Your new casual fave! Meet the Duxbury Dress

Do you ever find yourself wearing a ready-to-wear garment because you love the style, even though it doesn’t actually fit? I’ve been obsessed with this mixed-media ready-to-wear dress, but the fit issues have always bugged me: tight armholes, the wrong height waistline, and tight over the bust (not to mention I’m in the largest size). But I realized that at Cashmerette, we could make this style, fix those issues, introduce more variations AND make it way more size inclusive.

So I’m thrilled to introduce the Duxbury Dress, this month’s Cashmerette Club pattern: the casual, just-throw-it-on, mixed knit-and-woven dress style I love, now perfected for curves. Get yours instantly when you join the Club today!

The Duxbury has a fitted knit bodice with waist darts, a gathered below-the-knee woven skirt with generous pockets, two neckline options (jewel and U), and sleeveless or elbow-length sleeve options. Oh, AND it mixes and matches with all the patterns in the Grafton Top, Dress & Skirt line! You’re spoiled for choice in the best possible way.

Morgan is wearing a sleeveless Duxbury with the jewel neckline, in spandex jersey and cotton voile generously provided by Core Fabrics. She is wearing a size 20 G/H graded to 24 waist and 28 hip, which has been lengthened for her height. Her measurements are 45” high bust (114 cm), 50” full bust (127 cm), 44.5” waist (113 cm), and 58” hip (147 cm), and she is 5’ 10”.

Ana is wearing a Duxbury with the U neckline and sleeved option, in a black rib knit and gingham taffeta from Gorgeous Fabrics. She is wearing a size 14 C/D and her measurements are 39″ (99 cm) high bust, 42″ (107 cm) full bust, 34″ (86 cm) waist, and 44.5″ (113 cm) hip and she is 5’ 4”

Carrie is wearing the Duxbury skirt combined with the Grafton turtleneck long sleeved top, in rib knit and lightweight denim from Gorgeous Fabrics. She is wearing a size 8 E/F graded to a 10 waist and hip, in the standard bum fit. Her measurements are 34” high bust (86 cm), 38” full bust (97 cm), 30.5” waist (77 cm), and 39″ hip (99 cm), and she is 5’ 4”.

Meet the Duxbury Dress

Throw on your new favorite casual dress, which features:

• Fitted knit bodice with waist darts for shaping
• Scooped U and jewel neckline options
• Sleeveless option with bound armholes
• Sleeved option with elbow-length sleeves
• Gathered below-the-knee woven skirt
• Generous anchored pockets
• Mixes and matches with Grafton Top, Dress & Skirt, Mercier Jumpsuit, Irving Dress, Hazelton Dress, and Dewey Dress for over 500 possible combinations!

The Duxbury is rated beginner, and you can sew yours with confidence thanks to the great instructions and free video sewalong hosted by Whitney of TomKat Stitchery.

Fabric Recommendations for the Duxbury

The Duxbury is a mixed media dress! The bodice is designed for light to mid-weight knits with good recovery such as jersey, liverpool knit or rib knit. The skirt is designed for lightweight woven fabrics such as taffeta, cotton lawn or cotton voile.

Our friends at Core Fabrics want to help you sew your first Duxbury with 3 all-in-one Duxbury kits and an ongoing 15% off discount exclusively for Club members!

Ana is wearing the Duxbury Dress styled with the Canton Moto Jacket.

Mix and match with 30% off the Grafton!

Want to unlock the full potential of the Duxbury? Club members get an exclusive code for 30% off the Grafton Dress, Top & Skirt. The bodices, sleeves, and skirts are interchangeable, letting you use two patterns to play with different lengths, silhouettes, necklines, and more!

Want even more options? The Duxbury also mixes and matches with Mercier Jumpsuit, Irving Dress, Hazelton Dress, and Dewey Dress, which are included in a Cashmerette Club All Access membership!

Here are just a few of the 500+ looks you can achieve when you combine these patterns:

Carrie is wearing the Duxbury skirt combined with the Grafton turtleneck long sleeved top.

More From the Club This month

This month, we’ve got three new lessons in Fitting University focused on fitting the upper chest, including how to do a wide and narrow upper chest adjustment and a hollow chest adjustment. Whether you find garments too tight, too baggy or simply the wrong shape, I’ll help you diagnose and fix your problem!

Then join me live on Wednesday, June 10 at 3pm EST (12pm PDT, 8pm BST, June 11th @ 5am AEST) to chat all about seam finishes! Finishing seams well is make-or-break for a fantastic garment, but how do you know which one is suitable for your next make? This month, I’ll be taking you through how to evaluate the pros and cons of each option, no matter what machines or tools you already have.

Much as I loved my original dress, it was pretty flawed so I’m thrilled that now I can make my own in its much improved design!

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