KAFTAN DRESS PATTERN

Quick and easy elegance

I love this pattern and it was a pleasure to sew. I didn't have any issues with the original neckline instructions. With limited seams, I also made this in quick time. I am 163cm so I shorted by 6cm which made this ankle length. I would've appreciated lines of where best to shorten, but I figured it out. The other thing is the cutting layout doesn't line up with the sewing instructions. The cutting layout has the front panels on the selvage, but there are no steps in the instructions that says you need to sew the two front panels together. The front panels need to be placed on the fold, which may require more fabric than is stated. I ended up using around 2.5m for 140-150cm fabric, which is 20cm more than stated even though I took out 6cm from the length.

Kaftan dress confusion

I love the look of this pattern. I’d read reviews about the complicated front pleat/placket instructions but I’d already cut the original piece by then. Feeling confident, I thought I could make it work. But I just didn’t get it at all. It seems overly complicated. So I didn’t really enjoy making it, and the finish isn’t great.

Perfect summer beach dress

easy to use and understand. A little fiddly with the fold, but that was rather me making it complicated.