Introducing the Amalie Wrap Dress, our brand new PDF sewing pattern. Last week, it launched as part of The Art of Dress Making Online Workshop, and we've been really touched by your lovely feedback so far. 

The third design in our dress collection is a style evolution for us. With a softly structured silhouette, the Amalie is designed to feel refined and feminine - and sit perfectly with the world of the Modern Sewing Co.

As the Northern Hemisphere heads into spring, it feels the perfect time for us to launch something new in the dress department. If you're ready for rays or are planning ahead, here's why Amalie Wrap Dress is the project for you.

Who is This Pattern For?

The Amalie Wrap Dress pattern is ideal for intermediate sewists. If you’ve already taken The Art of Shirt Making or The Art of Trouser Making Online Workshops, this is ideal for building on your existing skills. 

Construction Techniques

• A fully lined bodice

• Sync stitching

• Understitching

• Inserting a fitted sleeve

• Inverted pleat and gathers

• French seams

• Side pockets

As with all The Modern Sewing Co, patterns, the Amalie Wrap Dress is available in a range of sizes: UK 4-28 / US 2-26 / EU 32-56. If you're unsure, you can double check against our standard sizing under the 'Body Measurements' dropdown here.

The Inspiration

A piece dreamt up collaboratively between our Founder Hetty and expert pattern cutter Hanni, the Amalie Wrap Dress is The Modern Sewing Co.'s take on a really timeless design. Over to Hanni:

“The aim was to bring a more feminine and fluid style to the collection. I knew Hetty wanted a wrap dress in our offering, and at the time, we didn’t have any designs with a v neck. The wrap dress is an essential - something you always have in your wardrobe! It’s easy to style, too. In summer you can wear it just as it is, but in autumn, you can layer a turtleneck underneath.”


Hanni's favourite details of the Amalie Wrap Dress?

"The voluminous three quarter sleeve, the bow at the side and the subtle gathering on the sleeve, skirt and waist. It's comfortable and relaxed, whilst still being elevated and special."

Fabric Recommendations

Since launching last week, we've had lots of interest in the DMs and emails about fabric to make your own wrap dress. For the Amalie, we'd suggest light/mid weight cottons and linens, or silk dupion.

For the blue dress, Ray Stitch kindly gifted us the Essex Linen Mix Chambray - Nautical fabric. We wanted something with a tiny bit more texture and the linen-cotton mix works really nicely as it creases a little less. It's a bit heavier, so more of an autumn fabric - we wanted to show you a different option for another season.

The red/burnt orange poplin is from the Cloth House. It's really crisp and works nicely with the features of the Amalie Wrap Dress. This design really needs to be able to hold itself, the sleeve and bow in particular and this poplin is perfect.

We curated some of our favourite places to shop for fabric here on Instagram. Take a look and you can also find our community's recommendations all around the world, too.

“The most challenging part of the Amalie Wrap Dress is bagging out the bodice, with the bodice lining, which also catches the raw waist and arm hole seams, finished with hand sewing. It creates a clean finish with no overlocking or raw edges - and is very high quality.”

Learn how to sew the Amalie Wrap Dress as part of the new Art of Dress Making Online Workshop. You can also find the Amalie Wrap Dress PDF sewing pattern here.

As always, we’d love to see your makes. Please do tag us on Instagram, or drop us a photo to hello@modernsewingco.com and you could feature in a future Inspiration Board.

Want more?

• Discover our new online workshop, The Art of Dress Making. Learn more.

• Curious about the process behind The Modern Sewing Co. designs? Hetty shares the design story for the Sienna Dress here.

• Learn how to sew our very first dress design, the Celia, at your own pace. Start the workshop here.