Mara Lounge Dress: Free Pattern

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This free women’s sewing pattern is my current fave: the perfect dress for sleeping, lounging or just about anything!
Make your own maternity & nursing friendly lounge dress today!

Free women's sewing pattern: Make this dress as a nightgown, lounge dress or just a quick outfit for any day of the week. This sewing pattern is a great, beginner friendly project for stretchy, comfortable knit fabrics. Also includes an optional placket to make it nursing friendly!Free women's sewing pattern: Make this dress as a nightgown, lounge dress or just a quick outfit for any day of the week. This sewing pattern is a great, beginner friendly project for stretchy, comfortable knit fabrics. Also includes an optional placket to make it nursing friendly! Free women's sewing pattern: Make this dress as a nightgown, lounge dress or just a quick outfit for any day of the week. This sewing pattern is a great, beginner friendly project for stretchy, comfortable knit fabrics. Also includes an optional placket to make it nursing friendly!

I’m so happy to be releasing another PDF sewing pattern after a long hiatus. Designing patterns is one of my absolute favorite jobs in the whole world, but it requires long, long hours, lots of late nights, a brain that functions and quiet.  All things that are not easy to come by as a homeschooling mom of 8 kids.

Lucky for you, I decided to get back to designing by offering another FREE pattern!  My free Alcoy dress has been super popular and so I couldn’t wait to have another one to give away.  When I made this nightgown after having Alice earlier this year, I wanted to make one for everyone I knew…but since that wasn’t possible, I decided to create a full PDF pattern so everyone could enjoy this amazingly comfy throw-on dress.

Free women's sewing pattern: Make this dress as a nightgown, lounge dress or just a quick outfit for any day of the week. This sewing pattern is a great, beginner friendly project for stretchy, comfortable knit fabrics. Also includes an optional placket to make it nursing friendly! Free women's sewing pattern: Make this dress as a nightgown, lounge dress or just a quick outfit for any day of the week. This sewing pattern is a great, beginner friendly project for stretchy, comfortable knit fabrics. Also includes an optional placket to make it nursing friendly!

The Mara Lounge Dress is a simple knit dress silhouette with dolman sleeves, midi length hem and pockets!  It also includes pattern pieces and instructions for an optional snap placket in the front to make it nursing friendly.  I have made this dress multiple times as a gift for pregnant friends it’s the BEST things to lounge around in for those first few postpartum weeks (or months).

Get your copy of the Mara Dress

Just head to the pattern shop here to get your free copy!

I can’t wait to see your versions and hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Looking for more free patterns?  Get your copy of the free Alcoy Dress pattern here!

Tester photos by Brooke Rolph.

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I'm Bonnie, a life coach, entrepreneur and mom of 10 kids (yes, you read that right). I help moms figure out their passion beyond motherhood and build a business around it. Read more here

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    May 23, 2019 at 5:19 pm

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    Jackie Bowen
    March 31, 2021 at 2:56 pm

    I do not have this pattern yet but I have been looking for weeks for a simple dress I could make easy as I have never had any lesson so it is trail and error but I think this will be the jackpot I can do it oh and I am 82 short and fat but I think this one will work Sorry for this long comment

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      Bonnie
      April 6, 2021 at 2:11 pm

      Hope you love it! It’s a great place to start sewing with knits 🙂

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