Prairie Rose dress pattern. Sizes 18M to 6 years.

A knee length dress with smocking in front and ties in back.

Check out mytreasuredheirlooms.com/prairierose for a full size picture tutorial of this pattern.

Size 18M 2T 3T 4 5 6

Fabric yards 1 ½ 1

5/8

1 ¾ 1

7/8

2 2

¼” Elastic

in inches

11 12 13 14 15 16

Seam allowance is 3/8“ except where indicated

Cut 2 ties 30” X 2”

For dress front cut out a piece of fabric that is 44” by

18M—22”

2T—23.5”

3T—25”

4—26.5”

5—28 ¼”

6—30 ¾”

(Note: all sewing is done right sides together unless otherwise indicated)

Pleating and smocking -Pleat the number of rows needed for the smocking. Pull the thread out of the first 15 pleats on both

ends. Adjust the rest of the pleats according to the dress front guide, lining up the sides of the fabric

with the size 6 (for all sizes) sides of the guide

-Smock the front

-Block the front

To block the front, remove

all but the top 2 holding

threads, stretch and pin the

dress front to an ironing

board stretching to fit the

front guide. Making sure

that the iron does not touch

the smocking, steam until it

is wet to the touch, leave

pinned to the board until

smocking is completely dry.

-Using front guide mark arm

holes with fabric marker

directly to fabric. Zig zag

along lines and trim close to

zig zag without cutting

stitching.

Front binding -Optional piping. Pin piping

so it lines up with top row of

pleating. Stitch in place

-Using binding, press under

¼” on both long sides of

binding

-Line up fold of binding with

top row of smocking (or

piping, if piping was used)

open up binding and pin in

place (wash away wonder

tape works great in place of

pins), stitch in the ditch of

the binding.

Remove remaining holding

threads

-Set aside

Make ties

-Fold ties in half right sides together and stitch along the length and ends, turn right side out and press

Constructing dress

-Sew back sleeve to dress back

-Open up binding on dress

front, line up top of binding

with top of sleeve; sew dress

front to front sleeves

-(Elastic casing) turn dress

back and sleeves under ¼” and

press then turn under 3/8” and

press

-Now sewing just the sleeves

and dress back, stitch along

the folded edge to make a

casing

-Thread elastic through casing, securing ends at front shoulder seams

-Hand stitch binding or stitch in the ditch making sure that binding is stitched in the back

-Attach ties about 1.5” under arms on dress front

-On sleeves fold under and press ¼” and 3/8” for casing (unfold for next step)

-Sew side seams of sleeve and dress

-Refold elastic casing on sleeves and stitch along fold leaving ½” open

-Thread elastic through and secure ends together

-Stitch opening closed

Hem -For hem, turn under ½” and press, and then turn under 3” and press

-finish hem with your favorite hemming method

Please note that more than

likely the front will be longer

than the back. Trim the front

to match with the back.

Follow plate for smocking instructions using colors to match fabric. Do the ribbon row last. That is

the row that is marked to do last. Work it over the ribbon as you go. The pink lines show where the

smocking is done on the right side and on top of the ribbon. Stitching between should be done in 3

step trellis on the back side. Do one cable at the bottom, hold the ribbon down and pass the thread

over up to the row of the same pleat, insert the needle as if to cable again but this time pass the needle

to the back, 3 step trellis in the back, bring the needle back to the front, over the ribbon cable at the

bottom, bring the ribbon back up and pass to the back again.

Check out mytreasuredheirlooms.com/prairierose for a full size picture tutorial of this pattern.

Printing and cutting guide

There are 17 pages to be printed. Print out pages 6-22 without resizing or scaling the pictures. The squares on each

sheet needs to measure 1" both ways. Trim the pattern pieces on the dashed black outer lines. On the corner of each

pattern piece is a quarter circle with a letter on it, each corner that needs to be matched up has the same exact letter.

Line up the corners so that it forms a circle or half circle. Your pattern should end up looking like the images below.

Once the pattern is assembled; each size is color coded for your ease.