Tilly and the Buttons Billie Sweatshirt and Dress

Billie Sweatshirt and Dress by Tilly and the Buttons

All designs by Tilly and the Buttons

The Design
The Billie sweatshirt and dress by Tilly and the Buttons is an ultra-comfy sweatshirt or sweater dress that you can whip up in an afternoon. Dress Billie up or down for a meeting, dinner date or Sunday on the sofa. It's a bestseller for a reason!

It features

• a relaxed shape - not too baggy
• classic crew neckline
• choice of timeless straight sleeves or dramatic balloon sleeve with deep cuffs
• top version sits on the high hip
• mini dress version with cutaway pockets finishes 10cm (4in) above the knee.

Recommended Fabrics
This is designed for knit fabrics, so choose a sweatshirt fleece, French terry, ponte, double knit, interlock or sweater knit with at least 10% stretch.

Note that you’ll need a sturdy machine to sew the balloon sleeve version in a thick sweatshirting fabric.

Supplies and Notions

• Fabric (see below)
• Matching thread
• Optional: Ribbing (at least 70cm / 27 1/2in wide) for cuffs etc. if main fabric has less than 20% stretch: regular sleeve - 0.7m (3/4yd); balloon sleeve - 0.8m (7/8yd)
• Optional: If you’re using a stretchy sweater knit, use 30cm (12in) of 6-9mm (1/4in) wide satin ribbon, clear elastic or stay tape to stabilise the shoulders
• Sewing machine or overlocker (serger).
• Basic tools, incl. ballpoint machine needle (a walking foot can be helpful if you’re using a regular sewing machine)

Sizing
Sewing pattern sizes are labelled with generic numbers from 1 to 15. Use the body measurements to determine your size.

Model Garment Sizes Marcela is wearing the UK 6-24 range (pink grid print dress, navy and metallic sweatshirt, yellow splodge dress and pale blue sweatshirt) and wears size 4 (UK 12). Sarah is modelling the UK 16-34 range (colour block dress and striped sweatshirt) and wears size 11 (UK 26).

Level of Difficulty
Confident beginner

What's Included
You will receive a gorgeous printed package containing full-scale pattern sheets and a colour booklet with step-by-step instructions.

Fabric Requirements

140cm (56IN) wide

Straight sleeve top:

• sizes 1-6 - 1.5m (1 3/4yd)±
• sizes 7-10 - 2.1m (2 3/8yd)
• sizes 11-15 - 2.6m (2 7/8yd)*

Balloon sleeve top:

• sizes 1-6 - 1.8m (2 yd)±
• sizes 7-10 - 2.1m (2 3/8yd)
• sizes 11-15 - 3m (3 3/8yd)*

Straight 3/4 sleeve dress:

• sizes 1-6 - 2.1m (2 3/8yd)*
• sizes 7-10 - 2.8m (3 1/8yd)
• sizes 11-15 - 3.1m (3 3/8yd)*

Balloon sleeve dress:

• sizes 1-6 - 2.3m (2 1/2yd)*
• sizes 7-10 - 2.8m (3 1/8yd)
• sizes 11-15 - 3.6m (4yd)*

115CM (45IN) WIDE

Straight sleeve top:

• sizes 1-3 - 1.7m (1 7/8yd)*
• sizes 4-10 - 2.5m (2 3/4yd)*
• sizes 11-15 - 3.2m (3 1/2yd)**

Balloon sleeve top:

• sizes 1-3 - 2.3m (2 1/2yd)*
• sizes 4-10 - 03m (3 3/8yd)*
• sizes 11-15 - 3.4m (3 7/8yd)**

Straight 3/4 sleeve dress:

• sizes 1-3 - 2.4m (2 5/8yd)*
• sizes 4-10 - 3.1m (3 3/8yd)*
• sizes 11-15 - 3.8m (4 1/8yd)**

Balloon sleeve dress:

• sizes 1-3 3m (3 3/8yd)*
• sizes 4-10 3.7m (4yd)*
• sizes 11-15 4m (4 1/4yd)**

±0.2m (1/4yd) less if using separate ribbing for cuffs etc. *0.4m (1/2yd) less if using separate ribbing for cuffs etc. **0.5m (1/2yd) less if using separate ribbing for cuffs etc.

SIZE RANGE: UK 6-34 / US 2-30 / EUR 34-62 / AUS 6-34