Description
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Alexia is a close fitting dress with an accentuated waist. It features a waist seam and separate yokes on the top front with gathering on the bottom and an elasticated channel on top. The waist darts have been transferred into princess seams. The back also features vertical princess seams. Alexia fastens with buttons and buttonholes on the center front plackets. The short voluminous sleeves are half raglan and feature elasticated channels on the top and bottom to mirror the yokes. The top edge of the yokes as well as the top and bottom edges of the sleeves are finished with rolled hems. The bottom of the skirt is slightly flared, the front and back necklines are deep and wide. Alexia is above-knee length.
Suggested Fabric
To sew this dress, choose woven fabrics with the following properties:
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Lightweight, with good drape, breathable, soft, non-stretch or with very little stretch, opaque
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The fiber content can include natural fibers (silk, cotton), artificial (viscose), blends (cotton + viscose, etc)
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The following fabrics are recommended: viscose, lightweight denim, challis, shirting, chintz, artificial silk, natural silk
Attention! We do not recommend stretchy knit materials and lightweight sheer fabrics (chiffon, organza, stretch lace).
The dress on the photo is made with viscose fabric. This fabric is medium weight, soft, has good drape and very little stretch. The fiber content is a blend of viscose and cotton.
Fabric and notions requirements
1.Main fabric
2. Lightweight fusible woven or knit interfacing
3. 16 buttons 0.8-1cm in diameter
4. Matching thread, 5 spools (1 spool for the sewing machine and 4 spools for the overlocker)
Tools and Equipment
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Sewing machine for construction
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Overlocker for finishing raw edges. This may be replaced with a stretch overlock stitch or a zigzag stitch on the sewing machine (overlock or zigzag stitch width 2-3mm, stitch length 2.5mm)
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Buttonhole foot for your sewing machine
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Bodkin for threading elastic through a channel (may be replaced with a safety pin)
