Collage Gather Dress PDF Sewing Pattern

I love, love, love this pattern and it's sister, the Collage Gather Top! I have literally made these patterns 5 times over. I love the creativity of choosing different fabrics. Each one is a unique piece. The pattern itself is straight-forward. The only tricky part is the gathering of the side pieces, but when you've done it once, it's easy.

I’m excited to make this as I have so many really nice printed fabrics in my stash. These will be perfect for the dress, I sent the pdf file to Tape Free Patterns and for 1.40/page they printed it out and mailed to me with real nice envelope. Two pages and shipping cost me another 7$. Many options there as they would print out as is or in a particular size. I traced a large off pattern and cut it out so I’m ready to roll. Just haven’t had time to go any further. I love the dress design and the flexibility and having already downloaded the instructions and read them, I say they are very well written. I’ll send update with photos when done.

This dress pattern is so unique! I made a mistake in my ordering (shirt vs dress pattern) and matchy-matchy got back to me immediately and helped me correct it. Amazing customer service!
I would note that if you’re planning to turn a fabric sideways for the side panels to have some pattern variation, be very aware of the drape of that particular fabric. I attempted first this dress with the ikat running horizontally on the sides and it was a mess- it ballooned out and looked pretty round. I picked it out and replaced with some midweight linen (cut on grain, as directed!) and it has perfect better drape now. I will be making a solid dress next!

I love this pattern! It sewed up in a day. The directions were very clear, quite a bit clearer than some of the independent patterns I’ve used recently. I’ve worn the dress twice and received compliments both times. I’m planning on making at least one more. My only suggestion would to include the longer sleeve that the top has. I probably would have purchased the top pattern and made it dress length. I should have paid closer attention. I highly recommend this pattern. Even though it is a great beginner project, I feel like an advanced sewist would still enjoy making this dress.

I LOVVVVVVVED making this pattern! Super simple to follow, great instructions, fit is perfect. So easy to customize. Big thumbs up!