Have you seen Karl lately… in Setúbal?

If you follow any news in the sewing community, you might have notice a certain male name popping here and there…

Karl has been all over the world!

He’s quite the charmer and I totally fell under his spell!

The Karl Dress is the newest pattern from Monika, her first international release. It’s oversize fit is my favourite feature! It has a funnel high collar, midi length and a side patch pocket. I’m only 162cm tall, so it’s not exactly midi length on me. I’ll probably shorten the next one.

The recommended fabric is a mid weight knit, like cotton knit, french terry or wool knit, with at least 60% stretch. The funnel collar has no openings, so you need that amount of stretch to pass it through your head. I used a sweatshirt fleece from my local shop.

This was my second dress. The first one, although it fit, was much smaller. No, I didn’t sew the wrong size! I was so eager to get it done, that I didn’t read the instructions before cutting my fabric, and missed the part that said “Pattern does not include seam or hem allowances!” AAAAGGGHHH… Lesson learned! Luckily, I had enough fabric left to make another one!

It’s like wearing a blanket outside! I can see myself making one in every colour…

Too bad we’re having a late summer here in Portugal… I’ll have to postpone my next date with Karl!

Checkout Monika’s blog for some inspiration!

You can find Karl in english here:

Makerist.com
Näh-Connection
Etsy
Kollabora

or in german, here:

Dawanda
Makerist.de
stoffbüro
alles-für-selbermacher

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