This midi dress sewing pattern from The Assembly Line has a classic silhouette, a round neck, a concealed rear zip and inseam pockets. The magic occurs when you put on the sleeve of your preference. The pattern features a basic long sleeve, a puff long sleeve with button cuff and a 3/4 box pleat sleeve with a cuff as well as a sleeveless version.

Model wearing both the black and light grey dress is 170 cm tall and wearing a size S, model in the royal blue dress is 178 cm tall and wearing a lengthened size S and model in the dark navy dress is 165 cm tall and wearing a shortened XL. 

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Size: XS-L or XL-3XL

SKILL LEVEL: AVERAGE - ADVANCED

Fabric needed for the basic long sleeve version:

140-150 cm fabric width XS 1.9 m / S 2.1 m / M 2.1 m / L 2.3 m / XL 2.7 m / 2XL 2.7 m / 3XL 2.7 m 

110-120 cm fabric width XS 2.5 m / S 2.6 m / M 2.7 m / L 2.9 m 

Suggested fabrics are light to medium light weight fabrics such as cotton, tencel, silk, lawn, linen, crepe de chine or wool crepe.

The light grey and royal blue Multi-sleeve midi dress is sewn in papertouch cotton poplin, the black Multi-sleeve midi dress is sewn in tencel crepe and the dark navy Multi-sleeve midi dress is sewn in a sift twill.

You will also need:

• Fusible interfacing
• Concealed zipper, 60 cm
• Thread 
• For the puff sleeve: 4 sew-in-buttons, approx 1 cm.

This is a multi-size pattern, see options. 

Seam allowances are included in the pattern.

The paper pattern comes carefully packaged in an envelope together with step-by-step assembly instructions.

MAKE MORE WITH THIS PATTERN

• Make it sleeveless
• Colour block with different colour on top and skirt
• Have an exposed metal or contrast colour zip as a feature
• Free extension for fuller seat/hips adjustment 

Photo credits: The Assembly Line

Only the sewing pattern is supplied. Photos are for reference only for what the finished garment could look like.