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Jo Dress PDF Sewing Pattern

Number: 3125

Skill Level: Intermediate
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  • Description

    The Jo dress is an oversized, popover shirtdress with fun gathers below the front and back yokes. It features a band collar, partial placket, and a comfortable cocoon silhouette.

    This dress moves best in your favorite flowy wovens, like Tencel, rayon challis, voile, lawn, or silk crepe. Or, pick a medium-weight woven for a more dramatic silhouette, like flannel or chambray.

  • Fabric & Supplies

    Light to medium weight woven fabrics such as shirting, chambray, flannel, lawn, voile, rayon challis, rayon crepe, Tencel, poplin, Tencel twill, and silk crepe.

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    All-purpose polyester sewing thread, sewing machine needle, 3/8 yards (3 meters) of lightweight, fusible interfacing, six 3/8" (10mm) buttons.

    Refer to size chart for amount of fabric needed for your size.

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  • Sizing & Fit

    Skye is wearing a size 2 Jo dress graded to a 4 at the hip, with 5 1/2” added to the length and 2” added to the sleeves. Her measurements are 33 3/4”, 27”, 38 1/2” and she is 5’9”.

    Our Misses patterns are drafted for a C cup and our Curvy patterns are drafted for DD. Both are drafted for a height of 5'8" (172 cm).

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    We want to help you achieve the best fit possible so you can sew garments you truly love. Our fit guides are designed to help you better understand the fit and details of each pattern. Use fit guides in conjunction with the finished measurement chart to better understand the ease and intended fit of each pattern.

  • Details

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