Description
Description
Recently updated and redrafted, French Poetry created the Pleiades 2 dress in response to the success of their Pleiades 1 pattern. Pleiades 2 features bust darts, a shirt-like bodice fit and a gathered skirt at front and back. This dress pattern includes many style variations that can be combined to make a number of unique looks from one single pattern. It includes short or long sleeves and a variety of collar and skirt options.
**This pattern is in English**
Available sizes:
XL - 6XL (also available in XS - XL, please seem other listing)
Difficulty:
3/5 – average. You need to be familiar with reading a sewing pattern, to know how to make gathers, insert a zipper, set in sleeves… Tutorials available here.
Fabric choice:
Double gauze, crepe, twill, challis, in silk, viscose, polyester, cotton, linen, tencel… but also light velvet, denim etc. Pretty much all light-weight woven fabrics.
Notions:
11 small buttons (11mm or so) for view 1, a 21inch (55cm) zipper for view 2 only, 1, 2 small buttons for shoulder straps (optional). Interfacing in the right weight for your fabric, matching thread for your fabric, scissors, pins, a marking pen, a machine needle that fits your fabric type (use a new needle or make sure it is in good condition, to avoid scratching your fabric).
Fabric length:
LENGTH IN METERS
140CM WIDE FABRIC
| International sizes | XL to 3X | 3X to 6X | ||
| French Poetry sizes |
16 to 24 | 26 to 34 | ||
| View 1 | 4.3m | 4.7m | ||
| View 2 | 4.3m | 4.7m | ||
| For frill skirt, add: | 92cm | 92cm | ||
| For pussy bow collar (view 1), add: | 15cm | 15cm |
110CM WIDE FABRIC
| International sizes | XL to 3X | 3X to 6X | ||
| French Poetry sizes | 16 to 24 | 26 to 34 | ||
| View 1 | 4.7m | 4.7m | ||
| View 2 | 4.7m | 4.7m | ||
| For frill skirt, add: | 1.15m | 1.15m | ||
| For pussy bow collar (view 1), add: | 15cm | 15cm |
Sizing:
Patterns adapted in this new size range have been entirely redrafted to offer a flattering cut. This is why, if you compare the two size ranges, you may find that pattern pieces have a slightly different shape.
| French Poetry size | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 34 |
| Intl size | 1X /XL | 1X/ XL | 2X / XXL | 3X | 3X | 4X | 4X | |||
| US size | 12W | 14W | 16W | 18W | 20W | 22W | 24W | 26W | 28W | |
| EU size | 48 | 48/50 | 50 | 54W | 56W | 58W | ||||
| UK/AU size | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 26 | |||||
| Bust measurement | 108 to 112cm | 113 to 117cm | 118 to 122cm | 123 to 127cm | 128 to 132cm | 133 to 137cm | 138 to 142cm | 143 to 147cm | 148 to 152cm | 153 to 157cm |
| Waist measurement | 88 to 97cm | 98 to 102cm | 103 to 107cm | 108 to 112cm | 113 to 117cm | 118 to 122cm | 123 to 127cm | 128 to 132cm | 133 to 137cm | 138 to 142cm |
| Hips measurement | 114 to 118cm | 119 to 123cm | 124 to 128cm | 129 to 133cm | 134 to 138cm | 139 to 143cm | 144 to 148cm | 149 to 153cm | 154 to 158cm | 159 to 163cm |
Finished garment measurements:
MEASUREMENTS IN CENTIMETERS - SIZE RANGE XL TO +6X (16 TO 34)
The pattern was entirely re-drafted for these sizes: it was not just graded in bigger sizes, it was conceived specifically for this size range to offer a flattering cut, and tested out on live models.
| International size | 1X/XL | 1X/XL | 2X/XXL | 3X | 3X | 4X | 4X | 5X | 5X | 6X |
| French Poetry size |
16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 34 |
| Bust | 117 | 122 | 127 | 132 | 137 | 142 | 147 | 152 | 157 | 162 |
| Waist | 167 | 172 | 177 | 182 | 187 | 192 | 197 | 202 | 207 | 212 |
| Hips | 183.5 | 188.5 | 193.5 | 198.5 | 203.5 | 208.5 | 213.5 | 218.5 | 223.5 | 228.5 |
| Length | 104 | 104.5 | 105 | 106 | 106.5 | 107 | 108 | 108.5 | 109 | 109.5 |
