Tilly and the Buttons Billie Sweatshirt and Dress

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The Design
The Billie sweatshirt and dress by Tilly and the Buttons is an ultra-comfy sweatshirt or sweater dress that you can whip up in an afternoon. Dress Billie up or down for a meeting, dinner date or Sunday on the sofa. It's a bestseller for a reason!

It features

• a relaxed shape - not too baggy
• classic crew neckline
• choice of timeless straight sleeves or dramatic balloon sleeve with deep cuffs
• top version sits on the high hip
• mini dress version with cutaway pockets finishes 10cm (4in) above the knee.

Recommended Fabrics
This is designed for knit fabrics, so choose a sweatshirt fleece, French terry, ponte, double knit, interlock or sweater knit with at least 10% stretch.

Note that you’ll need a sturdy machine to sew the balloon sleeve version in a thick sweatshirting fabric.

Supplies and Notions

• Fabric (see below)
• Matching thread
• Optional: Ribbing (at least 70cm / 27 1/2in wide) for cuffs etc. if main fabric has less than 20% stretch: regular sleeve - 0.7m (3/4yd); balloon sleeve - 0.8m (7/8yd)
• Optional: If you’re using a stretchy sweater knit, use 30cm (12in) of 6-9mm (1/4in) wide satin ribbon, clear elastic or stay tape to stabilise the shoulders
• Sewing machine or overlocker (serger).
• Basic tools, incl. ballpoint machine needle (a walking foot can be helpful if you’re using a regular sewing machine)

Sizing
Sewing pattern sizes are labelled with generic numbers from 1 to 15. Use the body measurements to determine your size.

Model Garment Sizes Marcela is wearing the UK 6-24 range (pink grid print dress, navy and metallic sweatshirt, yellow splodge dress and pale blue sweatshirt) and wears size 4 (UK 12). Sarah is modelling the UK 16-34 range (colour block dress and striped sweatshirt) and wears size 11 (UK 26).

Level of Difficulty
Confident beginner

What's Included
You will receive a gorgeous printed package containing full-scale pattern sheets and a colour booklet with step-by-step instructions.

Fabric Requirements

140cm (56IN) wide

Straight sleeve top:

• sizes 1-6 - 1.5m (1 3/4yd)±
• sizes 7-10 - 2.1m (2 3/8yd)
• sizes 11-15 - 2.6m (2 7/8yd)*

Balloon sleeve top:

• sizes 1-6 - 1.8m (2 yd)±
• sizes 7-10 - 2.1m (2 3/8yd)
• sizes 11-15 - 3m (3 3/8yd)*

Straight 3/4 sleeve dress:

• sizes 1-6 - 2.1m (2 3/8yd)*
• sizes 7-10 - 2.8m (3 1/8yd)
• sizes 11-15 - 3.1m (3 3/8yd)*

Balloon sleeve dress:

• sizes 1-6 - 2.3m (2 1/2yd)*
• sizes 7-10 - 2.8m (3 1/8yd)
• sizes 11-15 - 3.6m (4yd)*

115CM (45IN) WIDE

Straight sleeve top:

• sizes 1-3 - 1.7m (1 7/8yd)*
• sizes 4-10 - 2.5m (2 3/4yd)*
• sizes 11-15 - 3.2m (3 1/2yd)**

Balloon sleeve top:

• sizes 1-3 - 2.3m (2 1/2yd)*
• sizes 4-10 - 03m (3 3/8yd)*
• sizes 11-15 - 3.4m (3 7/8yd)**

Straight 3/4 sleeve dress:

• sizes 1-3 - 2.4m (2 5/8yd)*
• sizes 4-10 - 3.1m (3 3/8yd)*
• sizes 11-15 - 3.8m (4 1/8yd)**

Balloon sleeve dress:

• sizes 1-3 3m (3 3/8yd)*
• sizes 4-10 3.7m (4yd)*
• sizes 11-15 4m (4 1/4yd)**

±0.2m (1/4yd) less if using separate ribbing for cuffs etc. *0.4m (1/2yd) less if using separate ribbing for cuffs etc. **0.5m (1/2yd) less if using separate ribbing for cuffs etc.

SIZE RANGE: UK 6-34 / US 2-30 / EUR 34-62 / AUS 6-34