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Prairie Rose dress pattern. Sizes 18M to 6 years.
A knee length dress with smocking in front and ties in back.
Check out mytreasuredheirlooms.com/prairierose for a full size picture tutorial of this pattern.
Size 18M 2T 3T 4 5 6
Fabric yards 1 ½ 1
5/8
1 ¾ 1
7/8
2 2
¼” Elastic
in inches
11 12 13 14 15 16
Seam allowance is 3/8“ except where indicated
Cut 2 ties 30” X 2”
For dress front cut out a piece of fabric that is 44” by
18M—22”
2T—23.5”
3T—25”
4—26.5”
5—28 ¼”
6—30 ¾”
(Note: all sewing is done right sides together unless otherwise indicated)
Pleating and smocking -Pleat the number of rows needed for the smocking. Pull the thread out of the first 15 pleats on both
ends. Adjust the rest of the pleats according to the dress front guide, lining up the sides of the fabric
with the size 6 (for all sizes) sides of the guide
-Smock the front
-Block the front
To block the front, remove
all but the top 2 holding
threads, stretch and pin the
dress front to an ironing
board stretching to fit the
front guide. Making sure
that the iron does not touch
the smocking, steam until it
is wet to the touch, leave
pinned to the board until
smocking is completely dry.
-Using front guide mark arm
holes with fabric marker
directly to fabric. Zig zag
along lines and trim close to
zig zag without cutting
stitching.
Front binding -Optional piping. Pin piping
so it lines up with top row of
pleating. Stitch in place
-Using binding, press under
¼” on both long sides of
binding
-Line up fold of binding with
top row of smocking (or
piping, if piping was used)
open up binding and pin in
place (wash away wonder
tape works great in place of
pins), stitch in the ditch of
the binding.
Remove remaining holding
threads
-Set aside
Make ties
-Fold ties in half right sides together and stitch along the length and ends, turn right side out and press
Constructing dress
-Sew back sleeve to dress back
-Open up binding on dress
front, line up top of binding
with top of sleeve; sew dress
front to front sleeves
-(Elastic casing) turn dress
back and sleeves under ¼” and
press then turn under 3/8” and
press
-Now sewing just the sleeves
and dress back, stitch along
the folded edge to make a
casing
-Thread elastic through casing, securing ends at front shoulder seams
-Hand stitch binding or stitch in the ditch making sure that binding is stitched in the back
-Attach ties about 1.5” under arms on dress front
-On sleeves fold under and press ¼” and 3/8” for casing (unfold for next step)
-Sew side seams of sleeve and dress
-Refold elastic casing on sleeves and stitch along fold leaving ½” open
-Thread elastic through and secure ends together
-Stitch opening closed
Hem -For hem, turn under ½” and press, and then turn under 3” and press
-finish hem with your favorite hemming method
Please note that more than
likely the front will be longer
than the back. Trim the front
to match with the back.
Follow plate for smocking instructions using colors to match fabric. Do the ribbon row last. That is
the row that is marked to do last. Work it over the ribbon as you go. The pink lines show where the
smocking is done on the right side and on top of the ribbon. Stitching between should be done in 3
step trellis on the back side. Do one cable at the bottom, hold the ribbon down and pass the thread
over up to the row of the same pleat, insert the needle as if to cable again but this time pass the needle
to the back, 3 step trellis in the back, bring the needle back to the front, over the ribbon cable at the
bottom, bring the ribbon back up and pass to the back again.
Check out mytreasuredheirlooms.com/prairierose for a full size picture tutorial of this pattern.
Printing and cutting guide
There are 17 pages to be printed. Print out pages 6-22 without resizing or scaling the pictures. The squares on each
sheet needs to measure 1" both ways. Trim the pattern pieces on the dashed black outer lines. On the corner of each
pattern piece is a quarter circle with a letter on it, each corner that needs to be matched up has the same exact letter.
Line up the corners so that it forms a circle or half circle. Your pattern should end up looking like the images below.
Once the pattern is assembled; each size is color coded for your ease.