digital birthday party dress sewing pattern

digital birthday party dress sewing pattern
Price: $13.95
Brand: Oliver + S
Item: OLV-OS010BPD
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Blow out the candles! This children's sewing pattern for a sleeveless A-line dress has three box pleats at center front with options of button tab or ties. Buttons at back and our signature hem facing are just two of the details featured in this cute girl's sewing pattern.

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digital birthday party dress sewing pattern

  • Digital Patterns

    This style is provided as a digital pattern. It may be printed on both home printers (using either 8 1/2" x 11" or A4 paper) and at service bureaus that handle 36" wide sheets. When you complete your order, you will be provided with a unique code to instantly download the pattern. See our digital product policy for full details.

    Printing Information, Sizes 6M-3T:

    • Instructions: 13 pages
    • Tiled pattern pieces: 31 pages
    • 36-inch pattern sheets: 1 page
    • A0 pattern sheets: not available for this pattern

    Printing Information, Sizes 4-8:

    • Instructions: 13 pages
    • Tiled pattern pieces: 45 pages
    • 36-inch pattern sheets: 1 page
    • A0 pattern sheets: not available for this pattern

    Description

    Sleeveless A-line dress has three box pleats at center front with options for button tab (view A) or ties (view B). Buttons at back, and our signature hem facing.

    Skills Used

    Each of our patterns calls on a unique set of sewing skills. Haven't ever done one of these things before? Don't worry. We'll walk you through it, step by step.

    After successfully sewing this pattern, you will have developed the following skills: buttonholes and pleats.

    Suggested Fabrics

    Light- to medium-weight woven fabrics like quilting cottons, broadcloth, silk dupioni, linen, poplin, and seersucker.

    Notions

    Thread, one 1/2"-3/4" button (view A), optional 1 1/2 yards of 1"-wide ribbon (view B), five 3/8"-1/2" buttons, light-weight fusible interfacing.

    birthday party dress sewing pattern

    Fabric Guide (fabric width: 44"-45")

    SIZE 6-12M 12-18M 18-24M 2T 3T
    Dress Fabric, main 1 yard 1 1/4 yards 1 1/4 yards 1 1/4 yards 1 1/3 yards
    Dress Trim, view A or view B with ribbons for ties 1/4 yard 1/4 yard 1/4 yard 1/4 yard 1/3 yard
    Dress Trim Fabric, view B with ties 1/2 yard 1/2 yard 1/2 yard 1/2 yard 2/3 yard

    SIZE 4 5 6 7 8
    Dress Fabric, main 1 1/2 yards 1 1/2 yards 1 2/3 yards 2 yards 2 yards
    Dress Trim, view A or view B with ribbons for ties 1/3 yard 1/3 yard 1/3 yard 1/3 yard 1/3 yard
    Dress Trim Fabric, view B with ties 2/3 yard 2/3 yard 2/3 yard 2/3 yard 2/3 yard


    Finished Measurements

    SIZE 6-12M 12-18M 18-24M 2T 3T
    Length * 16 3/4" 17 7/8" 19" 19 1/2" 21"
    Chest, all around (closed) 21 1/4" 22" 22 3/4" 23" 24"

    SIZE 4 5 6 7 8
    Length * 22 5/8" 24 1/4" 25 7/8" 28" 29 1/2"
    Chest, all around (closed) 25" 26" 27" 28" 29"

    * From high point of shoulder

  • English System
    Size Chest
    (in)    		 Waist
    (in)    		 Hip
    (in)    		 Height
    (in)    		 Weight
    (lbs)
    6-12M 19 19 ½ 19 ½ 27-29 17-22
    12-18M 19 ¾ 20 ½ 20 ½ 29-31 22-27
    18-24M 20 ½ 21 21 31-33 27-30
    2T 21 21 22 33-36 30-33
    3T 21 ½ 21 23 36-39 33-36
    4 22 ½ 21 ½ 24 39-42 36-39
    5 23 ½ 22 25 ½ 42-45 39-44
    6 24 ½ 22 ½ 26 ½ 45-49 45-55
    7 25 ½ 23 27 ½ 49-52 56-64
    8 26 ½ 23 ½ 28 ½ 52-54 65-72

     

    Metric System
    Size Chest
    (cm)    		 Waist
    (cm)    		 Hip
    (cm)    		 Height
    (cm)    		 Weight
    (kg)
    6-12M 48 50 50 69-74 8-10
    12-18M 50 52 51 74-79 10-12
    18-24M 52 53 56 79-84 12-14
    2T 53 53 56 84-91 14-15
    3T 55 53 58 91-99 15-16
    4 57 55 61 99-107 16-18
    5 60 56 65 107-114 18-20
    6 62 57 67 114-124 20-25
    7 65 58 70 124-132 25-29
    8 67 60 72 132-137 29-33

     

  • Average rating: (4.8 of 5) based on 11 reviews

      Birthday party dress
    Reviewed by Kristin Skjørshammer (✓ Verified Buyer) on 12/18/2018
    The pattern came in PDF as promiced. It was wery ok. I have problem whit the folds infront - but I think its because my english reading its not so good. I use the pattern whit some other in front - whit out fold. Will try it out more in the new year 19 - but I am satifired whit the pattern - bur sorry - never an pattern whit english tut anymore. Regards from Norway,
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      Awaiting arrival of new Liberty material
    Reviewed by Therese Compton (✓ Verified Buyer) on 03/31/2016
    I have a sad tale to tell. I purchased what was purported to be Liberty Cotton Poplin at a "bargain" price (not from Liberty I might add). I wasted 2 days in trying to make this up - seams puckered - when I tried the burn test, it was not cotton but a man made fibre. All ended in the bin. The moral of this story is that the cheapest can easily turn out to be the dearest.
    Looking forward to starting again. I am delighted with all Oliver+s patterns.
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      This is my favourite Oliver + s design
    Reviewed by Jan on 08/29/2015
    I bought this pattern to make for my grand-daughter and its perfect, I really love this pattern. I love all the Oliver + S patterns I've tried so far, they are beautiful easy to make designs.
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      Birthday party dress
    Reviewed by Gisela Jardine (✓ Verified Buyer) on 07/09/2015
    I bought this pattern and I received the download immediately. I made the dress and am very happy with the results. I found the instructions quite clear and only ran into difficulties with how to attach the facing but looked in the discuss section on your website and someone explained it. I would like to share a photo of my dress. Where can I send it?
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      Sweet retro dress
    Reviewed by Claire on 05/08/2015
    This is a sweet dress. Based on the pattern sizing I made my daughter a size 4 because I like kids clothes to fit true. However I think it's a tiny bit small. I'll make the 5 next time. The print out wasn't hard to put together and it lays out nicely. I'm an experienced sewer but I don't usually use patterns. I got really confused on the neckline facing but after googling it and finding others with the problem I followed their advice and trusted the pattern. I sewed slowly very step by step and it came together beautifully. It's a lovely design.
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      A fun sew
    Reviewed by Linda Madson on 12/18/2014
    I love this little dress. You have to follow the pattern exactly and the outcome will be perfect. It is an unusual looking dress. (Something that stands out in the crowd.) I also loved the tip about the pleats. I have purchased additional fabric to make another one.
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      So easy to sew....
    Reviewed by Birgitte on 12/02/2014
    I sewed the birthday dress in light denim with gingham facing. The instructions were easy to follow and the dress is so cute.
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      Digital birthday party dress
    Reviewed by Sandra Hartwig on 09/20/2014
    Just love this wee dress, the first time I made it , it turned out smaller than expected. I later realised that I had printed out the pattern smaller than it should have been (I didnt check the 1 inch square after printing it out).The next time I printed out the digital pattern and then copied it at 108% to get the correct size. (This might have been due to the difference in US and NZ paper sizes. I am planning on making this again in a light weight denim with printed fabric for the pleated section. I saw this dress made up in a childrens clothing shop several years ago and nearly brought one even though I didn't know at the time the gender of my first grandchild. Soooo exciting to find the pattern available
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      So beautiful
    Reviewed by Jenny on 02/23/2014
    I only have the buttons left, otherwise I am finished. This dress is so beautiful. The facings are tricky, IF you've never done facings on an O + S pattern. But you have to learn sometime, and once you do, you'll look forward to doing it this way because the end product is so professional. Also, the little tip about edge stitching the pleats to help them remain crisp! Awesome. Those box pleats will lie perfectly every time.
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      Beautiful Birthday Dress
    Reviewed by Nicole on 09/04/2013
    I cannot believe I have only made this once, it is such a beautiful dress. I used a silk dupion and the results were breathtaking (no false modesty here) http://www.flickr.com/photos/motherof5/5090602387/in/set-72157625264753370 For all you 'perfect inside' finish junkies, french seams work really well. I hand sewed all the facings and hems and even used hand sewn poppers to fasten the back so it was machine stitch free on the outside. http://www.flickr.com/photos/motherof5/5091011887/in/set-72157625264753370/ A few girls have struggled with facing. It does fit! I promise! The facing wraps slightly around itself. If you check out the forum there are some good descriptions on how to do this. Last year my daughter pulled this dress out of retirement and snazzed it up for a disco. http://www.flickr.com/photos/motherof5/7465803812/in/set-72157625264753370/ Now that is a versatile dress! As well as the bow there is a lovely tab front option. Perfect to show off that special button you have been saving. After pressing in the front pleats in I under sewed them in place. It made ironing a lot more pleasant. One of the classic Oliver+S pattern and I am so pleased to see it released in digital.
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      cute as a birthday button
    Reviewed by Gail Jones on 07/29/2013
    LOVE this dress. Made it for my granddaughter and she looks adorable in it. I hadn't sewn in a long time, but the directions were so clear and easy to follow, that it was no problem at all to put together.
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