This pattern shows you how to use an existing large adult shirt and turn it into a beautiful dress. With the Shirt to Finnieston Dress, you get the benefit of lovely professional tailoring (buttons/collar/cuffs) so all you need to do is some clever cutting and straight sewing. Don’t like buttonholes or zippers - no problem! You use the perfectly made button strip in the existing shirt.

You can get really creative using different fabrics for ruffles, trimmings or using a different bodice fabric. This is a really versatile pattern and you are the designer. The pattern has detailed instructions for three options:

Option 1: Fully lined bodice with no sleeves and a ruffle
Option 2: Part lined bodice with sleeves
Option 3: Original collar with sleeves (unlined)

but there is so much more you can add with different fabric ruffles or bodice. We are big fans of William Morris and Liberty for these matched with good quality cotton shirts.

• Ages 2-8

• Get the benefit of lovely professional tailoring (buttons/collar/cuffs) so all you need to do is some clever cutting and easy sewing.

• No buttonholes or zippers to do!

• Step-by-step instructions with photos and illustrations

• 3 options:
  Fully lined bodice with no sleeves and ruffle
  Part lined bodice with sleeves
  Original collar with sleeves

• Includes a one page Quick Guide for each option

• Environmentally friendly: uses existing large shirt
  (Age 5+ will require a XXL or 17/18" regular fit collar shirt)

• PDF US Letter/A4 Print at Home Pattern plus option for A1 printing

• Confident Beginner/Intermediate level

This is a Digital Download PDF Pattern and Instructions. You do not receive a physical product. On purchase, you will be able to immediately download the product and will also receive an email with a link to the download.

The Pattern Instructions and the Pattern Pages can be printed on a home printer (on A4 or US letter paper). For this pattern, you also receive the Pattern Pages in A1 format.

For cyber security, the download attached to the email is available for 24 hours but if you attempt to download it after this period then another email is automatically sent to you with a new link.

The product photographs contain a copy of the first 3 pages of the pattern instructions giving details on fabric requirements and sizing.

We love the idea that perfectly good high quality fabric is being reused (and we also love getting beautiful results but not having to do buttonholes, collars or cuffs ourselves - yay!).

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