Actual size pattern from 34 to 48 (US/UK : from 2/6 to 16/20), category "Advanced"

Succumb to this very feminine dress, a bit 70's with its trapeze shape and its underbust cutout that delicately emphasizes your waist.⁠
Alabama is a trapeze dress that can be sewn with or without sleeves. It has a split neckline at the front. The waistline is enhanced with a front empire line that drops to the waistline on the back.

A video tutorial is available for the sleeveless view :

and for the dress with sleeves :

• Fabric in 140 cm, 55’’ wide :
  • Sleeveless dress : 145 cm, 58’’
  • Dress with sleeves : 170 cm, 68’’
• A zipper de 60 cm, 24’’ minimum
• Eventually, piping 150 cm, 60’’
• Tricot fusible interfacing (for example H609 Vlieseline, Pellon Ek130) : 100 cm x 50 cm, 40’’ x 20’’

Many fabrics can be suitable for this model: cotton satin, cotton pique, wool, jeans, gabardine, jacquard ... Weight: 250 / 350gr

The straitghter the fabric is, the more pronounced the trapeze effect will be.

Here, the blue dress is in cotton twill from Stragier.

The white dress is in cotton embroidery from the Coupons de Saint Pierre.

The floral dress is in Les Coupons de Saint Pierre cotton satin.

Helen is wearing size 36 and Emma size 42

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When you buy a "Coralie Bijasson®" template in PDF format, you will receive the pattern in A4, US letter and A0 format (bilingual French/English) as well as a guidebook (in French and in English).

The seam allowances are 1 cm, 3/8'', these seam allowances are included in the patterns.

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