Buy the Envelope Dress Hack Pack sewing pattern from Cris Wood Sews. This hack pack includes instructions for five variations to the original Envelope Dress. There are three sleeve options: gathered, puff and straight. There are also two types of slit: a front slit or side slits. The sleeve and slit variations can be combined in several ways. An optional sash belt completes the look.

Note: This is not a complete pattern. You must already own the original Envelope Dress pattern to use this hack pack. If you have not yet purchased the original pattern, you can do so here.

About Cris Wood Sews:

Cris Wood Sews is for sewists who want to replace size charts and paper pattern pieces with size inclusiveness and sustainability.

The garments are made up using only squares and rectangles. In this way, each pattern piece can be sized to your specific and unique measurements – without paper pattern pieces. There is nothing to print, cut or tape. The piece shapes are drawn directly onto your fabric, and the layouts maximise fabric usage.

Sewing level: Confident beginner

Cris Wood Sews patterns are excellent for beginners and confident beginners because they use only straight seams and don't require any closures like buttons or zips.

This sewing pattern is available to buy in the following format:

– PDF (available to download immediately after purchase). What is a PDF?

Suggested fabrics: Suitable fabrics include linen, rayon, silk, viscose blends, and some lightweight cottons. Fabrics with a fluid drape work best. Knits and stiff, medium or heavyweight fabrics are not recommended.

Keep in mind that the dress is cut across the grain (the width of your fabric will become the length of your dress) and there is a front seam the entire length of the dress when considering a patterned fabric.

Fabric requirements: See formula in image gallery.

Sizing: Custom sizing. The size of each pattern piece is calculated by putting your own unique measurements into a simple formula.

Notions: Views A and B: 1/4" (6 mm) elastic.

PDF pattern includes: Instructions. This pattern has no pattern pieces (not necessary).

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