The Essex is an easy fitting, pull-over dress with a v-neck, gathered shoulders with ruffle or puffed sleeves, an elastic waist with side-seam pockets and above the knee hem. The back neck and View A sleeves are finished with bias tape trim. View B sleeves are finished with elastic. The Essex can be worn with sandals as a casual summer look or with heels as a chic special occasion dress.
This is a layered, PDF pattern suitable for printing in A0 copy shop format and both A4 and US letter sized paper. Page quantity: 2 pages A0, 37 pages tiled.
Light to medium weight wovens with a bit of body: cotton poplin, cotton/poly blends, denim, linen. The Essex looks fabulous in your favorite artists drawn prints and solids, too!
All views:
Thread to match
Approx 2 1⁄4 yards of 3⁄4” Elastic
1/4 yard of 1/4“ wide double folded bias tape
(made from 1” bias strips)
View A:
3 yards of 1/4“ wide double folded bias tape
(made from 1” bias strips)
View B:
Approx 1 yard of 1/4″ elastic