Sew House Seven Patterns : Tea House Top and Dress

The Tea House Top and Dress features a V-line neck, front and back neck yokes, in-seam angled pockets, and cuffed short dolman sleeves. This versatile pattern can be made multiple times with different results, with three different lengths (hip-length top, above-the-knee dress, and tea-length dress) and two tie options (wide or spaghetti waist tie). There are no closures to sew, just pull the garment on over the head and tie!

Recommended Fabrics: light weight fabrics such as rayon challis, wool challis, silk charmeuse, cotton lawn, cotton voile, linen, chambray, cotton madras

Fabric Requirements

Hip-Length Top
44" : 2 3/4 yd (sizes 0 - 10 ) 4 yd (sizes 12 - 20)
54" : 2 3/4 yd (sizes 0 - 10 ) 3 1/4 yd (sizes 12 - 20)

Above Knee Dress
44" : 4 1/2 yd (sizes 0 - 12 ) 5 yd (sizes 14 - 20)
54" : 3 1/4 yd (sizes 0 - 10 ) 4 yd (sizes 12 - 20)

Tea Length Dress
44" : 5 yd (sizes 0 - 12 ) 5 1/2 yd (sizes 14 - 20)
54" : 3 3/4 yd (sizes 0 - 10 ) 4 yd (sizes 12 - 20)

Notions: thread, 1/2 yd lightweight fusible interfacing