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Bertie is a sweet shirtdress full of special details, like a V-neckline, center front button placket, elasticized waist, and full-length sleeves gathered into tied cuffs.
Match your favorite buttons to lightweight or medium-weight woven fabrics, like shirting, chambray, flannel, lawn, voile, rayon challis, Tencel, or silk crepe.
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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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All-purpose polyester sewing thread, sewing machine needle, 1 1/8 yards (1 meter) of lightweight fusible interfacing, eight or nine 3/8" (10 mm) buttons, 1 3/8 yards (1.3 meters) of 1/4" (6 mm) braided elastic. 26" (66 cm) o 1/4" (6 mm) double fold bias tape, small hook and eye Small safety pin
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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