Style the Lichen Duster over dresses and jumpsuits, or jeans and tees. Use your own belt or wrap the included fabric belt around your waist, tucking in the ends, for a chic morning-to-evening dress. The Lichen can be made with a sweeping high-low hem or a straight hem.
Depending on the fabric you choose, the Lichen Duster can be worn in cold or warm weather. It is unlined, constructed with front and back facings of the same fabric. We recommend mid-weight linen or yarn-dyed cotton for all-season wear. More advanced sewists can branch out and choose mid-weight wool or even silk or silk velvet.
The pattern includes sizes 0-30.
This is an intermediate level pattern. If you have sewn our Hinterland Dress, you should be equipped to sew the Lichen. The pattern will help you practice many skills, including shawl collar construction, princess seams, French seams, facings, and hand finishing.
This is a PDF sewing pattern and includes two options for printing pattern pieces: a full-size pattern sheet (36” x 125”), A0 pattern sheets, and letter/A4-sized pages for printing at home. Both pattern pieces options include colored sizing lines and the ability to print only the sizes you need. (What is a PDF pattern?)
Fabric
EWE Fibers has curated a wonderful collection of fabric and notions specifically for the Lichen Duster. EWE Fibers also has all the notions you will need, as well as pattern printing services.
Non-Directional Fabric
45″ wide, cut single layer
- Sizes 0-10: 4.5yd/4.1m
- Sizes 12-20: 5.4yd/5m
- Sizes 22-30 6yd/5.5m
45″ wide, cut on fold
- Sizes 0-10: 4.6 yd/4.2m
- Sizes 12-20 5.1 yd/4.7m
- Sizes 22-30: sleeve too wide
54″ wide, cut single layer or on fold
- Sizes 0-10: 4yd/3.7m
- Sizes 12-20: 4.4yd/4m
- Sizes 22-30: 5yd/4.6m
Directional Fabrics- A must for velvet, plaid, corduroy, satin. Add 20% minimum for matching plaids
45″ wide, cut single layer
- Sizes 0-10: 4.9yd/4.5m
- Sizes 12-20: 5.7yd/5.2m
- Sizes 22-30 6.2yd/5.7m
45″ wide, cut on fold
- Sizes 0-10: 4.9yd/4.5m
- Sizes 12-20 5.4yd/5m
- Sizes 22-30: sleeve too wide
54″ wide, cut single layer
- Sizes 0-10: 4.1yd/3.8m
- Sizes 12-20: 4.7yd/4.3m
- Sizes 22-30: 5.1yd/4.7m
54″ wide, cut on fold
- Sizes 0-10: 4.3yd/3.9m
- Sizes 12-20: 4.7yd/4.3m
- Sizes 22-30: 5.6yd/5.2m
Lightweight Fusible Interfacing
- 1 yard/90cm if you choose to interface the full front and back facings
- Four 1×1″/2.5×2.5cm squares if you choose to spot interface stress points
Notions (optional)
- 4 yd/3.7m of 1/4″ Wondertape
- 4 yd/3.7m of 5/8″ seam binding, such as doubel fold bias tape or brushed cotton for facing edges
- OR 8 additional yards for bound finished seams.
Check out our seven day Lichen Duster written sew-along series! Begin with Day 1 here.
