NEW :: The Yuki Dress Pattern
Meet our newest pattern – the Yuki Dress! We’re SO excited for this autumn release because it really is the perfect style for those in-between seasons. The overall design is a loose fitting, knee length tunic dress which features extended shoulders, forward angled side seams, a tapered hemline, side pockets and a funnel style collar with drawstring tie.
Our favourite feature of this design is the contrast collar, made in a lighter fabric, which drapes around the neck like a soft cowl. By adjusting the tie you can sit the neckline higher or lower. You can mix up your colour combinations (like pairing navy and black) or stick with an overall monochromatic look like we’ve done here with this version.
The Yuki Dress can be worn on its own or layered over a fitted top which make it absolutely perfect as a trans-seasonal wardrobe piece. I’m wearing it below with our Alexa T Top and for extra warmth, it looks fabulous with turtlenecks too.
Suitable fabrics for the Yuki Dress (main) are basically any fabric that drapes well. We’re talking wool crepe (like the Nero Motiv I’ve used here), viscose/triacetate crepe (see our Cady range), crepe blends, viscose, acetate, heavy silk satin and some softer linens. For the contrast collar, we recommend lighter fabrics such as viscose georgette, silk crepe de chine and double silk georgette.
The Yuki Dress comes in (Australian) sizes XXS through to XL and is now available in both hardcopy and PDF copy shop/print-at-home version.
I adore this. Such a groovy collar.
Had a hunch you would Anna…
So not suitable for medium stretch fabric. ❓
Love the collar
But
Would love the choice of no collar
This is a cute style. Wondering if you do one in reverse, ie with a casual self-fabric style hood? Also love to see some more structured styles, especially for those of us who are shorter.. doesn’t give such a floppy/boxy look;-)!
I agree as I am only 5’2.
I’m only 5’3″ 🙂
Hiya Mumsie and thanks for your comment. I’m 5’3″ so definitely NOT tall!
I’m 5’1″ but like the boxy look!
An interesting and flexible collar shape. I love anything with pockets but would really appreciate patterns with more structure that acknowledged bust and waistlines.
Love this sooooooo much!
Thanks Karen! Looking forward to seeing your version
When I follow the link to the shop it appears that the PDF version is sold out? Is that right? Will it be available in future?
Hi Sue – it’s back online now
I love these unstructured patterns because they fit everyone and they are super easy to make..I’m only 5″2 but don’t have a waist so they are perfect for me!!!
I really like this dress and just purchased a Tessuti pattern PDF for the first time. When I went to the Officeworks website to order plan prints, however, I ran into trouble because the PDFs don’t have the exact sizes for A0 (831mm x 1179mm) and A2 (410mm x 584mm). The system also recognises the Tessuti watermarks as ‘design’ and doesn’t allow me to order ‘plans’ because “Image coverage (the non-white parts) needs to be 15% or less of the printable area. ” Instead they want me to order ‘Black & white posters” which cost more than double. I’m lucky to be a graphic designer who can fix documents up myself, but not everyone can do that, and it would be much better if the PDFs were more user-friendly in the first place.
Hi U.E,
The Yuki Dress pattern does in fact come in A0 ( the correct measurements are actually 841mm x 1189mm) and A2 (420mm x 594mm) size in the PDF download version of this pattern. This is the first time we have heard that Officeworks or any printer have had trouble printing our patterns because of the Tessuti watermark. The watermark is minimal (actually 2%) We have over 50 Tessuti patterns available (since 2013), all available the same way. We certainly would have heard by now if there was any issue. Plus this is the very same file we use when printing our hardcopy versions, and printed on A0 for Sheet 1 and A2 for Sheet 2. I would suggest to try another Officeworks branch or better still the smaller independent printers who work alot with graphic designers, architects, town planners etc and are more knowledgeable about printing etc. You can ‘Google’ Large Format Plan Printers in your Botany area , like Lindfield Copy and Print that we use and feature in this blog post – https://blog.tessuti.com.au/2015/04/a-how-to-print-at-home-and-copy-shop
The Yuki dress pattern disappoints me, I would not stand around with my legs crossed or worse still, wide apart, in order to achieve a look that “flatters”. I can see through the wool crepe so clearly in your photos, so I imagined this might bag nicely after sitting down a few times. I think some more practical thought could be given to fabric suggestions. Surely every recommendation doesn’t have to be something you stock in house. Conveniently, most of the sample garments are made in cloth which is no longer in stock. Mmmm.
Hi Franny. Our fabric suggestions are just that – suggestions. Every pattern in print (ours or others) provides fabric recommendations and this is certainly open to interpretation. We sell more patterns individually than patterns WITH fabric, which just goes to show that people have the wonderful opportunity to source fabric from anywhere and everywhere. But at the end of the day, we are a fabric retail business so it stands to reason that – yes – we do make fabric recommendations from our own range. Whether people choose to go with those recommendations (or not) is totally their own choice. But if someone comes into the store and wants assistance in selecting fabric for one of our patterns, well that’s what we’re here for! With regards to our Yuki pattern, the style is cocoon shape so there is no pressure in the seat meaning neither my crepe version (or Lisa’s pictured here) has seated. Again, it’s our personal preference to wear as is but just the other day I served a lovely lady who brought Yuki (choosing a viscose blend to make it up in) and she said she’d probably wear it with a slip. As to the samples, Mum and I sew all of them up ourselves. With three stores and over fifty patterns now in print, that’s a LOT of samples. Sewing up a new one every time we sell out of a fabric would be more than a full time job and I’d MUCH rather put the time into developing new patterns and sourcing new fabrics.
I love the yuki dress. I’ve made it up twice neither in wool crepe got loads of comments on the cute collar.
Lea