241 Fifties' Fit and Flair

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Young woman standing in front of trees and shrubs wearing a white and pink floral print dress with a v-neck. She is holding one edge of the dress skirt up.
Black and white pen and ink illustration of three women in fit and flair dresses wearing sunglasses and talking to a man with a saxophone.
Young woman standing in front of trees and shrubs wearing a white and pink floral print dress with a v-neck.
Young woman smiling wearing a below-knee length white and pink floral print dress with a v-neck and 3/4 length sleeves and black shoes. She is in front of a white background.
Young woman wearing a below-knee length white and pink floral print dress with a v-neck and 3/4 length sleeves and black shoes. She is in front of a white background and her hands are in the skirt pockets.
Young woman with her back to viewer is wearing a below-knee length white and pink floral print dress with a v-neck and 3/4 length sleeves and black shoes. She is in front of a white background.
Young woman wearing a blue long sleeve, jewel neck, calf-length dress outside in front of shrubbery. She has on a green a white beaded belt and black shoes. Her right hand is on her hip.
flat lays of front and back of each view of this dress with three neckline options and a stole to knit.
Young woman standing in front of trees and shrubs wearing a white and pink floral print dress with a v-neck. She is holding one edge of the dress skirt up.
Black and white pen and ink illustration of three women in fit and flair dresses wearing sunglasses and talking to a man with a saxophone.
Young woman standing in front of trees and shrubs wearing a white and pink floral print dress with a v-neck.
Young woman smiling wearing a below-knee length white and pink floral print dress with a v-neck and 3/4 length sleeves and black shoes. She is in front of a white background.
Young woman wearing a below-knee length white and pink floral print dress with a v-neck and 3/4 length sleeves and black shoes. She is in front of a white background and her hands are in the skirt pockets.
Young woman with her back to viewer is wearing a below-knee length white and pink floral print dress with a v-neck and 3/4 length sleeves and black shoes. She is in front of a white background.
Young woman wearing a blue long sleeve, jewel neck, calf-length dress outside in front of shrubbery. She has on a green a white beaded belt and black shoes. Her right hand is on her hip.
flat lays of front and back of each view of this dress with three neckline options and a stole to knit.

241 Fifties' Fit and Flair

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Sizes XS - 2XL.

Our Fifties’ Fit & Flair sewing pattern creates the typical dress shape so successful is has resurfaced decades later. Dolman sleeves, fitted waist, and a gored circular skirt compliment most figures now as then. This pattern also offers three neckline options and in-seam pockets and a knitted stole to wear with it!

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