Mid 1910s Ladies One-Piece Dress Downloads | Past Patterns 7417
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Mid 1910s Ladies One-Piece Dress Downloads featuring authentic WWI-era styling with box-plaits, dramatic collar and shield detail, long-waisted silhouette, and two sleeve options. Includes 36″ wide, A0, A4, and 8.5″x11″ formats.
Skill Level: 3/5 (Intermediate) – Ideal for sewists comfortable with plaits, structured collars, and precise finishing.
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Mid 1910s Ladies One-Piece Dress Downloads | Past Patterns 7417
$16.50
Mid 1910s Ladies One-Piece Dress Downloads featuring authentic WWI-era styling with box-plaits, dramatic collar and shield detail, long-waisted silhouette, and two sleeve options. Includes 36″ wide, A0, A4, and 8.5″x11″ formats.
Skill Level: 3/5 (Intermediate) – Ideal for sewists comfortable with plaits, structured collars, and precise finishing.
999 in stock
Get Free Shipping
On all US Orders over $50!
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Why Choose This Pattern?
Mid 1910s Ladies One-Piece Dress Downloads Overview
Mid 1910s Ladies One-Piece Dress Downloads brings you a digital reproduction of an original Pictorial Review Pattern Company design, featuring the graceful long-waisted silhouette, applied box-plaits, and dramatic collar styling that defined World War I–era fashion.
This historically accurate dress reflects a 1918 style that balanced practicality with elegance. Contemporary advertisements highlighted the fashionable use of mixed fabrics—such as satin with crepe Georgette—to conserve wool while still achieving a refined, feminine look.
If you want an unmistakable WWI-period dress with authentic proportion, construction logic, and period detail, these Mid 1910s Ladies One-Piece Dress Downloads deliver exactly that.
About This Mid 1910s Ladies One-Piece Dress Downloads Pattern
This design features applied box-plaits and a distinctive closure on the left shoulder and slightly left of center-front beneath the plait. The center-front plait may be omitted for a simpler interpretation. The open neckline is finished with a large collar, and the pattern includes both an adjustable shield and a flare collar cut in one.
A straight belt may be worn slipped under the plaits or over them, giving styling flexibility typical of the era. Sleeves are long and one-piece, fitted at the wrist with extra length for a soft shirred effect, or may be made as gathered sleeves with fancy cuffs.
Two dress variations are supported through sleeve and plait options while preserving the authentic 1910s silhouette.
Mid 1910s Ladies One-Piece Dress Downloads Sizing
This pattern is offered in one original size, drafted for a 38" bust and approximately 42½" hips. This reflects original 1910s body proportions.
Experienced sewists may resize using traditional slash-and-spread methods. General resizing guidance can be found here:
Past Patterns Resizing Guide
Digital Pattern Formats Included
Your Mid 1910s Ladies One-Piece Dress Downloads package includes all modern print options for flexibility:
- 36" wide format (copy-shop compatible)
- 8.5"x11" tiled format
- A4 tiled format
- A0 format (no split pieces)
Instruction booklet included in both 8.5"x11" and A4 formats.
Materials Required
- 7 1/4 yds of 36" wide fabric OR
- 6 1/4 yds of 44" wide fabric OR
- 5 1/4 yds of 54" wide fabric
Suitable fabrics include silk, fine cloth, georgette crepe, serge, gabardine, poplin, broadcloth, lightweight woolens, velveteen, satin charmeuse, faille, or taffeta. Period colors include navy, Russian green, black, light blue, pink, white, or taupe gray.
Seam Allowances
- 1" seam allowance at shoulder, underarm, and sleeves (for letting out)
- 3/8" seam allowance on all other edges
Skill Level
Difficulty: 3/5 (Intermediate)
This pattern includes applied box-plaits, structured collar/shield elements, and fitted sleeves requiring accurate marking, pressing, and clean finishing. Best suited to sewists comfortable with structured garment construction.
Historical Context
This design dates to 1918 and reflects wartime conservation trends combined with feminine refinement. The long-waisted line and plait detailing are hallmarks of mid-1910s fashion.
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Sizing Information
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The Past Patterns originals were designed in house and based upon the research, disassembly and time of Saundra Ros Altman. These designs come from finds all over the United States reaching from San Diego, California to the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC. She created the initial patterns, the sizing charts and the instruction content. Many of the these patterns are multi-sized or are available in various sizes. For the most part, these designs are done taking into account the modern human body's shape, height and weight. The Vintage Revival patterns are traces or copies of an old, mass produced pattern; the first mass produced patterns came out in the 1850s. For the most part, you get exactly what came in the original package; in some cases, Saundra has appended historical notes to the instructions. The Vintage Revivals patterns, being copies of the originals, generally only come in one size and are based upon the size and shape of the human body from the era the pattern came from.
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You can see 1740 through 1940 fabrics in a book titled "Textile Designs" by Susan Meller and Joost Elffers. The subtitle states, "Two Hundred Years of European and American Patterns for Printed Fabric by Motif, Style, Color, Layout and Period and 1,823 Illustration in Color." What they don't say is that 90% of the swatches pictured are life size. The ISBN is 0-8109-3853-7. A second book is Wearable Prints, 1740-1860, History, Materials, and Mechanics by Susan W. Greene. The ISBN is 978-1-60635-124-6. Great books! Order it from your local library that has interlibrary loan capability if you cannot afford the price. There are now many sources for appropriate fabric through the Internet.
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