This dress bodice pattern is designed to attach to a sewn skirt to make a pretty and comfortable dress for your sweetie. The bodice is knit top down with worsted weight yarn and is a really easy knit. You can customize the top by making it longer or shorter or even turning this basic pattern into a cardigan by omitting the skirt, making it hip length, and finishing the bottom with the pretty edging.

You will need 115cm (45”) to 150cm (54”) fabric in the length that you want the skirt portion of the dress to be plus 2cm (3/4”) for the top gathering and 4cm (1.5”) for the hem allowance. 115cm fabric will be fine for the smaller sizes, 2 and 4, but you will want the wider fabric for size 6 and 8 so that the skirt is nice and full. You can join pieces to make the width. I would recommend that you use two pieces the same width and use the joins as side seams instead of the back seam. You will also need matching thread and a sewing machine of course.