What better way to spend a cool afternoon than going apple picking? The pattern for this versatile dress includes a wide button placket, a bow at the neck, bias bound sleeves, and a dropped waist for a vintage feel.

View A has three-quarter length sleeves and a double-layer gathered skirt while view B is long sleeved with a single-layer skirt.

Skill Level: Advanced Beginner

Sizes: 6m-4y or 5-12y

Suggested Fabrics:

Light- to medium-weight woven fabrics like quilting cotton, voile, lawn, shirting, poplin, broadcloth, flannel, and linen.

Notions:

Coordinating thread
Lightweight fusible interfacing
3/8–1/2" buttons (x8 for sizes 6M–2T, x10 for sizes 3T–7, x12 for sizes 8–12)

PDF Pattern Includes:

Sizes 6 months - 4 years

Instructions: 12 pages
Tiled Pattern Pieces: 19 pages
36-inch Pattern Sheets: 1 page, 40" long
A0 Pattern Sheets: not available for this pattern

Sizes 5 - 12 years

Instructions: 12 pages
Tiled Pattern Pieces: 27 pages
36-inch Pattern Sheets: 1 page, 59" long
A0 Pattern Sheets: not available for this pattern

Your sewing pattern download will include the above, in the size range you selected, in a single PDF file. Make sure you only print the page(s) you need!

We can also print your pattern for you at gather here!
Choose the PDF + Wide-Format Print option to receive both the PDF download (sent to your email) and the Apple-Picking Dress pattern printed on 1 continuous sheet of 36" wide paper, in the size range you selected. You won't even need to upload the file you just downloaded from us!

Note that the dimensions for the 6m-4y range print are 36" x 40", which will be the equivalent cost of 1 sheet of A0-size paper.

The dimensions for the 5-12y range print are 36" x 59", which will be the equivalent cost of 2 sheets of A0-size paper.

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Fabric Requirements 44"-45" Wide:

	6-12 M	12-18 M	18-24 M	2T	3T	4	5	6	7	8	10	12
View A	1.75 yds	1.75 yds	2 yds	2 yds	2 yds	2.25 yds	2.25 yds	2.5 yds	2.75 yds	2.75 yds	3 yds	3.25 yds
View B	1.5 yds	1.75 yds	1.75 yds	1.75 yds	2 yds	2.25 yds	2.25 yds	2.5 yds	2.5 yds	2.75 yds	3 yds	3.25 yds

Body Measurements (in inches):

	6-12 M	12-18 M	18-24 M	2T	3T	4	5	6	7	8	10	12
Chest	19"	19.75"	20.5"	21"	21.5"	22.5"	23.5"	24.5"	25.5"	26.5"	28"	29"
Waist	19.5"	20.5"	21"	21"	21"	21.5"	22"	22.5"	23"	23.5"	24"	25"
Hip	19.5"	20.5"	21"	22"	23"	24"	25.5"	26.5"	27.5"	28.5"	30"	30.5"
Height	27-29"	29-31"	31-33"	33-36"	36-39"	39-42"	42-45"	45-49"	49-52"	52-54"	54-56"	56-58"
Weight (lbs)	17-22	22-27	27-30	30-33	33-36	36-39	39-44	44-55	56-64	65-72	73-77	78-82

Finished Garment Measurements (in inches):

	6-12 M	12-18 M	18-24 M	2T	3T	4	5	6	7	8	10	12
Chest	21.5"	22.5"	23.5"	24.5"	25.5"	26.5"	27.5"	28.5"	30"	31"	32.5"	33.5"
Length*	16.5"	17.5"	18.75"	20"	21"	22.25"	24.25"	26"	28"	29.75"	31.75"	34"
View A Sleeve Length**	11.5"	12"	12.5"	13"	13.5"	14.25"	15"	16"	17"	17.75"	19"	20"
View B Sleeve Length**	14"	14.75"	15.5"	16.25"	17"	18.25"	19.5"	20.75"	22"	23.75"	25.5"	27.25"

* Measured from shoulder at neck.
** Measured from center back neck.

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