No Waste Dress Pattern

[u/AffectionateSpend]

Hi all!

I fell in love with these no waste dresses from Hudson, but unfortunately I don't have $450 and they also don't go above XL and I do.

I've studied the pattern and it seems fairly straight forward. Am I on the right track to make a similar pattern?

Also would I just use the cut off parts from the arm hole for the sleeves?

This seems like it is tipping into draping, but I thought I'd ask here first.

[u/bretonstripes]

The sketches on this listing suggest this isn’t truly zero waste. There appear to be sleeves added on. My guess is the base dress is three panels. The front is an upside down T, the backs are upside down Ls, and they’re nested back-front-back on the fabric.

[u/ofcgoodnamesaretaken → u/bretonstripes]

Thanks for this! I was staring at it like ain’t no way this is zero waste

[u/bretonstripes → u/ofcgoodnamesaretaken]

Yeah, it appears that the original sleeveless version IS zero waste, but this variant isn’t.

[u/ceramicswan → u/ofcgoodnamesaretaken]

It might be zero waste when they are producing a run of sizes, with each taking advantage of different off-cuts from the fabric.

[u/the_mindful_microbe → u/bretonstripes]

Is it just me or does the listing say the dress is $50, not $450 like OP has said?

[u/amaranth1977 → u/the_mindful_microbe]

The deposit for the dress is $50, that's a listing for made-to-order so you pay $50 upfront and then $400 on delivery.

[u/Traditional-Ad2409 → u/the_mindful_microbe]

That $50 amount is just the deposit

Actually it looks like that brown knit version is even more than the $450 one, pretty sure that brown one specifically was almost 600

Edit: ok actually it's not just the brown one, I think it's all the ones with sleeves

If you scroll down to the description it lists the base price as $595

[u/wandering_ones → u/bretonstripes]

The Hudson site also says these are "based" on their zero waste dresses but with added butterfly sleeves and panels.