabrics before find additional instructions and vocabulary on our cutting; this way you will prevent the finished website in the “Instructions” section. garment from shrinking during the wash. If the fabric frays easily, finish the raw edges before • Refer to the size chart above to find the size that washing. If the fabric does not allow washing or suits you, and see the fabric requirements chart to you are not able to pre-wash the fabric, steam it determine how much material you need for your before cutting. Some of the possible shrinkage size. A shrinkage allowance of 5 % is added to will occur by steaming. Do not cut a wrinkled the fabric requirements calculation. Note that for fabric as the shapes of the pieces may become patterned or napped fabrics the fabric requirement distorted. may be higher. • Compare the finished garment measurements • Buy the fabric using the guidelines given in the with your own measurements and make the product description. The qualities of the fabric necessary adjustments. However, consider the are affected by e.g. thickness, drape, material, amount of ease in each pattern. The patterns are weave, stretch and slipperiness of the fabric. designed for the height of 172 cm / 5ft 8”, so also When choosing a fabric, consider what you would check the length of the garment/sleeves/legs by like the finished garment to be - constructed or measuring the pattern. Refer to the Instructions/ flowing, warm or cool, festive or casual? Consider Pattern alterations section of our website for your own sewing skills as well: As a rule of basic instructions on how to alter a pattern. thumb, it can be considered that the lighter the fabric is, the more challenging it is to sew; a • Remember that you don’t always have to play by satin weave is more difficult than a plain weave; a the rules! If you are not used to doing everything non-stretch fabric is easier to sew than one with as described in the instructions, you can always stretch, and slippery fabric is trickier than coarse. skip them and work however you prefer instead. It Find more instructions in the material guide on is ok and recommended to modify the patterns to our website, and if you are unsure about a suitable suit your own body shape and personal taste! The fabric, you can always ask for help at your fabric selected material may also affect the techniques shop! and the order of procedures. If you are unsure about a technique, make a sample before sewing • Choose the interfacing according to the colour the actual piece. and weight of your fabric. • 3 • Printing the patterns You can find illustrated instructions for printing Follow the size and pattern piece that you are the patterns on our website under “Instructions / tracing carefully. Check the cover page to see Using the patterns”. The patterns are in a layered which line color and style refers to your size. All PDF file, which means that all of the sizes are pattern pieces include seam allowances. Be sure to stacked on top of each other on the different also trace all the pattern markings, notches and layers. To choose the size that you need, open aid lines. Refer to the pattern markings chart on the pattern file in a suitable program, e.g. Adobe the cover page of the pattern file to see what the Acrobat or Adobe Reader. To open a list of all symbols represent. the file’s layers, click on the Layers icon on the left panel of the window. An eye icon next to the Pattern Markings layer’s name means that the layer is active. You can hide the layer by clicking on the eye icon. A notch is a short cut made to the edge of the Before printing, make sure that only the layers seam allowance, which allows matching the you want to print (the right size/sizes) remain pattern pieces together. Cut out all the pattern’s active. The text layer should also always remain notches carefully to the marked points, before active. It is important that the printer doesn’t detaching the pattern pieces. For a piece that is scale the sheet size but prints the pattern in actual cut on the fold, the center front and center back size. There is a 10 cm / 3” test square on the first notches are marked; cut a normal notch to the page of the pattern to help you ensure that the seam allowance up to the point where the fabric is pattern has been printed to scale. folded, i.e. the piece’s center point. Pattern sheet assembly After printing your pattern, arrange the sheets according to the image on the cover page of the pattern sheet. The right bottom corner of each sheet is numbered and labeled with the product name - this way you can always check the correct order of the sheets. Normally the patterns are printed in the correct order. Cut off one long and one short border marked on the edge of each Mark the other pattern markings carefully on sheet. Cut the same long and short side of each the fabric before removing the pattern pieces. paper and tape or glue the sheets together so that Such markings are e.g. the tips of darts, pocket you link the uncut side to the cut side next to it. placements, buttons and buttonholes. They are It is the easiest and fastest to first link all vertical marked on the pattern with either matching or horizontal rows and then assemble the other points, matching lines, cut lines or button/ direction. Cut and assemble the pattern sheets as buttonhole marks (see chart). All such symbols/ carefully as you can to keep the proportions of the markings are traced on the fabric by placing a pin pattern correct. needle at the mark, by knotting a short piece of thread at it or by marking with chalk. Tracing the pieces Once you’ve matched up the pattern sheet, trace each pattern piece on to a separate pattern paper. The patterns may overlap on the sheet, but if you want to cut the patterns directly from the printer paper without tracing them, you can usually print and assemble the sheet twice, and then cut all pieces directly from the sheets.