PROJECTS WITH PATTERNS
Color-panel maxi dress
The project, its pattern and the fabrics to make it.
Color-panel challis maxi dress
A pull-on maxi dress: a fitted knit tank bodice with wide straps and banded edges, and a full ankle-length challis skirt of ten gently flared panels in five colors, gathered onto an elastic waist seam, with in-seam pockets. No zipper. Cut from your own measurements.
- Skill
- Intermediate
- Estimated time
- 6-8 hours, plus 24 hours hanging before the hem
- Pattern
- 19 printable pages
Choose your finished size
Make it to your measurements. The pattern includes a worksheet for the size you choose.
- XS
- S
- M
- L
- XL
- XXL
What you’ll learn
- a knit tank bodice with bound neckline and armholes
- joining a woven gathered skirt to a knit bodice with elastic so it still pulls on
- in-seam pockets in a panel seam
- leveling and narrow-hemming a full challis skirt
Fabrics for this project
Lyocell
Silk Crepe de Chine
The pattern explains how each fabric is used. Check the actual cloth before cutting.
Materials for the project
These quantities are for the pattern’s example size. Follow its calculations for a different size.
| Material | Length | Width |
|---|---|---|
| Bodice knit | 0.75 yd | 60 in |
| Main fabric | 1.625 yd | 54 in |
| Second color | 1.375 yd | 54 in |
| Third color | 1.375 yd | 54 in |
| Fourth color | 1.375 yd | 54 in |
| Fifth color | 1.375 yd | 54 in |
Supplies
- 70/10 Microtex needle for the challis and a 75/11 stretch needle for the knit
- fine polyester thread
- walking foot
- pattern weights, rotary cutter and a long ruler
- chalk and a tape measure
- gathering foot or two spools of thread for gathering rows
- serger (optional)
- press cloth
Preview the pattern
The complete 19-page pattern is included with Sew Certain Pro.