ZANZIBAR Duo top and dress girm & mum PDF sewing pattern
Zanzibar is a top, crop top, dress, or nightgown pattern. This pattern offers multiple possibilities: reversible front and back, simple or tie straps. The top seam is lined, and the bottom is gathered. You can add ruffles, a button placket, and a belt.
The pretty summer dress or blouse with thin straps.
Available from 3 to 12 years and from 32 to 52.
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Video tutorial
Sewing level
Easy to intermediate
What you'll learn with this pattern: gathering panels, assembling a button placket, lining a sheath cutout, assembling a casing for the elasticated waist option, assembling ruffles, and assembling bias straps.
Size range
Zanzibar kids: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 years old.
Zanzibar: 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52.
The tutorial contains instructions for adapting the women's pattern to your height.
See size guideFabrics & Supplies
- Fabric suggestions
- Warp and weft: poplin, batiste, viscose, viscose crepe, chambray, fine denim, soft linen, seersucker, double gauze.
- Knit: jersey
- Supplies
- 1.5 cm wide elastic for elasticated versions
- Bias binding for straps
- 9 to 11 mm buttons
- Iron-on interfacing, max. 100 x 5 cm, for buttoned versions
- 45 cm of thin ribbon or Stabilmanche© to stabilise the jersey bias binding
Zanzibar kids: fabric requirements do not include bias binding, which should be purchased ready-made. If you wish to make your own bias binding (cut at 45° into the fabric), you will need to consider the requirements indicated in brackets. NB: 1 cm straps for all ages. For the elastic, it is best to measure the child's waist and cut the elastic to this length. The two ends of the elastic will overlap by 1 cm to form the seam allowances, ensuring that the elastic is taut and stays in place. Regarding buttons: the spacing between buttons is indicated on the pattern by size for reference. You can reduce the number of buttons by increasing the spacing. Zanzibar kids
Zanzibar: fabric requirements do not include ready-made bias binding. If you wish to make your own bias binding (cut at a 45° angle to the fabric), you will need to take into account the requirements indicated in brackets. NB: 1 cm straps for sizes 32 to 46 and 2 cm straps for sizes 48 to 52. - For the elastic, it is best to measure your waist and cut the elastic to this length. The two ends of the elastic will overlap by 1 cm to form the seam allowances, ensuring that the elastic is taut and stays in place. - The lining pieces for the front and back yoke are included in the main fabric. They can of course be cut from another fabric; you will then need 15 cm of this other fabric (for a fabric width of 140 cm).
ZanzibarContents of the pattern
You will receive the complete Zanzibar kids and Zanzibar patterns
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Zanzibar kids
- French tutorial
- English tutorial
- PDF pattern (multi-size and size by size) A4 or US letter format: 16 pages from 3 to 7, 22 pages from 8 to 12 years
- PDF pattern A0 format: 1 page
- Projectable PDF pattern
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Zanzibar
- French tutorial
- English tutorial
- PDF pattern (multi-size and size by size) A4 or US letter format: 35 pages
- PDF pattern A0 format: 2 pages
Seam allowances are included in the patterns.
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Bonus
A practical sheet of the Zanzibar kids pattern is available for free access on the site.
A practical sheet of the Zanzibar pattern is available for free access on the site.




















