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 Kendal dress Pattern
Kendal dress pattern includes 4 PDF files:

Kendal dress pattern printable in A4

Kendal dress pattern printable in US letter

Kendal dress pattern printable in A0

Book of instruction

This Pattern includes layers option to print one

or multiple sizes according to your choice

Seam allowance included: 1 cm ~0.4 inches

Bottom hem included 1 cm ~0.4 inches

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Kendal dress
Pick your size Materials needed Pattern pieces

Printing Assembling

Step by step instruction

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Pick your Size
The pattern includes 13 sizes: XXXS to 4XL, (30 to 54 Europe size), (00 to 22 US size), (2 to 26 UK size)
Check the size chart for precise measurements

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Materials:
Which fabric you should use for this pattern?

I used a crepe fabric to make this dress you can use silk taffeta, satin, charmeuse, georgette
i used cotton lining for the dress

What will you need to make this Kendal dress ?

Fabric: main fabric and lining

1.8 meters~ 2 yards main fabric

0.8 meters ~ 0.9 yards lining

20 cm ~ 8 inches Invisible Zipper

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 Pattern Pieces:

Front dress cut 1 main fabric and lining

Back dress cut 1 main fabric and lining

Cut rectangle of 4 cm* 150 cm, you will

use this as bias for the slit

Use the line marked in the pattern to cut

the lining as it is a shorter version of the

dress piece

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Priniting
Pattern is in real size just make sure to set printer at 100% scale or real size when printing.
You have 3 printing options available:
A4 size, Letter Size & A0 size. You can print our patterns at home if you have a printer or send them to the online/ local
printing shop.
Ensure you print at actual size (100%scale).
Verify that the print out size is correct by measuring the 5-centimeter scale on the pattern “using a ruler”
Align all pages and tape them together using clear tape and cut out your size.

Layer feature to print just sizes you want! Save ink! Save time!

Layers in a pattern are a way to pick and choose which size you want to print. Each
size on a different layer in the pdf file, and you can then choose which layers to
show and which to hide. Then, when you go to print your pattern, only the visible
layers are printed. In other words - if you're going to make size 42 (or any other
size), you can choose to print only that size. No more trying to find which line is the
right one for your size!

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Layers work on Adobe Reader (otherwise
You will have 84 pages for the In US letter pattern file you will have 80 Assembling
A4 pattern pages to assemble. using a number of
Assemble A4 printed pages pages and this scheme, it will make
using the number of pages and assembling easier for you In A0 pattern file you will have 3
scheme below, it will make pages to assemble. using a
assembling easier for you number of pages and this
scheme, it will make assembling
easier for you

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Instruction for Kendal dress

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Close frint dart

first start by closing the darts in the front dress Redo the same step for front
Lay your dress with wrong side in front of you lining dress

Close the dart, matching up the lines as best as

you can. Lightly pin in place.
Slowly sew along the marked line of the dart
from the wrong side of the fabric
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Install the zipper

1. Pin the zipper to the right side seam of the Dress, with the right
side of the zipper facing the right side of the Dress. Make sure
that the teeth of the zipper are aligned with the edges of the
Dress, and that the top and bottom of the zipper are levels with
the top and bottom of the Dress.
2. Using a zipper foot on your sewing machine, sew the zipper to
the Dress. Start at the top of the zipper and sew down one side,
stopping about 1/4 inch from the end. Backstitch to secure the
seam.
3. Repeat on the other side of the zipper, starting at the top and
sewing down to the bottom, stopping 1/4 inch from the end.
Backstitch to secure the seam.
 Sew front dress with back dress

Lay your back

dress into the front
dress right side Stop sewing
Stop Stop sewing
fabric of the two the side seam the side seam
sewing the
together and bring here here
side seam
side seam together here
Sew side seam at
1cm, side that has
zipper you will stop redo the same for lining dress
sewing front with back dress from
just before the
the side seam
zipper seam and for
the othe side that
has the waist cut
out you will stop
just before the
you can also prepare the hem of the lining dress
cutout
double fold of 1 cm the bottom edge of the dress
and topstitch all along the bottom edge to have a
nice finish hem for the main fabric dress
 Sew lining to the dress: waist cut out, neckline, armhole seam

Sew the lining to the main fabric

dress from the neckline seam
sew the two at 1 cm seam
allowance
Sew the lining to the main
fabric dress from the
armhole seam sew the two at
1 cm seam allowance

Sew the lining to

the main fabric
dress from the waist
cut out seam
Take your lining dress with
inside out and slide the main
fabric dress to the inside of
the lining dress with rigth
side fabric matching
together
 Finish the zipper with lining
Back view

To attach the lining at the zipper ,

place the lining fabric over the
Front view
zipper and Dress, with the right
side fabric facing each other,
lining up the edges of the fabric.
Stitch all the way from the top
edge . Make sure you don’t hit
the teeth! You are not sewing at
the seam allowance, you are
sewing somewhere in that space
between the edge of the fabric
and the zipper teeth which you
should be able to sort of see and
feel through your lining fabric
 Sew lining to the dress: waist cut out above side seam,

At this stage you should

turn your lining to the
inside and your straps
are still not sewn
together and the side
seam above the waist
cutout is also still
unsewn
Take your dress with lining turned to the Take your dress with lining turned to the
inside and you are looking at the right side inside and you are looking at the right side
fabric of the lining fabric of the lining
Bring the side seam above the waist Pull the side seam of the lining downward
cutout of the main fabric together with and do the same for the back side seam of
right side fabric of the front and back the lining
dress matching together and sew the two Bring the two together so the lining side
at 1 cm seam allowance seam rigth side fabric matching each
other and sew the lining side seam at 1cm
seam allowance
 Sew lining to the dress: straps

The strap seam

Sew the front strap
is till unsewn at next bring the
this stage with back strap:
back strap and
Take your dress
slide it inside the
with lining
front strap so
turned to the
the rigth side
inside and you
fabric of strap
are looking at
front and back
the right side
matching each
fabric of the
other
lining
pull the front
strap down in
between the
front lining and
main fabric
dress
 Sew lining to the dress: straps

now you have back strap inside the front

stap and the rigth side fabric of strap front
and back matching each other

Next sew the two straps together and cut

out all excess seam allowance
 Prepare the slit seam

Prepare your
bias seam
allowance fold
them to the
inside and iron
them and
sandwich the
slit seam

in case you didn’t cut bring that

your slit start by folded seam
cutting the slit you will of the bias to
finish the slit seam sandwich the
with bias dress slit and
topstitch all
along the slit
seam
Hem

double fold of 1 cm the bottom

edge of the dress and topstitch all
along the bottom edge to have a
nice finish hem for the main fabric
dress
now all you need to do is iron flat all your inside seams and turn
your lining to the inside

Voilà
Kendal dress
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Kendal dress
 Enjoy

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