TATB LEAH TOP + DRESS SEWING PATTERN
Meet Leah, the pattern you’ll make and wear on repeat. Love clean lines and an understated style? Sew an everyday shift top or minimalist mini dress to throw on and go. Fancy more whimsy? Add the gathered skirt to make a pretty peplum top or floaty tiered midi dress, with optional playful side ties.
Choice of shift top, shift dress, peplum top, or tiered midi dress
Semi-fitted, slightly A-line, sleeveless bodice with bust darts
Optional side ties on the peplum top and tiered dress versions
Bias binding finish on the neckline and armholes
Keyhole back opening with button and loop
SKILL LEVEL - For Confident Beginners
SIZE RANGE - UK 6-34 / US 2-30 / EUR 34-62 / AUS 6-34
FABRIC SUGGESTIONS - The shift dress works best in medium-weight woven fabrics that hold their shape, such as linen, cotton twill, lightweight canvas, or jacquard. For the other versions, use light- to medium-weight woven fabrics such as cotton poplin, lawn, seersucker, double gauze, linen and blends, viscose (rayon).
SUPPLIES
Fabric (see back of envelope)
Matching thread
1 x 8-10mm (5/16-3/8in) button with shank
2.5m (2¾yd) x 5-12mm (¼-½in) wide iron-on stay tape or strips of lightweight interfacing
2.5m (2¾yd) x 12mm (½in) wide single fold bias binding OR 0.4m (½yd) of cotton lawn or poplin to make your own (instructions included)
Sewing machine and basic tools (a 12mm [½in] bias binding make can be helpful if making your own binding)
Fabric Weight: GSM
Fabric Width: CM
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Care Instructions
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Fabric Safety Information
Our fabrics are available to purchase by the home dressmaker for home use.
We do not test our fabrics for flammability. Please refer to the fabric composition in each listing for fibre content.
Please keep all fabrics away from open flames.
We do not advise using our fabrics in clothing with high risk requirements such as children’s clothes,uniforms, dancewear, sportswear, upholstery etc.
In general fabric may pose a strangulating, entanglement or suffocation risk, especially to children and vulnerable adults. Always keep out of reach of children and vulnerable adults.