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  • The Maria Dress is the perfect project for beginner sewists—even those who have never sewn a garment before!
  • A princess-seamed bodice with full pleated skirt
  • Three sleeve options: short sleeve, three-quarter sleeve, and lantern sleeve
  • Optional collar and belt included
  • Available in 2 size ranges: 2-20 and 18-34, with separate A-H cup sizes. Not sure which range to choose? Check out this blog post!
  • Includes a fully illustrated booklet with design ideas, fitting advice, and ideas to take your dress to the next level. There’s also a companion tutorial video, so you can sew along with Gertie!
  • You will receive PDF files to print at home (tiled) or at a copy shop (A0)
  • Whoever thought such a lovely dress could be so easy to sew? The Maria Dress has a simple princess-seamed bodice with three sleeve choices, a fabric belt, an optional collar, and a full pleated skirt.

    It is the perfect project for beginner sewists—even those who have never sewn a garment before. Simply follow the step-by-step sewing instructions and companion sew-along video to create this beautiful dress and learn to sew at the same time!

    Line art for the Maria Dress vintage-inspired sewing pattern from Charm Patterns.

  • FABRIC NOTES

    Main Fabric: light- to medium-weight wovens with some body and crispness, such as cotton sateen, poplin, oxford, seersucker, chambray, madras, lawn, voile, eyelet, and shirtings; linen and linen blends; and lightweight wool suitings and flannel. Alternatively, for a more glamorous finished garment (and a more challenging sewing project), silk taffeta, dupioni, or shantung may also be used.

    SUPPLIES

  • Fabric for dress
  • Contrast fabric for collar (optional)
  • Lightweight fusible interfacing (look for woven, weft, or tricot types)
  • Thread to match fabric
  • 22–25 in regular nylon zipper
  • 1¼-in-wide fusible stay tape to stabilize zipper (alternatively, cut a strip from a scrap of fusible interfacing yardage)
  • 2-in wide belt buckle
  • Hook-and-bar closure (optional)