Tuesday, February 3, 2015

NEW - The Sophie Top and The Sophie Dress Patterns!

Sophie Dress in Hartford Rouge
After a most mammoth and intense period of designing, drafting, editing, testing, re-drafting, re-testing and re-editing, they're finished and done and we're super excited to introduce you to our TWO new patterns - the Sophie Top and Sophie Dress!


First up, the Sophie Dress. This flared design features a single lapel v-neckline with drop waistline and centre back seam. The classic style is finished off perfectly with a dipped hemline at the side seam. The pattern includes options for both sleeveless or three quarter sleeves and is suitable in light to medium weight linens or linen blends, wool crepes and tri-acetate/poly blends.

Wainscot Natural
Wainscot Navy (pictured lighter than actual colour)
Wainscot Black

Next up - the top! The Sophie Top is a loose and slightly flared top that features a single lapel v-neckline with a hemline that sits slightly higher at the front.

The pattern includes options for both sleeveless or three quarter sleeves. Like the Sophie Dress, suitable fabrics include light to medium weight linens or linen blends, wool crepes and tri-acetate/poly blends.

Sophie Top in Wainscot Natural paired with pull-on pants (pattern to come) 
made up in Green Sleeves 
As it goes with our entire pattern range, the Sophie Top and Sophie Dress can both be purchased in either hardcopy or digital formats.  If you're interested in purchasing either of these patterns (or both!) in the latter PDF format, there's some very important info we'd like you know. First off, it's BIG! To accomodate all sizes and both sleeved and sleeveless options, each pattern comprises four separate pattern sheets. This means that it if you're considering the Print-At-Home option, you're going to need a LOT of time as well as a LOT of sticky tape. Sheets 1 and 3 are made up of thirty pages, sheet 2 is twenty-five (top version) or thirty (dress version) pages and sheet 4 is eighteen pages. As with all our patterns, if you order the digital version you'll get both the Print-At-Home AND Actual Size Print Copy Shop versions. So to save yourself some - ok, a LOT of time, we're strongly recommending the latter option for Sophie.

And we're hearing you on some recent and valued feedback. All digital purchases will now include a new 'Read Me First' sheet. This outlines which pattern pieces can be found on which pattern sheets and will assist you in printing only what you need. Also, to avoid further paper wastage, we've also noted where blank pages appear on our Print-At-Home versions.


Happy Sophie-sewing friends! x
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13 comments:

  1. formandreformFebruary 3, 2015 at 12:44 PM

    That is PERFECTION!
    lovely, lovely, lovely.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 3, 2015 at 1:20 PM

    Excellent idea and customer service, letting us know the details of the PDF first. Thank you!

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  3. Melbourne GirlFebruary 3, 2015 at 1:21 PM

    Absolutely fabulous!

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 3, 2015 at 3:08 PM

    Love it and thanks for info on pattern printing

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 3, 2015 at 4:02 PM

    Wonderful models also!

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  6. UnknownFebruary 4, 2015 at 9:06 PM

    I absolutely love this dress - just what I have been waiting for :-)
    But, I would prefer a straight hem rather than the curved at each side - as I'm a beginner I'm not sure if this would this be easy to alter?

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    1. ColetteFebruary 6, 2015 at 8:06 AM

      Yes Janette S - you can easily straighten the hem to eliminate the peak at the side seams. The safest option for you as a beginner sewer is to make up the dress, and before hemming and whilst wearing the dress get a friend to level off the hem measuring up from the floor to the centre front measurement then mark this measurement right around the hem and then cut off the excess at the side seams. This way you will get the hem sitting level on your dress.
      Then you can remove the amount taken off your dress on your pattern.
      Hope this makes sense :)

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 5, 2015 at 11:14 PM

    I love this dress too, except for the one lapel. think I would have to leave that off.
    linda

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    1. ColetteFebruary 6, 2015 at 8:08 AM

      Hi Anonymous,

      You could easily make this as a v-neck dress , by cutting the front and facings on the fold, tcutting the v-neck shaping and eliminating the lapel shaping.

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  8. MargaretFebruary 10, 2015 at 2:26 PM

    Is there much difference between the top and the dress? Could I just use the bodice of the dress to make the top? That way I could check the fit before cutting out the dress.

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    1. ColetteFebruary 10, 2015 at 7:10 PM

      Hi Margaret,
      The bodice of the top and dress are quite different. The top is longer in the bodice, is a looser and flared fit at the bottom and doesn't have a centre back seam. The dress version is more fitted in the bodice.

      You can try it using the Sophie Dress bodice, but you will need to make these changes to your pattern to achieve the same look.

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 19, 2017 at 9:36 PM

    Ok i just adore this pattern! How can i buy it?

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    1. ColetteJanuary 19, 2017 at 9:51 PM

      Hi Helen,

      You can purchase the pattern here online - http://www.tessuti-shop.com/collections/hardcopy-sewing-pattern-dresses/products/sophie-dress

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