The Honey Sundress PDF Pattern - Merchant & Mills

Channelling the free spirits of the 1970's, The Honey is a maxi sundress made for lazy days. Featuring a neat mitred bodice and a gently elasticated back. Choose bold patterns, little prints or plains for distinctively different looks.

All seam allowances are 1.5cm unless otherwise stated.

Skill level - intermediate.

This PDF pattern is made up of 3 A0, and 45 A4.

Fabric suggestions - We recommend light weight wovens such as linen, chambray, seersucker, cotton lawn, cotton poplin, tencel and indian handlooms. Avoid linen that is too heavy as with the gathers this could be too weighty. 

Our embroidery design for the centre panel is an additional PDF pattern. The design is by Evie May Adams, and the embroidery for this sample was beautifully stitched by Becky Hogg. 

For our version we used No 712 DMC Stranded Cotton x 2 with a No 7 embroidery needle. There are various methods you can use for transferring the design, which we've listed in the download. For our version we printed the design onto tracing paper, then covered the tracing paper in lots of layers of tailor's chalk, this way you just draw over the reverse onot the cloth and it pushes the chalk onto the cloth. 

You will need:
UK6-18
Matching thread.
25-29cm/10-11½" x 4cm/1½" wide elastic.
0.6M/¾yd interfacing.

UK18-28
Matching thread.
30-34cm/12-13½" x 4cm/1½" wide elastic.
0.7m/¾yd interfacing.

Embroidery Addition
No.712 DMC stranded cotton x 2 skiens. (or any colour of your choice).
No.7 embroidery needle.