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:
XS - XL (also available in XL - 6XL, 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 | XS to M | L to XL | ||
| French Poetry sizes |
2 to 8 | 10 to 16 | ||
| View 1 | 2.7m | 2.9m | ||
| View 2 | 2.7m | 2.9m | ||
| For frill skirt, add: | 35cm | 35cm | ||
| For pussy bow collar (view 1), add: | 15cm | 15cm |
110CM WIDE FABRIC
| International sizes | XS to M | L to XL | ||
| French Poetry sizes | 2 to 8 | 10 to 16 | ||
| View 1 | 2.7m | 3.2m | ||
| View 2 | 2.7m | 3.2m | ||
| For frill skirt, add: | 92cm | 92cm | ||
| For pussy bow collar (view 1), add: | 15cm | 15cm |
Sizing:
SIZE RANGE XS TO XL (2 TO 16)
| French Poetry size | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 |
| Intl size | XS | S | M | M | L | L | L | XL |
| US size | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6/8 | 10 | 12 | 14/16 | 18 |
| EU size | 32 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 42 | 44 | 46 |
| UK/AU sizes | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 |
| Bust measurement | 80 to 83cm | 84 to 87cm | 88 to 91cm | 92 to 95cm | 96 to 99cm | 100 to 103cm | 104 to 107cm | 108 to 111cm |
| Waist measurement | 60 to 63cm | 64 to 67cm | 68 to 71cm | 72 to 75cm | 76 to 79cm | 80 to 83cm | 84 to 87cm | 88 to 91cm |
| Hips measurement | 86 to 89cm | 90 to 93cm | 94 to 97cm | 98 to 101cm | 102 to 105cm | 106 to 109cm | 110 to 113cm |
114 to 117cm |
Finished garment measurements:
MEASUREMENTS IN CENTIMETERS - SIZE RANGE XS TO XL (2 TO 16)
| International size | XS | S | M | M | L | L | L | XL |
| French Poetry size |
2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 |
| Bust | 87 | 91 | 95 | 99 | 103 | 107 | 111 | 115 |
| Waist | 70 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 98 |
| Hips | 125 | 129 | 133 | 137 | 141 | 145 | 149 | 153 |
| Length | 90.5 | 91 | 91.5 | 92 | 92.5 | 93 | 93.5 |
94 |
