• Two women wearing jacket and skirt with long and short sleeves.
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      Dawn & Gill

        Vintage Two Piece Suit Pattern

        Women's 1940's two-piece dress: The front buttoning jacket is fitted with darts at the front underarm and back shoulder; and dart tucks at the front and back waistline. The skirt, styled with side front and back seams, joins to a waist band. Style 1 has patch pockets and three- quarter sleeves that are fitted with gathers at the back elbow. A detachable collar and cuffs finish the jacket. In Style 2, embroidery, for which a transfer is included (this will be a printed copy of the design), trims the jacket and the short sleeves are finished with cuffs.

        Offered here as: Digital Download (how to print and assemble). This pattern is also available as a Paper Pattern.

        Size Guide

        Size: 18 ½ (Vintage size)
        Bust: 37" (94cm)
        Waist: 31" (79cm)
        Hip: 40" (106cm)
        Finished Back Length from Base of Neck to Hem of,
        Top: 24 3/8” (62cm)
        Finished Length of,
        Skirt: 25 ¼” (64.2cm)
        Width Around Lower Edge of,
        Skirt: 66 ½” (169cm)

        2” TURN UP FOR HEM ON SKIRT, 1 ½” TURN UP FOR HEM ON TOP

        Sewing Notions

        STYLE I AND II: - Buttonhole Twist; Seam Binding; Triangular Shoulder Pads; 3 Buttons; 7" Slide Fastener OR Snap Fasteners and Hooks and Eyes. STYLE I Spools of Thread; Bias Fold Tape – ½” wide. STYLE II: - 2 Spools of Thread; 6 strand Cotton Embroidery Thread.

        Fabric Amount Guide

        FABRIC REQUIRED – WITHOUT NAP OR ONE WAY DESIGN UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED
        NOTE: - Additional material is required when: - not pre-shrunk – matching stripes, nap materials and plaids – for extra seam allowance when material ravels.
        If this garment is shortened 2”, it will require 1/8 yd. less fabric than yardage given for every size EXCEPT 54” fabric.
        STYLE I WITH THREE-QUARTER SLEEVES – LENGTHWISE STRIPPED FABRIIC
        35” fabric, 3 7/8 yds.
        39” fabric, 3 5/8 yds.
        54” fabric, 2 ½ yds.

        CONTRASTING COLLAR AND CUFFS – 5/8 yd. of 35” or 39” fabric.

        STYLE II WITH SHORT SLEEVES
        35” fabric, 3 ¾ yds.
        39” fabric, 3 ½ yds.
        41” fabric, 3 3/8 yds.

        Some common imperial to metric fabric conversions:

        35" (89 cm) , 36" (91.5 cm), 39" (99.1 cm), 44"
        (111.8 cm), 45" (114.3 cm), 1 yd. (91.5 cm)

        1” (25.4 mm), 3/4” (19 mm), 3/8” (9.6 mm), 1/2” (12.7 mm), 1/4 “ (6.4 mm)

        Recommended Fabrics

        Silk, rayon or wool crepe, wool or rayon gabardine, spun rayon, shantung, seersucker, linen, pique, chambray, cotton broadcloth, novelty cotton. See our Fabric Partners

        Skill Level

        Intermediate

        What You Will Receive

        After purchase, you will receive an email with a link to simply download at home, formatted for both 8.5"x11" Letter and A4 printing. This digital download will print actual size full scale pattern pieces.