Make a Point Dress – Printed Pattern | Style Falcon
$24.00 USD
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Make a Point Dress – Printed Pattern | Style Falcon
$24.00 USD
A modern shirt dress or big shirt with loads of details and drama. Angled princess seams create a sharp look and conceal perfect pockets. Fullness through the sides show off the sweep of your silhouette. Style lines celebrate the unexpected.
Sewers can create a short-sleeved big shirt to style with leggings or straight-leg pants, such as the Secret Jeans Trousers or Diamond Hem Trousers. Or they can challenge themselves with a designer-quality dress, complete with long sleeves, plackets and cuffs. Both versions offer creative options for color-blocking and pattern play.
Drapey woven fabrics work best for the Make a Point Dress, such as challis, crepe or georgette in rayon, silk, cotton, linen or wool. Lawn, shirtings or light suitings with drape also are great choices. Wider fabric is recommended.
The pattern package includes all 11 sizes of the pattern, printed in black ink on one folded sheet of sturdy paper, not tissue. The package also includes a black-and-white stapled paper instruction booklet and a full-color paper quick start guide with fashion illustrations, technical drawings, size charts and a list of materials to sew the pattern. The size charts list body measurements and finished pattern measurements. The quick start guide also provides a description of the pattern and an explanation of Style Falcon's cut and fit. All measurements and instructions are provided in Imperial and metric units.
Designed by Style Falcon, an independent American pattern company founded by home sewist Diane Scarponi in New Haven, Connecticut. Every Style Falcon pattern is drafted for a mature figure: little bust-to-waist definition, lower bust points and a C cup (the average for women 55 and over in the US), more room at the tummy, hip and bicep, and a center-back seam with rounded-back and forward-shoulder shaping. Pattern lines and markings are bold and easy to read, and ⅝ in (1.5 cm) seam allowances and hems are included.
📏 Sizing
11 sizes, A–K, all included in the envelope
Bust: 34–48 in (86.5–122 cm)
Waist: 33–47 in (84–119.5 cm)
Hips: 40–54 in (102–137 cm)
Proportioned for a height of 5'4" (1.6 m). Choose your size by bust measurement. The pattern is fitted at the shoulders and bust, loose at the waist and very loose at the hips. View A is a big shirt with short sleeves that finishes at mid-thigh; View B is a long-sleeved dress that falls just above the knee. Finished bust is 43¼–53¾ in (110–136.5 cm). Full size and finished-measurement charts are in the quick start guide.
🧵 Skill Level
Intermediate to advanced, as rated by Style Falcon.
🪡 Fabric
Drapey wovens: challis, crepe or georgette in rayon, cotton, linen, silk or wool, or lawn, shirtings and light suitings with drape. Wider fabric is recommended.
View A (big shirt): sizes A–F 3 yd of 45" or 1¾ yd of 60" wide fabric (2.7 m of 114 cm or 1.6 m of 153 cm); sizes G–K 3¼ yd or 2 yd (2.9 m or 1.8 m).
View B (shirt dress): sizes A–F 3¾ yd of 45" or 2½ yd of 60" (3.4 m of 114 cm or 2.2 m of 153 cm); sizes G–K 3⅞ yd or 2¾ yd (3.5 m or 2.5 m).
🔘 Notions
Matching thread; about 5 yd (5 m) of iron-on stay tape to stabilize the neckline and the front and side bias edges; 1 yd (1 m) of interfacing for the collar, collar stand, button plackets and View B cuffs.
View A: 7 buttons, ⅜–⅝ in (1–1.5 cm) in diameter.
View B: 10 buttons, ⅜–⅝ in (1–1.5 cm), for the dress and sleeve cuffs, plus 2 smaller buttons for the sleeve plackets.
Pattern format: Printed · Language: English · Designed and printed in the USA
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this a printed pattern or a PDF?
This is the printed paper pattern: all 11 sizes on sturdy paper (not tissue), with a stapled instruction booklet and a full-color quick start guide, packed in a zip-top bag and shipped to your door.
What sizes does the Make a Point Dress pattern include?
All 11 Style Falcon sizes, A to K, covering bust 34–48 in (86.5–122 cm). Choose by bust measurement; the pattern is loose through the waist and hips.
Is the Make a Point Dress suitable for beginners?
Style Falcon rates it intermediate to advanced.
Can I make a shirt instead of a dress?
Yes. View A is a short-sleeved big shirt that finishes at mid-thigh, and View B is the long-sleeved shirt dress with plackets and cuffs.
How much fabric do I need for the Make a Point Dress?
The big shirt takes 1¾–3¼ yd (1.6–2.9 m) and the dress 2½–3⅞ yd (2.2–3.5 m), depending on size and fabric width.
What fabric should I use?
Drapey wovens such as challis, crepe or georgette in rayon, cotton, linen, silk or wool, or lawn, shirting and light suiting with drape.
Who are Style Falcon patterns designed for?
Style Falcon drafts every pattern for a mature figure rather than a youthful hourglass: little bust-to-waist definition, a C cup, and more room at the tummy, hip and bicep, proportioned for a height of 5'4" (1.6 m).