Pleiades 1 dress

12.50€ – 15.00€

Our iconic Pleiades 1 dress features a signature inverted V-cut on bodice front, and has a lot of feminine details: soft gathers at shoulders and sleeve heads, covered buttons… Make Pleiades your own and wear it from Winter to Summer with several options: long sleeves, short sleeves, short tied sleeves, or “lantern” sleeves; gathered skirt, frilly skirt, or frill-less skirt.

Format: layered A0, A4 and US letter PDF (one layer per size).
Pattern pieces do not overlap.
A 5/8” (1.5cm) seam allowance is included.
A fully illustrated, 23 pages booklet is provided with the pattern, with highly detailed illustrations.
This pattern and its instructions are in English. You can purchase French version here.
Sizing, fabric choice, notions: see below.

Fabric choice/yardage

Length: with a 60inch (150cm) wide fabric, up to size 16 you will need a maximum of 2.8 yards(2.5m). For sizes 16 to 34, you will need a maximum of 4 yards (3.5m) fabric for the version without frill, and 4.6 yards (4.2m) for version with frill.

Fabric choice: a large choice of woven fabrics: crepe, twill, poplin, double gauze… in cotton, viscose, polyester, linen, tencel… This pattern is also ideal for velvet, as it has shoulder gathers instead of bust darts. You will need more fabric to match prints if any.

You will need

A 21inch (55cm) zipper, interfacing in the right weight for your fabric (half a yard or meter will be enough), 6 buttons for the bodice (they are decorative but also a way to hold facing in place even better). Matching thread for your fabric, scissors, pins, a marking pen, a machine needle that fits your fabric type. You will also need some strips of interfacing or organza to stabilize seams that are on the bias, to prevent any stretching (optional but recommended).

Sewing level

Intermediate: 3/5. You will need to sew a zipper and make gathers on several pieces (there are videos about these techniques here).

Finished garment measurements

You can find your French Poetry size based on your measurements or ready-to-wear size (US, EU, UK, AU, international) using the Size guide. Please find below the finished measurements for Pléiades 1.

For this dress sewing pattern, the most important measurement is your bust measurement: choose the size closest to this measurement. If your waist and / or hips are one size bigger or smaller, you will not need to adjust.

Measurements in centimeters - size range XS to XL (2 to 16)

International size	XS	S	M	M	L	L	L	XL
French Poetry size (size guide)	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16
Bust	84	88	92	96	100	104	108	112
Waist	99	103	107	111	115	119	123	127
Hips	125	129	133	137	141	145	149	153
Length	88	89.5	91	92.5	94	95.5	97	98.5

Measurements in centimeters - size range XL to +6X (16 to 34)

The pattern was entirely re-done for these sizes: it was not just graded in bigger sizes, it was conceived specifically for this size range to offer a flattering cut, and tested out on live models.

International size	1X/XL	1X/XL	2X/XXL	3X	3X	4X	4X	5X	5X	6X
French Poetry size (size guide)	16	18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34
Bust	117	122	127	132	137	142	147	152	157	162
Waist	167	172	177	182	187	192	197	202	207	212
Hips	183.5	188.5	193.5	198.5	203.5	208.5	213.5	218.5	223.5	228.5
Length	101	101.6	102.3	102.9	103.5	104.1	104.8	105.4	106	106.6

Measurements in inches - size range XS to XL (2 to 16)

International size	XS	S	M	M	L	L	L	XL
French Poetry size (size guide)	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16
Bust	33	34.5	36	38	39	41	42.5	44
Waist	39	40.5	42	43.7	45	47	48.5	50
Hips	49	51	52.5	54	55.5	57	59	60
Length	34.5	35	36	36.5	37	37.5	38	39

Measurements in inches - size range XL to +6X (16 to 34)

The pattern was entirely re-done for these sizes: it was not just graded in bigger sizes, it was conceived specifically for this size range to offer a flattering cut, and tested out on live models.

International size	1X/XL	1X/XL	2X/XXL	3X	3X	4X	4X	5X	5X	6X
French Poetry size (size guide)	16	18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34
Bust	46	48	50	52	54	56	58	60	62	64
Waist	65.6	67.6	69.6	71.6	73.6	75.6	77.6	79.6	81.6	83.6
Hips	72	74	76	78	80	82	84	86	88	90
Length	40	40	40	40.5	40.5	41	41	41.5	42	42

Finished garment measurements

Measurements in centimeters - size range XS to XL (2 to 16)

Intl size	French Poetry size (size guide)	Bust	Waist	Hips	Length
XS	2	84	99	125	88
S	4	88	103	129	89.5
M	6	92	107	133	91
M	8	96	111	137	92.5
L	10	100	115	141	94
L	12	104	119	145	95.5
L	14	108	123	149	97
XL	16	112	127	153	98.5

Measurements in centimeters - size range XL to +6X (16 to 34)

The pattern was entirely re-done for these sizes: it was not just graded in bigger sizes, it was conceived specifically for this size range to offer a flattering cut, and tested out on live models.

Intl size	French Poetry size (size guide)	Bust	Waist	Hips	Length
1X/XL	16	117	167	183.5	101
1X/XL	18	122	172	188.5	101.6
2X/XXL	20	127	177	193.5	102.3
3X	22	132	182	198.5	103
3X	24	137	187	203.5	103.5
4X	26	142	192	208.5	104
4X	28	147	197	213.5	105
5X	30	152	202	218.5	105.4
5X	32	157	207	223.5	106
6X	34	162	212	228.5	106.6

Measurements in inches - size range XS to XL (2 to 16)

Intl size	French Poetry size (size guide)	Bust	Waist	Hips	Length
XS	2	33	39	49	34.5
S	4	34.5	40.5	51	35
M	6	36	42	52.5	36
M	8	38	43.7	54	36.5
L	10	39	45	55.5	37
L	12	41	47	57	37.5
L	14	42.5	48.5	59	38
XL	16	44	50	60	39

Measurements in inches - size range XL to +6X (16 to 34)

The pattern was entirely re-done for these sizes: it was not just graded in bigger sizes, it was conceived specifically for this size range to offer a flattering cut, and tested out on live models.

Intl size	French Poetry size (size guide)	Bust	Waist	Hips	Length
1X/XL	16	46	65.6	72	40
1X/XL	18	48	67.6	74	40
2X/XXL	20	50	69.6	76	40
3X	22	52	71.6	78	40.5
3X	24	54	73.6	80	40.5
4X	26	56	75.6	82	41
4X	28	58	77.6	84	41
5X	30	60	79.6	86	41.5
5X	32	62	81.6	88	42
6X	34	64	83.6	90	42