Concord T-Shirt Dress with Kangaroo Pockets-a Pattern Hack

Hello, to my creative friends out there. Today is all about taking a great pattern and pushing it further. It’s a rather short article because I’ve already written about making the Concord T-Shirt BEFORE and today’s discussion is only how I hacked it into a dress.

Remember, this dress is for my daughter. If the dress seems a bit snug on me it is because I used the D-cup bust adjustment for her. If I ever make this dress for myself, I will use the E-cup bust adjustment.

As just mentioned, this is the second time that I’ve written about the Concord. Since you can read my initial take on the design and sewing techniques used for the it HERE, I won’t delve too deeply into those topics today.

When thinking about something to make for my youngest daughter, I knew it would also make a great dress for her and would be a simple process of adding length to the pattern. I first tried the idea out in a muslin and it was at that stage that we worked out fit and length.

The Fabric

We fell in love with Stylemaker Fabric’s French Terry Butterfly print last Fall and both needed something out of it. Well, not really needed, but you know what I mean!

Last month, I published my butterfly garment, made up in the Cashmerette Carlyle, which is Cashmerette’s own riff on the Concord, and you can read it HERE, if you missed it.

Adding Kangaroo Pockets

We all know that all dresses need pockets. Rachelle wanted Kangaroo pockets. She already had a dress with Kangaroo Pockets and just measured them and then sent me the numbers. It was an easy pattern piece to draft. I might add some of these to my next casual knit dress. They add design interest to the front of the dress and make it more casual.

They are lined with the brown jersey I used for my recently finished Hipster Dress, found HERE.

Wrapping It Up

I am going to repeat myself from my first Concord post. This is a great pattern and I can see why it is one of Cashmerette’s best sellers. It works great as a dress and was so easy to convert into one and I can see myself making one to wear. I think the instructions for the V-Neck are ingenious and it has come out perfect every time.

So far, every time I write about a Cashmerette design, I have to include a neckline picture. Also, I loved the black selvage edge with the name of the company so I used it for the inside of my neckline band.

If you think this fabric pattern looks very familiar, it is. As I mentioned earlier, we both wanted something made from it. Last month, I posted about my Cashmerette Carlyle top, which Cashmerette states is the Concord with a square neckline.

I hope you enjoyed this pattern hack experiment of mine. If you love your T-shirt pattern, you can turn it into a dress. One of my goals this year is to try and wear more casual dresses and I think The Concorde will be one of the candidates.

Links

Stylemaker Fabrics-they don’t have the butterfly print in stock anymore, but they have such a gorgeous curated selection of fabrics.

The Concord T-Shirt pattern-this has been one of their best sellers!

Pattern Review-I am a member of Pattern Review and got my Concord T-Shirt PDF at a discount. I recommend Pattern Review whether you are a beginner sewer or an experienced one.

My original review of the Concord-I have many more details about the pattern in this article.

My review of the Carlyle-Unfortunately, this pattern is only available to Cashmerette Club members. I Hopefully, someday they will eventually sell these patterns to the public. Club members get one pattern free a month and this was one of those.

That’s it and until next time, Happy sewing and knitting!