Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago

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This week's video is about my beautiful summer shirt dress, the 'Take The Chance Shirt Dress' by Pattern Emporium.

This dress was a joy to sew and I'm pleased as punch with it!

I made this in a size 18. Half bodice with 3/4 length sleeves. Tall length with two long tiers to bring the dress below the knees. I did a small 1/2" full bust adjustment just to give me a better fit across the bust.

The Pattern Emporium pattern instruction booklet is amazing. Very detailed covering every aspect of the make regardless of which options you picked. Highly recommend.

I love the pattern and the fabric. I will definitely be making more.

Garment Made
Pattern Emporium Take The Chance Shirt Dress

Other Patterns Mentioned
Butterick 5526 Shirt Pattern
Simplicity 1538 Shirt Pattern

Fabric Mentioned
Fabric from stash. 3.5m of Woven Crepe (100%polyester). White background with big pink roses. Beautiful. I had enough fabric to pattern match the front bodice.

A0 printing - CLC Printing - Both the pattern and the booklet.


00:00 Intro
01:33 Take The Chance Shirt Dress
09:40 1st Toile
10:20 2nd Toile
11:40 The Actual Dress
13:40 Next Time I Make This
15:10 Video of Dress


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