Maxine is a stylish and versatile loose fitting dress. The pattern was designed to work well with a wide variety of medium to heavy weight stable knit fabrics, as well as light to medium weight woven fabrics, making it a perfect layering garment for all seasons. It features a criss-cross front detail, generous secret pockets, drop shoulder short sleeves, two neckband variations for knit fabric (A and B) and facing for woven (C). You can use ribbing for the neckband as well, whatever fabric you choose for the body.
The pattern envelope contains a full size pattern and an instruction booklet.
Suggested Fabrics:
Medium to heavy weight knit or woven fabrics
Fabric Requirements:
For view A or B, choose a medium to heavy weight stretch fabric like sweater knit, fleece backed jersey, boiled wool, ponte, scuba, etc. (not suitable for lightweight jersey or fabric with high amount of stretch)
For view C choose a medium to light weight fabric like linen, twill, denim, chambray, wool, etc.
UK sizing 6 - 20
You will also need:
- 25cm (1/4 yard) of light/medium fusible interfacing (for view C only)
- 50cm (1/2 yard) of fusible seam tape interfacing or you can cut strips of interfacing fabric
Ability: Easy / Confident Beginner
