✂️ RUFFLE WRAP SHORTS — PDF SEWING PATTERN
Eight versions. One pattern. One afternoon each.
Start with a mid-high waisted short that actually flatters, then decide what kind of summer you're having. Add the curved wrap-over panel and it reads as a skirt from the front while staying shorts underneath. Add ruffles at the front, the back, the wrap edge — or leave them off entirely for a clean tailored line. Swap the invisible zip for a soft elastic waistband and you have pyjama shorts, loungewear, or a holiday pair you'll live in.
Same pattern. Completely different garments depending on your fabric.
📦 WHAT'S INCLUDED
· Full illustrated instruction manual, in English
· A0 copyshop pattern board
· A4 print-at-home pattern board
· All 8 versions covered in one file
· Cutting layouts and fabric requirements for each version
🎀 THE 8 VERSIONS
· Wrap-front skort WITH ruffled edge
· Wrap-front skort WITHOUT ruffle — clean and tailored
· Classic shorts WITH ruffled hem
· Classic shorts WITHOUT ruffle
· Front ruffle only
· Back ruffle only
· Casual elastic-waist version WITH ruffle
· Casual elastic-waist version WITHOUT ruffle
Remove the ruffles and you can also play with the leg length for a longer or shorter pair.
📐 SIZES
Seven sizes: EU 34 · 36 · 38 · 40 · 42 · 44 · 46
Roughly equivalent to US 2 · 4 · 6 · 8 · 10 · 12 · 14 and UK 6 · 8 · 10 · 12 · 14 · 16 · 18.
Body measurements (choose your size on your WAIST and HIP, not on your usual shop size):
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EU 36 / US 4 — waist [ ]" / [ ] cm · hip [ ]" / [ ] cm
EU 38 / US 6 — waist [ ]" / [ ] cm · hip [ ]" / [ ] cm
EU 40 / US 8 — waist [ ]" / [ ] cm · hip [ ]" / [ ] cm
EU 42 / US 10 — waist [ ]" / [ ] cm · hip [ ]" / [ ] cm
EU 44 / US 12 — waist [ ]" / [ ] cm · hip [ ]" / [ ] cm
EU 46 / US 14 — waist [ ]" / [ ] cm · hip [ ]" / [ ] cm
🧵 SKILL LEVEL
Intermediate. You'll be inserting an invisible zip, gathering a ruffle evenly, and sewing a curved overlay panel. None of it is difficult on its own, and every step is illustrated — but this is a better second or third garment than a first one. The elastic-waist version is noticeably easier if you want to start there.
🧺 FABRIC & MATERIALS (not included)
· Recommended fabric: something with drape — lightweight cotton, viscose, light crepe, cotton double gauze, lightweight linen. Elastane is not needed.
· Fabric, 55" / 140 cm wide:
· Without front, back or wrap ruffles — 1¼ yd / 1.10 m
· With front, back and wrap ruffles — 1½ yd / 1.35 m
· For the zip version: one 7" / 18 cm invisible zip in a matching colour, 8" / 20 cm of iron-on stay tape, and optionally 35" / 90 cm of 1½" / 4 cm matching bias binding
· For the casual version: 1¼" / 3 cm flat elastic, cut to your waist measurement
· Matching thread
⚙️ HOW IT WORKS
1. Buy and download instantly — the files are yours as soon as payment clears.
2. Print the A4 sheets at home at 100% (check the test square) or take the A0 file to a copyshop.
3. Cut, sew, wear. Most makers finish a pair in an afternoon.
📥 PLEASE NOTE
This is a DIGITAL PDF SEWING PATTERN — no physical item and no finished garment will be shipped. Because the files are delivered instantly, this purchase cannot be refunded. Listing photos show finished samples for inspiration; your pair will look different depending on the fabric you choose.
📜 LICENCE
For personal use. You may sew and sell finished shorts in small quantities — a credit is always appreciated. The PDF itself may not be shared, copied, resold or redistributed in any form.
💛 PERFECT FOR
· Getting eight garments out of one pattern purchase
· That 1½ yards of viscose you couldn't leave in the shop
· A matching pyjama set, a holiday pair, and a dressy pair — all from the same file
· Sewists ready for their first invisible zip, with instructions that hold their hand through it
Happy sewing! — Stitchwell
